NRL investigating games over 3 X 30 minute periods

[Copa]

I'm more than willing to give this a shot.. great idea IMO..

More advertising time without having to keep placing it within actual game time and causing the game to stop-start..

more TV time.. more time for fans to buy drinks/food in the stadium etc etc

An afl broadcast goes for 3 hours ... an nrl broadcast 2 hours ... if the AFL expand to 18 teams they'll have 27 hours per week on a full round and the NRL would only have 16 hours...

this idea will decrease that gap..

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24104692-23214,00.html

 

[BPS]

Yea keep screwing with the game until the game no longer represents what it actually is.

If you think that 30 minute periods will stop Channel 9 from inserting adds into game time you are sillier than your statements!

 

[Pierced Soul]

crap idea. the idea of league is to make stamina and endurance a part oft eh game (yes i know paleyrs find ways to bludge) but 3 periods will just hinder momentum

 

[Redback71]

crap idea. the idea of league is to make stamina and endurance a part oft eh game (yes i know paleyrs find ways to bludge) but 3 periods will just hinder momentum

but the game will go for 90 min instead of 80

 

[Glenn]

With breaks in between each period, really no extra impact on players IMHO
But as mentioned, you keep things as it or you can change it so something unrecognisable.
What next Four 25min quarters+stoppage time to bring it line with the AFL.:crazy:

 

[Rastus_in_Melbourne]

If the games are going to be 10 mins longer (12.5%) , are the players and the salary cap going to get a 12.5% payrise ?

How would you feel if you had to work an extra 12.5% per week of hours with no increase in pay. I hope they are considering that too.

 

[Copa]

With breaks in between each period, really no extra impact on players IMHO
But as mentioned, you keep things as it or you can change it so something unrecognisable.
What next Four 25min quarters+stoppage time to bring it line with the AFL.:crazy:

the change is far less dramatic than going from 15 to 13 players or from unlimited tackles to 4 or 6 tackles...

RL was the innovator in the old days... and it should still be developing more ways to increase revenue and match day exoerience..

 

[Copa]

If the games are going to be 10 mins longer (12.5%) , are the players and the salary cap going to get a 12.5% payrise ?

How would you feel if you had to work an extra 12.5% per week of hours with no increase in pay. I hope they are considering that too.

the players are full time anyway... the change will be only on matchday work load..

and if the TV broadcast time goes from 2 hours to 2.5 or 3 hours then i guess the tv rights will increase more than enough to increase wages by more than 12.5%

 

[mxlegend99]

If they want to increase the length of the game, they should keep the game in halves. 3x30 minute periods would change the game entirely.

2x45 minute halves would be much easier to accept. Coaches would have to use their bench more effectively though.

 

[legend]

The fans reaction here shows why the game is in trouble. We have to evolve and move with the times if the game is going to survive.

I'd be in favour of 4 x 20 minute quarters so the players don't have to play any longer but the coverage can be expanded. AFL and NFL do it so why can't we? It used to happen in the midweek games from memory and no one complained.

You all want your cake and eat it too but unless changes are made for next season, the game will continue to wither on the vine.

 

[BeeeeeRad]

If the games are going to be 10 mins longer (12.5%) , are the players and the salary cap going to get a 12.5% payrise ?

How would you feel if you had to work an extra 12.5% per week of hours with no increase in pay. I hope they are considering that too.

Is that you Sonny?

When you consider they train every day of the week it would only be a very, very slight increase in % probably around 1.

Plus it would be a step back in the interchange system which we have exactly right at the moment. It could take a few more years to get the amount of interchanges allowed in a game or in each third right.

 

[DINGb@T]

Wont we lose one of the games intrinsic advantages- the ability to show 2 games every Friday night? I know the AFL was thinking about adopting this next year but my AFL mad mate (he's mexican) and I tried to work out how they'd do it and it's impossible. Your average AFL game goes for about 3 hours. If you want 2 games you would start at 7pm and still not be finished in time for a 10pm second game. What sort of ratings would a second game get then? If we go this path we'll be in the same boat.

Of course the counter argument is moving the game to Saturday I guess...

