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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Yes they scout everywhere. Not denying that. But the Springfield location makes all the difference. Why do you think they decided to move 27km from the Gabba for their new facility? Just cheap land in the middle of nowhere? Ofcourse not. They have a strategy to get a foot hold in the youth in...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Yeah Redcliffe, as an Easts fan growing up on GC, was always a team I hated. Well to be fair, I didn’t really like any other team - but Redcliffe I hated for some reason
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    I imagine the ones championing Redcliffe as the miracle on this website are either born and bred Redcliffe fans or have never lived in SEQ and have absolutely no idea of what we’re talking about. Can you imagine the damage $500m over 3 years between 2025-27 is going to do in south west Brisbane...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    It has all the relevance in the world. The growth areas is exactly where the junior talent will be over the next 20 plus years. Take Cam Smith from Logan. At his size he’s a perfect inside mid fielder for AFL. So any kid Cam Smiths size in south west Brisbane within a presence 15km of Lions HQ...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Valid point, but it’s just not the biggest growth area for Brisbane suburbs in next 20 years. Those are inner south and western suburbs...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    I actually think, of all the f**k ups in NSWRL/ARL/NRL/SL history in past 40 years, the botched media rights deal is the worst. There’s absolutely no reason to not maximise TV rights in this day and age. Hahaha last week Beta PVL “this AFL deal is nothing special don’t worry I got something up...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    So the protection racket for NEWS Ltd owned Broncos is in full force then. What a disgrace.
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    IIRC it was you and I that pointed out our concerns with the re-negotiated deal back in May/June 2020. Keeping it all “commercial in confidence” reeked of being bent over by News Ltd and Nine. Seems like we’re on the right side of history. So help me get this sequence of events right. Take the...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    On the 2 stadiums. I agree. It wouldn’t work in Sydney due to geographic lay out of the city. Which is why NSW government had the three stadium policy of Allianz, Accor and Comm Bank stadiums. And even that has issues. What do you do with Manly and Cronulla? they ain’t playing out of Allianz...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Another negative about NRL governance. I have no f**king idea who the AFL chairman is… Years ago it was Mike Fitzpatrick. In any event, you rarely hear a peep out of the commission. And that’s deliberate. It’s great governance. Company’s have a board of directors. The CEO is employed by the...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    @Babyface O'reilly Just to clarify - I did preface my statement with Super league and News Ltd “for all its faults”. If I recall correctly, the brisbane licence was granted on the basis no other club could be within south east Queensland. Hence, Gold Coast Giants were based in NSW over the...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    and so it begins… the shifting of the goal posts Previously it was “NRL get the same or similar TV rights as AFL”. Now it’s “TV rights are different for each code you can’t compare apples with oranges … hey quick look over their NRL make more profit”. So cutting back on costs like getting rid...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    They like MAGA Republicans man. Anything Beta PVL says they lap it up as unquestionable facts. Any one who questions “the facts” is just anti-NRL. In reality - we just see the situation for what it is, a miserable shit show
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    This is simply mindblowing. I can’t even fathom such a pathetic response. Beta PVL and Alpha Gil. Let’s review the last 2 years - got the game going even at a discount price for 2020-2022 (tick) - changed the rules for no reason without stakeholder consultation leading to blow outs (fail)...
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    2023-2028 next tv deal discussion

    Don’t forget under his guidance the NRL placed the 2nd Brisbane team away from the future growth corridor and will have little impact on the News Ltd owned Broncos. They’ve also gifted the AFL a foothold on everything south and west of the river with home ground on redeveloped $1b government...
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    2023-2028 next tv deal discussion

    I beg to differ on the Brisbane 3 teams thing - maybe I’m including Logan and Ipswich as brisbane. But if the game was run properly, free of News Ltd interference, there would be 3 teams in the Brisbane area by now. There is a reason why AFL is placing the lions at Springfield in the south...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    A Again, I completely dispute this idea that it’s a cycle and NRL will just make up the difference with its next media deal in 2028-32. 1. AFL is guarentee to make at least $500m (including contra) more than NRL for 2025-27 based on Roy Masters article and just sound logic. 2. For its...
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    Your reliance on randomly selected data and figures makes it very hard to follow. You’ve previously said the $4.5b figure is bloated due to telstra providing $50m a year or whatever it is. So minus $350m over 7 years your saying $4.15b is what FTA and Pay are paying. Divided by 7 = $585m a...
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    2023-2028 next tv deal discussion

    So what are the figures the NRL keep commercial in confidence?
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    2023-2028 next tv deal discussion

    Yeah, in my opinion there appears to be conflict between being head of racing and NRL as both sports negotiate with News Ltd and other media companies. I would think if PVL told News Ltd to GTFOH in relation to NRL rights, there could be consequences for racing down the track. Similarly if...

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