Mr Knight and Spinner,
Why spend time arguing with an obvious idiot? This is another example of an armchair quarterback who is 8,000 miles away talking nonsense about a topic of which he has no first hand knowledge.
We all know what Niu has done for Rugby League in the U.S. His efforts have built a strong competition here in the states. Also, we all know what each club has done to further the game.
While Rugby Highlights is entitled to his opinion, its just that, an opinion, and he needs to get accurate information before spewing his rant. Try asking for information from League and club officials instead of jumping to conclusions.
There are MANY AMNRL supporters on this forum and I for one appreciate the support. It's sad that a few (Rugby Highlights is leading the list now) lack the courage to get off their bum, get on a plane, and lend a hand over here instead of bashing the league.
I'll end by correcting one of the errors Rugby Highlights listed today. The Fairfax Eagles play at Stratton Woods park in Herndon, VA. BTW, it's not "in a forest", but a recreation area right off a main motorway from Washigton, D.C. to Dulles International Airport. While its not Pier 40 or the UNF Stadium in Jacksonville, it is a proper pitch. You have to understand that for many clubs here local politics play very deep into field allocations. We have to contend with youth soccer, lacrosse, and football to get fields.
While we can always improve, and we ARE improving, Rugby League in the U.S. is progressing.
Danny Hanson - Fairfax Eagles
I've spoke to many League and Club officials. They're largely Niu-Bots who'd be out of the game if the AMNRL went professional. There's only a few who merit their positions.
Your accusation that I have no knowledge of League in America is wrong, but lets theorise, if it were true, that goes would go against me how? If anything the notion would play right into my argument. In depth info pertaining to League in America, the AMNRL and NRLUS should be freely available online. If it isn't, who's fault is this? It would be yours.
You, the rest of the club and league officials and largest to blame is again your good friend Niu.
Sure, there's probably a few holes in my argument, but that fault doesn't lie with me. I shouldn't be expected to fly half way around the world to inspect your stadia(if you can call it that).
At the end of the day League in America is progressing too slowly and it's Nius fault. Complacent managers like yourself also need to take some of the weight for this. What is your team CEO doing, tell me. What are you doing?
Complaining about the local politicians won't help. Attacking me hasn't helped you.
Now if you want actual help then all you'd need to do is ask, genuinely. Trying to bait me up while rhetorically asking what I've done or what I'd be capable of doing won't do much.
Want a website? I can do that. I've emailed your hotmail contact(club email) with that very offer. Infact I've emailed every single team, believe it or not. Not a single club got back to me on my offer, despite the fact I wanted nothing in return. And this is the sort of complacency that annoys me. Because you're sat here telling me I'm wrong in my views, yet every experience I've had pertaining to the AMNRL is what's moulded my opinions. I didn't just wake up one morning disliking Niu and the rest of the guys in charge of the game without reason.
There's many things people would be willing to do if you stopped with the rhetoric, personal attacks and brainwashed defence of the state of League in America.
I own thousands of pounds worth of marketing software that could increase your online presence over night. Social network account creation, article submissions, pinging software etc.
Want more sponsors, advertisers? I could quite easily get my hand on a database of 100,000 American business contacts, email and physical. Even in general or pertaining to specific regions. Mass emails? Can get the software to send them.
Fairfax have a tourism website, why isn't Rugby League on there as one of the few League teams in America? Even if it's gimmiky I'd be shocked if they wouldn't give you a mention.
And it's this sort of grass roots marketing and promotional stuff that simply isn't being done under the current power structure. Niu making up stuff about the NRLUS every few years is hardly constructive in the longer term.
If I'm wrong tell me I'm wrong, but tell me why and tell me what is being done. Nobodies been able to tell me what's being done. Yet we're expected to accept the claims without any visible evidence.
