18th club, whose next?

[Pippen94]

Nearly every sport has tried or does try to crack a market that they don’t have a share or presence in.

..& get somebody else to fund it. If NFL ever gets a London team they won't be giving them money to prop them up..

 

[Pippen94]

Of course.

..Stop me when I misquote you..

 

[Perth Red]

This. Afl needs to expand because geography favours NRL.

What do you mean ‘needs to’ they already have starting back 30 years ago!
4 clubs in nsw and qlnd v 1 club in Vic, SA and WA. Hmmmmm

 

[Colk]

..Stop me when I misquote you..

You commonly do. For example I don’t remember calling myself weird and/or insular did I?

 

[Pippen94]

What do you mean ‘needs to’ they already have starting back 30 years ago!
4 clubs in nsw and qlnd v 1 club in Vic, SA and WA. Hmmmmm

Afl needs to. They may be no benefit to nrl going to Adelaide or Perth ever..

 

[Pippen94]

You commonly do. For example I don’t remember calling myself weird and/or insular did I?

Stop misquoting me

 

[Colk]

..& get somebody else to fund it. If NFL ever gets a London team they won't be giving them money to prop them up..

Nobody was arguing that private investment isn’t needed but are you really suggesting that sports like cricket or soccer through ICC or FIFA haven’t invested money in say a market like the States? Is that your argument.

 

[Maximus]

The problem with some NRL fans is they ain't willing to play the long game.

It takes a generation to make change in a new market, not a few years.

The Storm were averaging less then 10k at one point. The investment pays off

Except America where we are going to become a huge tv product overnight.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

What do you mean ‘needs to’ they already have starting back 30 years ago!
4 clubs in nsw and qlnd v 1 club in Vic, SA and WA. Hmmmmm

They HAD to do it and NEED to continue to prop up the unwanted teams. RL doesn't need to do that. We need to leverage our heartlands and Victoria way better because that is 70% of the population is. A Perth team will be a good addition to that solid foundation.

 

[Colk]

Stop misquoting me

What like this

“@Colk boasting about having no afl fans as friends is weird & insular.”

By the way I didn’t boast. I just said that I don’t socialise day to day with people who follow fumbleball because I live in Newcastle. I am not asking it to weed them out, it is just a matter of the micro environment.

 

[Centy Coast]

@Perth Red
@mongoose

Uh oh

But you could state the same of the Melbourne Storm ?, News Ltd had propped them up with $$$ year after year after year, yes they won Premierships both legally and off the books, they have been in the NRL since 1998 and they are finally showing some growth in the VIC market, now if you compare that to this article on the Swans and GWS isn’t it exactly the same without showing any rugby league bias in saying that it isn’t ?.
I wouldn’t bag either the AFL or NRL for having a dig in either market which is stacked against them, good on them for having a crack I reckon.

 

[blue bags]

Where did I say NZ 4?

Read my post again. Perth & NZ2 as 18th and 19th teams, team 20 open to all bids.

Great for NZ if we get 2 of those 3 expansion spots... but if we just get one of them, then lay groundwork for a 3rd NZ team at some future stage.

NZ could have more team's than Brisbane soon

 

[Wb1234]

But you could state the same of the Melbourne Storm ?, News Ltd had propped them up with $$$ year after year after year, yes they won Premierships both legally and off the books, they have been in the NRL since 1998 and they are finally showing some growth in the VIC market, now if you compare that to this article on the Swans and GWS isn’t it exactly the same without showing any rugby league bias in saying that it isn’t ?.
I wouldn’t bag either the AFL or NRL for having a dig in either market which is stacked against them, good on them for having a crack I reckon.

Yep you can say the same of the storm

dots in a map is a bad strategy for any code

esp when we have places that can support real rugby league CLUBS which the storm really aren’t

they are a patchwork team

 

[Bukowski]

Why does everyone keep bringing up AFL like they are the only sport that has teams in the 5 major metros? It's all sports except us and rugby.
It's just obvious that you go the major cities! Every other sport has worked this out.

 

[Colk]

Why does everyone keep bringing up AFL like they are the only sport that has teams in the 5 major metros? It's all sports except us and rugby.
It's just obvious that you go the major cities! Every other sport has worked this out.

It’s not just fumbleball or relevant to just here in Australia.

It’s essentially most sports.

 

[Wb1234]

It’s not just fumbleball or relevant to just here in Australia.

It’s essentially most sports.

Yep comparing to minor sports that are dieing is relevant

 

[Colk]

Yep comparing to minor sports that are dieing is relevant

So soccer (globally), gridiron, baseball and basketball in the United States are minor sports are they?

 

[blue bags]

It’s not just fumbleball or relevant to just here in Australia.

It’s essentially most sports.

Jack jumpers has been very successful so far

 

[Colk]

Jack jumpers has been very successful so far

Has it?

 

[Wb1234]

So soccer (globally), gridiron, baseball and basketball in the United States are minor sports are they?

We’re talking about Australia arent we

focus !
Why should one of the biggest if not the biggest Australian sport/ copy soccer and union (which are dieing)