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Really? Which one?Homer Australian Rugby League is now effectively owned by a self perpetuating private company.
The QRL and NSWRL are not 'private companies', they are regional governing bodies for the sport. I cannot believe you have attempted to compare either of these to the company which now appears to own the AMNRL. Surely you aren't being serious here?Since 1998 the NRL was a partnership like the new USA set up half owned by News Ltd and half owned by the ARL which itself was owned by 2 private companies the QRL and NSWRL so effectively the rest of Australia was excluded from "ownership". Both the QRL and NSWRL are closed nepatistic groups where the public have no say.
The NRL is a competition. The AMNRL is supposed to be the governing body for the sport in the USA. As I've said, if the AMNRL has decided it is not a governing body for the sport, then it needs to relinquish control of the national team. As it is, we have a complete and utter mess stemming from the fact that the people running the AMNRL appear have no f**king clue what they are doing or about their responsibilities. If you don't understand why having a national governing body owned by a third party company is completely unacceptable then I feel like I am probably wasting my time here.Australia RL went from semi pro to where it is today under the NRL partnership so now that the USA game finally has some funding lets hope it succeeds and rather then posting negativity why dont writers work on positive ideas that may help rather then hinder those on the ground making a real effort.
Maybe you can answer my question, what do the AMNRL hope to achieve with this 'funding' when their competition last year consisted of three legitimate teams and a bunch of none-entities added as filler? Surely it would make much more sense for them to actually develop a product worthy of media coverage before exploring those avenues?I call BS on your baseless statement on the USA game 4 of my mates played in the 2 comps last year and both comps had a few challenges but they say that in the main they ran well.
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