NRL boss pledges solid future for all

[elbusto]

It doesn't take time to do some things. Some things can be done very quickly and easily. If they don't act in certain areas now it will be too late in 10 years or 20 years. You don't play catch-up by wasting another decade.

Reactive management! Nothing beats it. All that does is create a 'hands out' mentality where every part of the game will yell for support.

That is no way to manage a game.

 

[Perth Red]

I am hoping next year will see the obvious impact of all this. We've been promised a lot and there is great goals that they are setting but we do need action as well.

All of our hard work on jnr development in WA including our SG Ball is having to be funded out of warl generated funds.would be nice to see the ARL come in and start giving grants to regions for this kind of development work at grass roots.

We have just got a new jnr club starting up in Mandurah, they are still selling hot dogs outside buntings to raise enough money to buy their first kit. They could have set up a grass roots grant programme by now that clubs can apply for funding for equipment and kit, start up costs help etc. wouldn't be hard to do.

 

[elbusto]

I am hoping next year will see the obvious impact of all this. We've been promised a lot and there is great goals that they are setting but we do need action as well.

All of our hard work on jnr development in WA including our SG Ball is having to be funded out of warl generated funds.would be nice to see the ARL come in and start giving grants to regions for this kind of development work at grass roots.

Mate you have some top people over there promoting your State exceptionally well with the NRL and they are listening.

WA is the obvious market.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

They could bring in a salary cap exemption for players from emerging nations and places like PNG. It would take no time, little effort and cost the NRL no money. If clubs want to take advantage and spend some cash on it they can and it would help the game internationally. And it could happen NOW, not in 10 years. By the next World Cup we could have had players with several years experience in the NRL structure playing for these smaller nations. As it is this idea will probably never happen, but if it did in five years or 10 years it will be several world cups before there's any benefit and the opportunity might be lost altogether. That's just one example. Because they have no real plan for the international game and just keep saying things like "the Pacific Islands are important" simply because there's heaps of Polynesians in the NRL suggests they won't be doing anything any time soon.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Jesus ,unbelievable.
NRL before the commish,had no strategic plan ,about ANYTHING.

I bet in 2 yrs time we see a very clear picture of where we are headed.

I am just glad that we now have a plan/vision for the game .
I am glad we are free of News Ltd.
I am glad we have people with business skills running the game.
I am glad we now have the $$$ we should have had yrs ago.
I am glad we have a leader talking our game up & defending it .
I am glad we are ignoring News LTD's agenda & pissing them off.

That will do me for now...

That is about a 1000% in where we were before the ARLC was formed.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Reactive management! Nothing beats it. All that does is create a 'hands out' mentality where every part of the game will yell for support.

That is no way to manage a game.

Yeah because that's not what the clubs have been doing since day one. They had their hands out before the ink had dried on the TV deal (in fact even before that). And they still do.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

I'm sick of hearing "but before we had nothing" as if that makes it perfectly okay that we now have slightly less than nothing. The ARLC have a dream job. They can do f**k all for ever more because at least they're not News Ltd's NRL. In actual fact they should be doing more because now there is no excuse.

 

[elbusto]

They could bring in a salary cap exemption for players from emerging nations and places like PNG. It would take no time, little effort and cost the NRL no money. If clubs want to take advantage and spend some cash on it they can and it would help the game internationally. And it could happen NOW, not in 10 years. By the next World Cup we could have had players with several years experience in the NRL structure playing for these smaller nations. As it is this idea will probably never happen, but if it did in five years or 10 years it will be several world cups before there's any benefit and the opportunity might be lost altogether. That's just one example. Because they have no real plan for the international game and just keep saying things like "the Pacific Islands are important" simply because there's heaps of Polynesians in the NRL suggests they won't be doing anything any time soon.

And there are 200 other things they can do as well. And each one is a priority. That is why you take a 'Whole of Game Approach'.

Now be a little patient and see what happens.

The SMH articles demonstrate the fact we have suffered mismanagement and have been penniless, effectively, until we signed this new deal.

Smith is not simply going to throw the money around.

It will be distributed carefully with the whole game in mind and there will be a reserve created to ensure its viability.

Great days ahead.

 

[adamkungl]

They could bring in a salary cap exemption for players from emerging nations and places like PNG. It would take no time, little effort and cost the NRL no money. If clubs want to take advantage and spend some cash on it they can and it would help the game internationally. And it could happen NOW, not in 10 years. By the next World Cup we could have had players with several years experience in the NRL structure playing for these smaller nations. As it is this idea will probably never happen, but if it did in five years or 10 years it will be several world cups before there's any benefit and the opportunity might be lost altogether. That's just one example. Because they have no real plan for the international game and just keep saying things like "the Pacific Islands are important" simply because there's heaps of Polynesians in the NRL suggests they won't be doing anything any time soon.

Good idea, hard to really find a flaw with that.

