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NRL to buy share of Super League

Perth Red

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Taking The Two said:
There might be more than 3000 Bradford fans but there sure as shit isn’t 3000 people who are going to buy a Sky sub because Bradford are going in Super League.

As for strawman, you are the one championing a sides inclusion in the top flight of rugby league based off of things that happened a quarter of a century ago but failing to acknowledge their recent history, which includes going bust and homelessness. Make it make sense, man.
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I love how you state your misguided opinions as fact lol.
Why wouldn’t bulls back in SL see more fans interested in watching them on sky? That’s literally how it works! If they can build the club back up to getting 10k to games then naturally a % of them will buy sky to watch the games they can’t get to, you said as much yourself with the justification of French clubs!
There is a much greater chance of bulls fans buying sky than there is Toulouse fans.
 
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Perth Red said:
I love how you state your misguided opinions as fact lol.
Why wouldn’t bulls back in SL see more fans interested in watching them on sky? That’s literally how it works! If they can build the club back up to getting 10k to games then naturally a % of them will buy sky to watch the games they can’t get to, you said as much yourself with the justification of French clubs!
There is a much greater chance of bulls fans buying sky than there is Toulouse fans.
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Large percentage of viewers live in South England.
 
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RL The greatest game

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Taking The Two said:
Data from 15-20 years ago, exactly. It's not exactly relevant or particularly useful data. In the last ten years, we have seen a Bradford go bust, leave Odsal to play at a 5,100 capacity stadium to move back to Odsal, that hasn't had any work done on it for 25 years, the corners of the pitches are raised like a gone off sandwich, the outer rim of the pitch is a mud heap for driving cars around and posted crowds of 2,234, 2655 and 2502 in 2024. Why is that data less relevant than "well, look at the crowds they got in 2000"?



You've summed my point up here. The standard of Super League with 12 clubs is, if we're honest, abysmal. As you say, we have Salford struggling to survive with tiny crowds, Cas playing in a ground that hasn't been modern since WWII, Huddersfield playing in front of nobody and are due to move out of town to play at a venue that has real issues in winter months and is somehow going to house three sides, a Catalans side paying for everyone else to fulfill their fixture list, a Saints side that has been hit hugely by the government loans needing repaid as they're one of the sides that actually own assets and a Hull side that are continually a joke.

Bradford then. You hark on about a Bradford side of TWENTY years ago, how the club was ran nearly a quarter of a century ago (that ultimately led to one of many downfalls). In the last ten years, Bradford have gone bust, played out of Dewsbury, have retruned to Odsal and have to contend with players quite literally walking out ankle deep in mud and dealing with the curled up corners of the pitch. I remember Sheffield winning the cup, Halifax finishing 3rd, all around the same time that you are harking back to on this nostalgia trip, get them back in. Wouldn't it be good if Sheffield could win an unlikely cup again or Halifax find the next Gavin Clinch and finish in the top 3? It's nostalgia.

Bradford could be a Super League club, they have some of the criteria we should be looking for but equally, they have other areas that they don't and we have Super League clubs at the minute that themselves are letting the rest of the top tier down and we need them up to scratch.
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They need to do something about that dump of a ground of their.
It's embarrassing to look at.
 
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RL The greatest game said:
They need to do something about that dump of a ground of their.
It's embarrassing to look at.
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Its their biggest Achilles heel. They can start by pulling the pitch closer to the main stand and building a new side stand. If they can find 10mill or so to do it! Being in a bowl is going to make access and redevelopment very hard.
 
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Pippen94 said:
You don't see the connection?!
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The Insular English Super League clubs don't want French teams in their comp, as they have a huge fear of them, and if it down to me i would name it European Rugby League Super League.
If clubs can't afford a once a year trip to France they really shouldn't be in Super League
 
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RL The greatest game said:
The Insular English Super League clubs don't want French teams in their comp, as they have a huge fear of them, and if it down to me i would name it European Rugby League Super League.
If clubs can't afford a once a year trip to France they really shouldn't be in Super League
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I agree. NRL should take the strongest clubs and form league provided they have backing of broadcast partner.
 
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Perth Red said:
Its their biggest Achilles heel. They can start by pulling the pitch closer to the main stand and building a new side stand. If they can find 10mill or so to do it! Being in a bowl is going to make access and redevelopment very hard.
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Will have to get rid of those race car things that drive round in circles first.
 
Perth Red

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RL The greatest game said:
The Insular English Super League clubs don't want French teams in their comp, as they have a huge fear of them, and if it down to me i would name it European Rugby League Super League.
If clubs can't afford a once a year trip to France they really shouldn't be in Super League
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That’s not why SOME clubs think French clubs should pay their way if they want to be in SL.
 
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