18th club, whose next?

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Well maybe if they give Perth a team the local station will cover it like they do in NZ.

What makes you think Foxtel will allow a Perth-based team to have all of its games broadcast on FTA in Perth?

They don't allow it for the Cowboys, Broncos, Titans, Knights, Raiders and Storm in their markets.

 

[Wb1234]

What makes you think Foxtel will allow a Perth-based team to have all of its games broadcast on FTA in Perth?

They don't allow it for the Cowboys, Broncos, Titans, Knights, Raiders and Storm in their markets.

Nine have zero interest in showing Perth games in Perth

gallops use it or lose it re storm games when they still showed storm games near midnight in Melbourne

It will get smashed even on a minor channel

 

[Iamback]

He said they hadn’t asked for money yet and no figure had been agreed and no financial commitment amount had been given. He said the journos had just made numbers up lol

Yes but he didn't rule it out.

The team needs to stand on its own. Isn't better they try that and get the short fall from the government?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I think a Perth team will be alright. Somewhere between Perth red and the donkey lol

Perth will survive, but it won't thrive like the Storm. At best, it'll be one of the poorest and least successful clubs, operating on the bare minimum because it will pull low crowds and poor sponsorship deals at a second rate stadium. It won't lead to a huge uptake in TV viewers and participation in Perth. Its value to the broadcasters will be negligible.

NZ2 will provide more players and viewers in NZ.

Brisbane 3 will add more viewers to the Brisbane market. The overall FTA ratings in Brisbane rose from about 98k to 111k on the back of the Dolphins, despite Ch9 screening four less Broncos games than the previous year.

My prediction is a Perth-based team will be like the Titans, but without as many juniors in its nursery. I wouldn’t be surprised if AwFuL added Perth 3 to keep the local media's focus on fumbleball when the NRL team makes its debut.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Strawman, no one said it has a large presence, it’s middling, one day with a club it will be larger

middling
adjective
moderate or average in size, amount, or rank.
"people on middling incomes"​

It's a minority sport in Perth. If it was of average value then Ch9 would broadcast all NRL games on the main channel.

8k FTA viewers = minority sport.

 

[Perth Red]

Yes but he didn't rule it out.

The team needs to stand on its own. Isn't better they try that and get the short fall from the government?

I’m not doubting the govt is going to put in, I’m just mocking Wb for his months of Insistence they had committed $600mill.

 

[Perth Red]

​

middling​

adjective​

moderate or average in size, amount, or rank.​

"people on middling incomes"​

It's a minority sport in Perth. If it was of average value then Ch9 would broadcast all NRL games on the main channel.

8k FTA viewers = minority sport.

45k paying to watch nrl games suggests otherwise.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

He said the journos had just made numbers up lol

Like the bullshit articles about the Perth bid?

 

[Perth Red]

Like the bullshit articles about the Perth bid?

Which articles would they be?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

45k paying to watch nrl games suggests otherwise.

How many were tourists?

How many were there because it was a one-off event?

How many will become full season ticketed members of a Perth-based team?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Which articles would they be?

Journalists have been speculating about Perth for over a decade.

Remember when they asked V'landys if Perth would be the 17th team and he replied, "If there's expansion it will be in Brisbane. No money will be wasted on rusted on AFL states". You had a fit and became anti-PVL on that day.

 

[TheEroticGamer]

Combined average of Brisbane stadiums is a little over 30k. Perth’s is almost 50k.

WA teams IN backwater QLD teams OUT.

 

[Perth Red]

How many were tourists?

How many were there because it was a one-off event?

How many will become full season ticketed members of a Perth-based team?

Not many

a few

15k

 

[Perth Red]

Journalists have been speculating about Perth for over a decade.

Remember when they asked V'landys if Perth would be the 17th team and he replied, "If there's expansion it will be in Brisbane. No money will be wasted on rusted on AFL states". You had a fit and became anti-PVL on that day.

Eh? How does that relate to your “bs Perth articles” comment?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Not many

a few

15k

How do you know 15k will become full season ticketed members?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Eh? How does that relate to your “bs Perth articles” comment?

Have any of the BS Perth articles named the businessmen who are allegedly on the bidding consortium?

Has the WA Gov publicly stated they will fund a high performance training centre, an upgrade of Perth Rectangular Stadium and junior pathways?

All I've heard from the WA Gov is an NRL team will help bring tourists to Perth. That's not a good reason for the NRL to put a team there.

 

[Bukowski]

Not many

a few

15k

15k is modest.

 

[Titanic]

The Cargo Cult is still alive and well it seems. Funny how easily topics get misconstrued. The cola wars in the PNGRFL go back to the days when the legendary Bruce Flynn (a Doggies or Berries as he called them backrower in the early '50's before moving for life to PNG) was GM of the SP Brewery which was the major league sponsor along with WD&HO Wills forever. Those who know PNG will remember the Easter KOOL Cup knockout. SP also owned the Pepsi franchise and as such CCA products were driven to other codes, primarily soccer and the arts. Then in the SL stoush CCA sponsored the ARL-aligned CocaCola Vipers as a swipe at the Murdoch PNGRFL and the pendulum swung when SP brought the rights to CocaCola. The current President of the PNGRFL Stan Joyce was until recently also an SP Brewery GM.

My point is that sports sponsorship, no matter what the media hacks or corporate marketing teams might tell you, is about getting the best bang for their buck no matter what their personal allegiances might be. Case in point, famed Kumul lock and later outspoken national coach John Wagambie was a director of global resource giant Chevron which hardly put a cent into the game. So just because there are monied corporations in PNG doesn't mean they will stump-up cash willy-nilly. Well at least not like politicians harvesting votes nor like Albo's the Great Wall of PNG.

Somebody asked am I afraid that they might be successful in their bid. As I have stated, I would love them to get in and be based in Moresby. I also agree that if they don't get in this round they probably never will. But I do fear that they will suck-up money like a bottomless pit. And as for doom and gloom, being forewarned is being forearmed, it shouldn't take a tragedy to put everyone on notice. PNG is a great place but she ain't all beer and skittles.

 

[Iamback]

15k is modest.

I think it is about spot on, given where RL stands as a sport.

What the number is in 10 years is the question. Particularly as the team gets more and more local talent. That always gets interest levels up

 

[MugaB]

I think it is about spot on, given where RL stands as a sport.

What the number is in 10 years is the question. Particularly as the team gets more and more local talent. That always gets interest levels up

18 =PNG
19 =Vic2
20 =Perf