News Coronavirus and NRL

[Ron's_Mate]

Tell them it is a supplement or pain killer and they wouldn’t even be able to tell the difference

Or make it part of a valium and red bull cocktail and watch them slurp it down.

 

[some11]

So now the NRL are trying to move the draw around so the NSW Based clubs with anti vaccine players aren’t affected.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...e/news-story/ad664673b0f404e10d33f5edfade5d1f

why are the raiders, dogs, and manly being given special treatment here? Just play the games as scheduled and those teams will need to stand people down for QLD games. Pretty simple.

seems ridiculous to change the draw specifically to favour these 3 teams

It's ridiculous these morons are essentially dictating how the draw works.

Just get a needle you f**king babies.

 

[Mr Angry]

So will Darius play?

 

[shear_joy9]

It's ridiculous these morons are essentially dictating how the draw works.

Just get a needle you f**king babies.

it's also ridiculous the nrl is rolling over for them.

I would set the draw and say titans your playing in qld for a month and Canberra plays away at gold coast, Brisbane and NQLD first to put pressure on the club and players to be vaccinated.

 

[Danish]

It's ridiculous these morons are essentially dictating how the draw works.

Just get a needle you f**king babies.

Despite my grievances with the QLD government forcing this stuff on the players, I fully agree the draw should not be dictated by this crap. Especially given it seems the Titans have already been weakened by it.

Just schedule the draw the way it had been planned, and the clubs with players not willing to play by QLD's rules can then decide what to do.

By all means the NRL could then try and work with the QLD government to allow these players to play, but if they don't budge then tough shit for them.

 

[Perth Red]

The NRL will partner with Fox the digital arm that will save a heap.

Fox recently purchased HBO in the US, what's the bet they use the league to get eyeballs onto this plus cash.

Get your league and the HBO library.

Plus they get access to 1.5 million people on the NRL data base.

fox didn’t buy hbo lol. They bought rights to Warnermedia content which includes hbo for the next 5 years. It’s rumoured warner may look to launch hbomax streaming service in Australia after that.

 

[Mr Angry]

Many other careers, enrol in a school.

Contact sport, and the rules associated not your thing?

No problem society has many roles.

Feel free.

 

[soc123_au]

https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/josh-a...ach-fine/19cb0266-471e-44e6-82ad-95efe7a67738

What a knob. Just shut up & take your medicine.

 

[_Johnsy]

I would never, NEVER, pay a subscription service for just nrl.

I'd rather watch the Supercars and NBA over NRL to be honest, they are far more enjoyable a sport to watch.

Rugby league is not the rugby league I grew up watching. Its boring, and full overpaid under talented players.

Supercars, you actually consider watching cars go around and around the same track time after time after time more enjoyable to watch. Really I can't fathom that rationale, each to their own.

 

[_Johnsy]

Good from the QLD Government!

No jab no play. It’s not that hard.

Let’s see how much of an anti vaxxer they are when they don’t have 200k of income coming it!

Or if any player doesn't want to go to Sydney to play. It would certainly help the broncs chances this year.

 

[The Marshall]

If the NRL alter the draw for the likes of Canberra and Manly not having to go to Queensland then the asterisk is going to be huge on the competition this year.

In the Bulldogs case it's one player in Sione Katoa who didn't make the 17 in the first 2 games anyway and the NRL is going to change the draw to suit that?

Just get the draw out and get on with it. If the players that don't get the needle cant play in Queensland so be it.

 

[lockyno1]

Or if any player doesn't want to go to Sydney to play. It would certainly help the broncs chances this year.

We weren't a chance anyway.

 

[lockyno1]

If the NRL alter the draw for the likes of Canberra and Manly not having to go to Queensland then the asterisk is going to be huge on the competition this year.

In the Bulldogs case it's one player in Sione Katoa who didn't make the 17 in the first 2 games anyway and the NRL is going to change the draw to suit that?

