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    Smiths future plan

    TV Rights aren't inflated. They're bread and butter nowadays for FTA broadcasters, the gold standard of programming. A program that consistently gets ratings with little effort from the broadcaster. Losing TV rights also removes a consistently returning demographic which might watch other...
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    Scottish season 2015

    yeh, didn't they also knock down Russia from full to affiliate in 2010?
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    Scottish season 2015

    Something really needs to be done about this. They basically dumped the USA out of an auto-spot because it wasn't a member, Scotland shouldn't be immune. At least drop them to affiliate status put their auto slot up as a repechage when they don't make they grade. It would be a massive shame...
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    Phil Rothfield

    Part may have to do with the NT deal Parra have where they are paid to send a game to the territory and the Bulldogs sent a home game to NZ (which should have cost them, ANZ rates are pretty low). PArra are also supposed to be pretty big merchandisers iirc
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    Future NRL Stadiums

    ANZ is probably the right stadium for the bulldogs, but you could probably convince Souths to move closer to the traditional base if the rent was low enough (or incentives from NRL HQ were provided). And they'd only need one NRL full time NRL team to move out for the screws to turn. 10 minimum...
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    NRL Expansion Priorities

    if it was free sure, but likely the bears brand comes with bears admin and/or a hefty licencing fee.
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    Future NRL Stadiums

    Yep I wrong about the 48k limit, but that raising above 25k limit also must apply as well. But the 25k one only requires " negotiation in good faith " Apparently the govt. is negotiating an opt out at the moment...
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    Future NRL Stadiums

    nah i'm pretty sure its 25k capacity within 50km of homebush
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    Future NRL Stadiums

    To prevent the existing customers leaving. IF (this is the massive contingent here) the 65k stadium goes ahead in the city they have a considerably higher lever of competition for games. There are a lot of teams that use ANZ which could play out of another stadium. In multiple sports too...
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    Future NRL Stadiums

    i'm not sure about the details of the compensation. But it can't be too big an obstacle if the 65k City is still being discussed. SOO and GF are just two games. Socceroos friendlies could play in a 65k stadium, Wallabies fixtures, NRL prelim finals. Souths, Tigers, Dragons could all be...
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    Future NRL Stadiums

    A Bigger Allianz also provides a bargaining chip for League to twist ANZ's arm. ANZ isn't going to go rectangular unless we threaten to take games away. If the wedge is played right the government or NRL may not even have to invest anything into changing ANZ and the investors might pick up the...
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    The times are a changing

    Add both leagues trials than ESL starts in December. imo thought the ESL really dosen't have that much opportunity or need to shorten. ESL don't have origin which contributes to every teams injury toll and is where a tonne of the fatigue comes from. They have a match against France (i...
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    Next TV rights deal

    How so? The ASADA hit sharks managed to do pretty well for a team with 12+ first grade players suspended or injured. They beat the minor premiers, got within a point of being the cowboys in Townsville. The minor premiers didn't manage to get 40 points. Only 1 team managed to get 60...
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    Next TV rights deal

    Does the code need that extra $15 million though? By that time the NRL should (if it keeps going as it has) have built up a ~$150-200 million war chest. A comp like the NFL needs monday slots because they're running 16 odd games a week and not having a Monday game costs them exposure. Super...
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    Micheal Searle selling off his share of the Titans

    http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/titans-founder-michael-searle-says-hes-ready-to-sell-his-44m-shareholding-in-the-club/story-e6frf3xc-1227208279102?sv=fb08584657a0286ecc27690e607c0476#itm_s=foxs&itm_t=home&itm_c=content-3&itm_o=1&itm_l=Fox%20Feed%20-%20Titans founder Searle set to...
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    Another NRL backflip

    No clubs are moving. As long as the clubs are viable in the long term there's really no reason to move, and the prime candidates for relocation are pretty stable. Cronulla and Manly represent the smallest populations in Sydney but they don't look like going under anytime soon. If a club...
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    Toulouse v Warrington pre-season friendly

    Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmvngAPpiVM Some nice tries (esp the first one) and I love the toulouse away kit.
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    NRL appoints Richardson to strategy role

    Unless the AFL are willing to split their rights again (pretty unlikely) there will be a massive bidding war for the NRL and AFL. The Halo effect is too valuable to lose. There are 3 players and 2 major domestic rights deals for sale. Once 10 lost the AFL rights in trying to secure the NRL ones...
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    Amnrl clubs to new format

    The athletes are willing but we're yet to see how well these athletes can transition. There has been the odd crossover player to either code but theoretically the crossover is a massive divide. American football is a Stop-start, reaction based, highly specialized sport. None of those attributes...
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    Latin Heat v Phillipines ~ 2015 Magellan Cup

    You brought BARLA up and implicated that the Latin Heat were effectively doing the same thing. The Latin Heat have acted as effectively a national team. They follow the rules for national team selection (only applied to the 30 something countries they represent) and are in co-operation...

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