 

[thug jimmy]

I'm more than willing to give this a shot.. great idea IMO..

More advertising time without having to keep placing it within actual game time and causing the game to stop-start..

more TV time.. more time for fans to buy drinks/food in the stadium etc etc

An afl broadcast goes for 3 hours ... an nrl broadcast 2 hours ... if the AFL expand to 18 teams they'll have 27 hours per week on a full round and the NRL would only have 16 hours...

this idea will decrease that gap..

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24104692-23214,00.html

FFS. Will they pull their fkn fingers out of their ass and think of more than a quick fix.

If we keep up this route - it will no longer be rugby league, it will be oztag.

 

[Brutus]

"When it comes to its next television negotiation, the NRL will also investigate the feasibility of adopting the NFL model.
In the NFL, games are broadcast across a host of commercial stations. Commercial rights to NRL games are held by Channel Nine, although it may be forced to share them with another network when the rights are re-negotiated at the end of 2012."

THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE ABOVE ARTICLE!!!

ABOUT f**king TIME THEY AT LEAST THOUGHT OF THIS!!! GET RID OF EXCLUSIVE RADIO RIGHTS AS WELL!!!!

 

[oldmancraigy]

If we keep up this route - it will no longer be rugby league, it will be oztag.

Mate, all they are suggesting is a 10 minute longer game split into thirds, rather than halves.

Personally I like the idea AS LONG as they bar the trainers from living behind the defensive line.
If a coach gets to speak to his players twice in a game (ie at the first break, and the second break) then those guys with water bottles aren't needed unless a player is lying on the ground and out of the play (which of course could be faked...)

I also think they need to have 'time off' for a kick at goal, but a 1 minute shot clock on it - count it down on the big screen, and if you take longer than a minute, no points count.

 

[ElectricEelMan]

"When it comes to its next television negotiation, the NRL will also investigate the feasibility of adopting the NFL model.
In the NFL, games are broadcast across a host of commercial stations. Commercial rights to NRL games are held by Channel Nine, although it may be forced to share them with another network when the rights are re-negotiated at the end of 2012."

THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE ABOVE ARTICLE!!!

ABOUT f**king TIME THEY AT LEAST THOUGHT OF THIS!!! GET RID OF EXCLUSIVE RADIO RIGHTS AS WELL!!!!

Yeah I can't everyone has been ignoring this part of the article. I can't even believe that it was mentioned last in the article. This would be one of the greatest changes to the game EVER! It means maximum revenue for the game. It means all the networks/foxtel pit themselves against each other to get the best time slots.

 

[Rastus_in_Melbourne]

Is that you Sonny?

When you consider they train every day of the week it would only be a very, very slight increase in % probably around 1.

Plus it would be a step back in the interchange system which we have exactly right at the moment. It could take a few more years to get the amount of interchanges allowed in a game or in each third right.

You missed the point, completely.

They are extending the game time and adding extra breaks to increase the tv coverage time and get more money for the tv deal.

So you would be totally happy for the NRL to get millions, maybe tens of millions extra on a new tv deal and give NONE of it to the players ? That's my point.

 

[nadera78]

The Tv contract is already undersold, lengthening the game would only paper over this fact.

 

[Eels Dude]

I don't necessarily agree with the idea, but at least it's some forward thinking by the NRL.

Everyone keeps saying the NRL should be looking to get more money into the game, yet as soon as they toss up an idea it's dismissed quickly.

 

[joshreading]

I just love how fans here seem to think that the game we have is the game we had in 1897 - in 1908 - in 1958 - in 1988 and in 1998.

The whole nature of Rugby League in its creation and development is CHANGE!!!

I think the idea has merit - the reality is we need to offer something that is worth it to broadcasters. Yes it would change the game slightly but as said nothing like bringing in limited tackes, the ten or interchange.

The NRL needs to be thinking - How can we get the Billion first? What internal game steps need to be taken, what expansion and consolidation steps need to be taken? What broadcasting changes need to be taken?

I actually think the field should be extended if possible by 2 metres on each side of the field for one (even if that is just an NRL Rule). Especially if we go to 30 min thirds, limit the interchange even more (6 or 8)