Just get the draw out and get on with it. If the players that don't get the needle cant play in Queensland so be it.

Just increase the squad sizes and these clubs have reserve grade teams anyway...

 

[Xcalibre]

If the NRL alter the draw for the likes of Canberra and Manly not having to go to Queensland then the asterisk is going to be huge on the competition this year.

In the Bulldogs case it's one player in Sione Katoa who didn't make the 17 in the first 2 games anyway and the NRL is going to change the draw to suit that?

Just get the draw out and get on with it. If the players that don't get the needle cant play in Queensland so be it.

I thought the dogs only had Katoa not wanting the vax. That folks, is what they call a blessing in disguise! He’s reserve grade at best.

 

[TheFrog]

I thought the dogs only had Katoa not wanting the vax. That folks, is what they call a blessing in disguise! He’s reserve grade at best.

He's in their 30 man squad, obviously.

 

[Timmah]

The stalking allegations where released shortly after his arrest and well known to the media.

The cover-up is clear and calculated.

Cover-up jfc

I live in Melbourne, nothing is being covered up.

This nonsense about things being covered up because you don't hear about news that's irrelevant to your state is hilarious

 

[Canard]

Cover-up jfc

I live in Melbourne, nothing is being covered up.

This nonsense about things being covered up because you don't hear about news that's irrelevant to your state is hilarious

I live in Melbourne. Your ad hom is not only wrong but arrogantly wrong.

The first press coverage was Laidley arrested for stalking, then about the leaking of the pictures followed in the next day or so, with the following week all articles (the Age and Herald Sun) about how AFL coaches and players wanted to reach out and check on his mental health, and about how he was "the victim".

The tone and content of these articles is very sympathetic, and full of messages of support and offers of assistance:

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...-reveals-cultural-change-20200509-p54rf3.html

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/de...g/news-story/ea48bfa3ab4db8ac3761ef7c1fbcc3f7

https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/vict...obe-into-dean-laidley-photo-scandal-c-1023417

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/me...ley-in-a-bad-place-says-lawyer-ng-b881545485z

Compare this to the coverage given to Latrell Mitchell and Josh Ado-Carr.

 

[mongoose]

the narrative is that rugby league players are scumbags, criminals that should be monitored at all times. AFL players are heroic and brave and if they go off the rails then its underlying mental health problems or a "society wide problem" that caused it. It's blatant discrimination in a way.

 

[unforgiven]

Nine Entertainment Co is close to agreeing to a revised three-year deal with the NRL as the code prepares to announce a broadcast contract worth up to $1.9 billion. After weeks of negotiations, during which Nine threatened to walk away from the sport, the free-to-air network is now on the verge of recommitting to the NRL for the rest of the current broadcast cycle, which ends in 2022.

A series of meetings on Tuesday afternoon culminated in Nine earning a discount from the NRL of around $50-$70 million over the next three years. An extension remains unlikely but not impossible before the NRL announces the deal. It comes as Foxtel, which is desperate to extend its tenure as the game’s pay-TV provider, moves towards finalising a deal worth about $200m a year, potentially until 2027. ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys and interim chief executive Andrew Abdo have been working around the clock to strike a deal with the game’s television partners in a coronavirus-impacted market. The new deal will be a major boost for NRL clubs and players, who are largely funded by the sport’s broadcast revenue.

The deal, which was the final hurdle in V’landys’ push for a May 28 competition restart, will allow the NRL to finalise a draw as early as the end of this week. Nine, the publisher of this masthead, had the best part of three seasons remaining on its deal with the NRL but the COVID-19 crisis has allowed the broadcaster to renegotiate the value of the arrangement.

