18th club, whose next?

[Perth Red]

5 cities, just 5 cities. So rugby league.
damn Superleague.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

5 cities, just 5 cities. So rugby league.
damn Superleague.

3 of whom have no players to contribute, so the despised Sydney clubs have to do the heavy lifting for them.

 

[Pippen94]

Very easy to do on paper and in delusional fantastical minds.

Not so easy to do in reality. Melbourne shows us that with the millions thrown at it to get them where they are today.

A sensible, selfless person would appreciate the NRLs financial responsibility in not expanding until the time was right, not just doing it because a bunch of pelicans with nil real time experience in sports administration wanted it because they need a dot on the map erection.

Lol, map erection

 

[Wb1234]

The countries only got 5 cities over 1million, you wouldn’t think it’d be so hard to have at least one club in each of them! So rugby league.

you make it sound like Perth and Adelaide never had arl or nrl teams

obviously anything before 2010 isn’t really your strong point is it

 

[Wb1234]

3 of whom have no players to contribute, so the despised Sydney clubs have to do the heavy lifting for them.

Plus you guys Newcastle Auckland and qld

just one team is a bludger

maybe chooks to a small degree too

 

[Colk]

Afl has a similar geographic spread that leaves places out

also how many teams in Melbourne ? Similar

Similar geographical spread? If you say so.

 

[Perth Red]

you make it sound like Perth and Adelaide never had arl or nrl teams

obviously anything before 2010 isn’t really your strong point is it

Right here, right now……

 

[Colk]

Incorrect, this competition has not brought in a another sydney side since penrith, it has only ever expanded (souths return doesn't count)

Your talking as if it will never go back to perth or adelaide, when within 10 years they might, theve already gone back to gold coast and now SEQ3
They'll be heading back there

I never suggested that they had.

Maybe they will. They should do it. Nevertheless we have some people saying we should put another side in Brisbane. That reeks of the conservatism that the game has had in its history.

 

[Perth Red]

I never suggested that they had.

Maybe they will. They should do it. Nevertheless we have some people saying we should put another side in Brisbane. That reeks of the conservatism that the game has had in its history.

It’s so rugby league, if many had their way the next two teams would be another Brisbane team and gosford bears. It shows how small our game remains in its thinking.

 

[Wb1234]

Similar geographical spread? If you say so.

Melbourne doesn’t have 9 afl teams ?

and no team in north qld Newcastle csnberra Wollongong or Auckland

yep I say so

 

[Wb1234]

Right here, right now……

You think the nrl clubs will allow that

hahhahahaa

you should visit planet earth one day

 

[MugaB]

I never suggested that they had.

Maybe they will. They should do it. Nevertheless we have some people saying we should put another side in Brisbane. That reeks of the conservatism that the game has had in its history.

We just did that sort of, at least one in SEQ, they are conservative is only coz the comp coming off of restructured funds, and a chance to expand without having to foot the bill, next one might be the same, but it will spark a need to head to WA/SA

 

[Colk]

Very easy to do on paper and in delusional fantastical minds.

Not so easy to do in reality. Melbourne shows us that with the millions thrown at it to get them where they are today.

A sensible, selfless person would appreciate the NRLs financial responsibility in not expanding until the time was right, not just doing it because a bunch of pelicans with nil real time experience in sports administration wanted it because they need a dot on the map erection.

The old appeals to authority. I guess nobody can make a comment on anything - politics, sport, economy - unless they are intimately involved in the process. I guess the appeal also doesn’t seem to work outside of Rugby League. We are the outlier remember, not anybody else.

Also, there is no suggestion anywhere, by anybody, that suggests we do it now. There should be at least a recognition, however, that it could and should be done.

Would it be hard - of course it would be hard. Most things in life are hard. There is no evidence supplied yet though that suggests that it is implausible or not worth doing.

 

[Perth Red]

The old appeals to authority. I guess nobody can make a comment on anything - politics, sport, economy - unless they are intimately involved in the process. I guess the appeal also doesn’t seem to work outside of Rugby League. We are the outlier remember, not anybody else.

Also, there is no suggestion anywhere, by anybody, that suggests we do it now. There should be at least a recognition, however, that it could and should be done.

Would it be hard - of course it would be hard. Most things in life are hard. There is no evidence supplied yet though that suggests that it is implausible or not worth doing.

F1 just the latest example of casting off the old shackles. For years everyone said usa not interested in F1, new company takes over and low and behold America is now falling over itself to host races and selling 400k tickets a race.

Sometimes you just have to have faith in your product and a good sales strategy.

 

[Colk]

Nah it didn’t work

but if you wanna dream about Adelaide in a decade good for you

If you want to use those parameters, then a second Brisbane side didn’t work, Illawarra didn’t work, Gold Coast didn’t work, Perth didn’t work, a whole bunch of Sydney teams didn’t work etc.

I don’t how you can use such a circumstance as a Super League war where nearly half the teams were booted or merged as some sort of reason not to do something now. Completely different set of circumstances which won’t (most likely) ever happen again.

 

[MugaB]

If you want to use those parameters, then a second Brisbane side didn’t work, Illawarra didn’t work, Gold Coast didn’t work, Perth didn’t work, a whole bunch of Sydney teams didn’t work etc.

I don’t how you can use such a circumstance as a Super League war where nearly half the teams were booted or merged as some sort of reason not to do something now. Completely different set of circumstances which won’t (most likely) ever happen again.

Adelaide imploded due to bad media and afl run agendas

 

[Perth Red]

If you want to use those parameters, then a second Brisbane side didn’t work, Illawarra didn’t work, Gold Coast didn’t work, Perth didn’t work, a whole bunch of Sydney teams didn’t work etc.

I don’t how you can use such a circumstance as a Super League war where nearly half the teams were booted or merged as some sort of reason not to do something now. Completely different set of circumstances which won’t (most likely) ever happen again.

It’s by far the dumbest argument people put forward as a reason not to do something. It didn’t work so we shouldn’t try again, even though the environment is totally different now.

we’d still be living in caves if those people had their way!

 

[Perth Red]

Adelaide imploded due to bad media and afl run agendas

you hear very little about the rams and what worked and what didn’t, be fascinating to get some insider knowledge on what went on there.
I had a coffee with a board member of the western reds a few years ago and was fascinating to hear the shenanigans that went on in that period! The crushers articles recently posted were equally interesting insights. be really interesting to know the inside workings of the rams, I was always interested how they survived the 97 cull, all be it for just a year more.

 

[Colk]

F1 just the latest example of casting off the old shackles. For years everyone said usa not interested in F1, new company takes over and low and behold America is now falling over itself to host races and selling 400k tickets a race.

Sometimes you just have to have faith in your product and a good sales strategy.

Exactly. It’s funny how the self coined most pro league people are seemingly the most pessimistic about the product that is being sold

Being optimistic, the game couldn’t have been run more poorly in the last 30-40 years, yet here we are and we are the most popular TV sport in the country. Imagine how good a position we would or could be in if we actually realised how good our product was and actually believed in it.

 

[Perth Red]

Exactly. It’s funny how the self coined most pro league people are seemingly the most pessimistic about the product that is being sold

Being optimistic, the game couldn’t have been run more poorly in the last 30-40 years, yet here we are and we are the most popular TV sport in the country. Imagine how good a position we would or could be in if we actually realised how good our product was and actually believed in it.

If we had the games early 90’s leadership with todays money and profile the game could be anything. Club 18 decision is going to say a lot about if the nrl has grown up or remains same old same old.