Unfortunately I doubt many people with influence are pushing them hard on the international game, it will require some initiative... whether they have it remains to be seen.

Personally I find it hard to fault them in their approach to the domestic game so far though. Got the big money the fans were demanding and are seemingly focused on using it intelligently.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

And there are 200 other things they can do as well. And each one is a priority. That is why you take a 'Whole of Game Approach'.

Now be a little patient and see what happens.

The SMH articles demonstrate the fact we have suffered mismanagement and have been penniless, effectively, until we signed this new deal.

Smith is not simply going to throw the money around.

It will be distributed carefully with the whole game in mind and there will be a reserve created to ensure its viability.

Great days ahead.

Yeah yeah and the top "priorities" are to give all the money to the current NRL clubs. The rest can wait 10 years. That seems to be the message. This "whole of game approach" seems to ignore a hell of a lot of that "whole". The whole game exists beyond Sydney, beyond NSW and Qld and even beyond Australia. But you wouldn't know it. If they are taking a whole of game approach they would have done something about the state of the RLIF as one of the first priorities. I doubt that will ever happen, especially when the only thing they ever mention about international football equates to some vague reference to Pacific Islands.

 

[elbusto]

Yeah yeah and the top "priorities" are to give all the money to the current NRL clubs. The rest can wait 10 years. That seems to be the message. This "whole of game approach" seems to ignore a hell of a lot of that "whole". The whole game exists beyond Sydney, beyond NSW and Qld and even beyond Australia. But you wouldn't know it. If they are taking a whole of game approach they would have done something about the state of the RLIF as one of the first priorities. I doubt that will ever happen, especially when the only thing they ever mention about international football equates to some vague reference to Pacific Islands.

Cannot really reply to that one. It is just possible that I do not have your negative mind set and simply cannot relate to the culture of complaint that permeates some sections of our game.

If so - mea culpa.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

I would be the first to applaud them if they did really start to do something seriously positive for the game. But I won't accept that the minor gains made in the past 15 months amount to anything more than the bare minimum that should have been expected. I think that is actually the problem with the mindset at the moment. The game was so f**ked for so long that we will accept a 5 out of 10 effort from the ARLC and call it a success.

 

[elbusto]

I would be the first to applaud them if they did really start to do something seriously positive for the game. But I won't accept that the minor gains made in the past 15 months amount to anything more than the bare minimum that should have been expected. I think that is actually the problem with the mindset at the moment. The game was so f**ked for so long that we will accept a 5 out of 10 effort from the ARLC and call it a success.

Go and eat a happy meal. You need one.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Go and eat a happy meal. You need one.

And they'd get another toy to chuck out of the cot.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

I'm sick of hearing "but before we had nothing" as if that makes it perfectly okay that we now have slightly less than nothing..

:lol::lol::crazy::crazy:

How are we worse off than before the ARLC?

Jesus you are a negative person.

 

[Garbler]

The ARLC have a dream job. They can do f**k all for ever more because at least they're not News Ltd's NRL. In actual fact they should be doing more because now there is no excuse.

Typical armchair critic; all bluster and hyperbole.

Good luck trying to convince people the ARLC are doing an average job; unfortunately most people have a bit better judgement than yourself.

 

[Perth Red]

I kind of sit on the fence at the moment, yes it is great to have decent management, a strategy and independence, but I can also see there are plenty of easy to set up projects that could be up and running by now. They very quickly sorted out $500k a club hand outs and an increased club grant, they also brought all of the development officers under one umbrella which is positive but they haven't done anything else that I can see for grass roots yet and nothing for the international game. Hopefully it will come soon. At the moment all of the focus is on the NRL, lets see some action in the other areas they are responsible for.

 

[Garbler]

I kind of sit on the fence at the moment, yes it is great to have decent management, a strategy and independence, but I can also see there are plenty of easy to set up projects that could be up and running by now. They very quickly sorted out $500k a club hand outs and an increased club grant, they also brought all of the development officers under one umbrella which is positive but they haven't done anything else that I can see for grass roots yet and nothing for the international game. Hopefully it will come soon. At the moment all of the focus is on the NRL, lets see some action in the other areas they are responsible for.

I think you would still have to get them benefit of the doubt, for at least 2 reasons:

1. How much of their resources have been tied by with the ASADA fiasco?

Can underestimate how damaging this could have been if we had a lesser CEO?

2. Fail to plan, plan to fail

Geez I would rather they take their time with handing out cash and new jobs. Look at the deficit the Fed has got us in trying to be everyone's best friend.

 

[Perth Red]

Absolutely, I am happy to be patient for the very best outcome, just lets see some action outside of the NRL is all I am suggesting. He has only been in the job for 3 months and has done plenty of good things in that brief time. WHo in the new structure will be responsible for overseeing the grass roots and jnr development side of the game?

 

[Parra]

cheering for Fairfax and the SMH is hilarious.

Be careful what you wish for.