Sources with knowledge of the negotiations say Nine’s revised deal could represent a saving of up to 20 per cent on what it was originally due to pay in the final three years of the deal. Based on that discount, Nine will pay about $85-$90m in 2020, a discount of up to $30m. It will pay in the vicinity of $90-$100m in the final two years. The deal is a win for Nine and the NRL, as it leaves its options open for more financially viable free-to-air networks to bid for the rights in the future. Both Nine, which had been willing to walk away from the sport, and the NRL were forced to reach a compromise in the hope of avoiding a drawn-out courtroom battle. Foxtel is also closing in on finalising a deal with the sport that is worth up to $1.6b should they commit until 2027. Fox Sports was due to contribute about $190m this year, increasing by $10m in each of the next two years.

Sources close to the negotiation say Fox will now pay a significantly reduced fee in 2020 and average payments of about $200m a season for up to the next seven years.

Securing the NRL rights until 2027 is a major boost for the pay-TV network, which has slashed more than 300 jobs over two months. Foxtel had 2.93 million subscribers as of March 31, a figure driven by growth of its sports subscription service Kayo. Subscriber numbers for Kayo fell from 444,000 in March to just over 272,000 by May 2.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ni...illion-broadcast-bonanza-20200512-p54scv.html

 

[TheFrog]

Nine Entertainment Co is close to agreeing to a revised three-year deal with the NRL as the code prepares to announce a broadcast contract worth up to $1.9 billion. After weeks of negotiations, during which Nine threatened to walk away from the sport, the free-to-air network is now on the verge of recommitting to the NRL for the rest of the current broadcast cycle, which ends in 2022.

A series of meetings on Tuesday afternoon culminated in Nine earning a discount from the NRL of around $50-$70 million over the next three years. An extension remains unlikely but not impossible before the NRL announces the deal. It comes as Foxtel, which is desperate to extend its tenure as the game’s pay-TV provider, moves towards finalising a deal worth about $200m a year, potentially until 2027. ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys and interim chief executive Andrew Abdo have been working around the clock to strike a deal with the game’s television partners in a coronavirus-impacted market. The new deal will be a major boost for NRL clubs and players, who are largely funded by the sport’s broadcast revenue.

The deal, which was the final hurdle in V’landys’ push for a May 28 competition restart, will allow the NRL to finalise a draw as early as the end of this week. Nine, the publisher of this masthead, had the best part of three seasons remaining on its deal with the NRL but the COVID-19 crisis has allowed the broadcaster to renegotiate the value of the arrangement.

Sources with knowledge of the negotiations say Nine’s revised deal could represent a saving of up to 20 per cent on what it was originally due to pay in the final three years of the deal. Based on that discount, Nine will pay about $85-$90m in 2020, a discount of up to $30m. It will pay in the vicinity of $90-$100m in the final two years. The deal is a win for Nine and the NRL, as it leaves its options open for more financially viable free-to-air networks to bid for the rights in the future. Both Nine, which had been willing to walk away from the sport, and the NRL were forced to reach a compromise in the hope of avoiding a drawn-out courtroom battle. Foxtel is also closing in on finalising a deal with the sport that is worth up to $1.6b should they commit until 2027. Fox Sports was due to contribute about $190m this year, increasing by $10m in each of the next two years.

Sources close to the negotiation say Fox will now pay a significantly reduced fee in 2020 and average payments of about $200m a season for up to the next seven years.

Securing the NRL rights until 2027 is a major boost for the pay-TV network, which has slashed more than 300 jobs over two months. Foxtel had 2.93 million subscribers as of March 31, a figure driven by growth of its sports subscription service Kayo. Subscriber numbers for Kayo fell from 444,000 in March to just over 272,000 by May 2.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ni...illion-broadcast-bonanza-20200512-p54scv.html

This article seems like pure conjecture to me, but if the numbers are correct the NRL has a lot of work to do to make its business viable. The $1.9b represents Fox's current $200m for 8 years as well as Nine's $90 or $100m over three years, and so is quite misleading.

Vlandys accepting a reduced amount this year seems feasible, with several rounds lost, but I can't imagine him doing the same for 2021 and 2022.