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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    First, yes they are entitled to vote in their own interests. But their own interests go against the growth and overall benefit of the game. It’s a ball and chain around the code that was meant to be fixed in the early 90s (Bradley report) and again after 95 (Kerrigan report). It should have been...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Why the hell you talking about 1910? Haha the broncos commenced in 1988. Mergers of Sydney clubs had been floated since the early 70s with the plan being to have teams in Canberra wagga Newcastle and Brisbane. All because the code with so many Sydney clubs was unsustainable. Wests and Newtown...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Passion Fingers Pete … everything he touches…
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    God lord where do I even begin with this crap. Mini Casinos? Hahaha Gambling was illegal in Queensland, except for Jupiter’s casino on the Gold Coast and up in NQ. That’s why seagulls and twin towns in tweed heads did so well. The people coming over the border to go to shows and play pokies...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/rugby-league/vlandys-adamant-funding-can-be-resolved-c-8784689 Last time Beta PVL talked this tough publicly in negotiations was with Foxtel and Nine. So I’d say that puts the clubs and players in the box seat
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Yes I do think it is the Sydney clubs hold the game back. The only reason they approved expansion in the first place was to bleed the new queensland teams for money to prop up themselves and avoid bankruptcy. The whole genesis for super league was a response to Sydney clubs and nsw dominated...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fsport%2Fnrl%2Fd-day-looms-in-funding-feud-between-nrl-clubs-and-management-20221107-p5bw88.html Roy Masters article suggests Club CEOs are doing their jobs and demanding transparency on NRL financials. Then you got secondary nsw clubs like...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Reduced cap and salary during the Covid years not enough? The botched renegotiations with nine and Foxtel costing the players millions not enough? As for the proposed transfer window, what are the NRL offering the players in return for changing the current rules? Will the players obtain more...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Just gone over the AFL CBA re: RLPA request to sit on the Commission. I’ve not been able to find a copy of current NRL CBA online. So hard to confirm, but I’ve a feeling RLPA may be requesting a similar (if not the same) rights AFLPA has, which is to be invited, from time to time, to Commission...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    A seat on the commission seems unlikely. Worth a crack asking for it I suppose. Unlikely to happen. The other things like having a say on rule changes, workplace policies, season structure and length of holidays etc seems pretty reasonable to me. Considering the way the codes been run since...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    What are the players demands?
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    The best player in the AFL era (1990) was Wayne Carey. A Victorian… wait no… a South Australian… wait no… certainly he was a West Australian… wait no … he was born and bred in Wagga Wagga. Remind me again when the best NRL player came from anywhere but Queensland?
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Exactly, perfect opportunity to grow the game… But the PVL types (sadly Gould is one) won’t do it as they think the game is just based in nsw qld and a bit of nz.
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Haha yep overseas really gives a flying f**k about NRL, as much as it does any Australian sport, But PVL genius is he is planing a NRL game in USA!!! Watch that mean sweet f**k all haha both codes tried their hands at North America in the 80s. USA just don’t give a f**k. NBA NHL MLB and NFL...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Huh? They don’t have “leagues clubs” cause of the revenue they make from memberships. They make a fortune. It’s not surprising that Melbourne Storm have started to cash in on memberships while most Sydney teams have sweet f**k all members
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Revisit this in 30 years mate haha why would any kid want to live and play in Newcastle for a shit club - if a swans academy is willing to pay their way and they get to live in Bondi etc… You keep thinking small time, just like old Beta PVL… AFL will keep thinking big picture. The funniest...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    It shoots itself in the foot cause it thinks the future is Sydney. With PVL at the helm, that mindset ain’t changing. It shoots itself in the foot cause News Ltd stooges give away media rights cheap as chips for mates while AFL negotiate like professionals and bargain $500m more than NRL. I...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    And they have D grade playing list And they are based in a region that’s not where the population will be growing highest And they will always be the little brother to broncos, just the way News Ltd want it And Brisbane lions have been gifted the south west to build playing pool You clearly...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    They got $500m more than NRL to invest in everything north of Riverina … Come back and revisit my post in 40 years mate. No one in there right mind in the 70s went “you know what’s gonna be bigger than rugby Union in nsw in 2022? Aerial ping pong”. Stop underestimating your opponent you dead shit
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    My point is Brisbane should have had possibly 4 clubs by now. North (Redcliffe), Ipswich (west), Firehawks (south) and Broncos (central). Plus at least NQ and GC - and possibly central qld. That’s 6-7 clubs. At least 3 Brisbane clubs and GC and NQ. Sharks and Wests tigers should have been...

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