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Why Roosters-bound Brandon Smith is on the nose with Craig Bellamy
Smith had worn out his welcome in Melbourne, to the point where coach Craig Bellamy didn’t even mention his name when paying tribute to departing players during his final media conference of the year.amp.theage.com.au
Even weedler can work out all the stuff vlandys has done and weedler is a dope
also some talk about future nrl tv deals
“In 2019, the 16 NRL clubs as a group recorded $38 million in losses,” he wrote. “During COVID, when the NRL increased net funding to clubs from $29 million to $86.4 million, it meant that the 16 clubs as a group made approximately $30 million in profit when other businesses and sports were incurring heavy losses. This was on top of the $144 million per annum the NRL paid the players on behalf of the clubs.
“For the next five years we have proposed a 140% increase in funding to clubs as compared to 2019. It’s expected players are going to receive a 19% increase, 12% adjusting for expansion. Not bad considering most employees are on average receiving a 3% increase.
“Yet a minority, rather than being appreciative, are demanding more. However, what is disappointing is they have a strategy to personally attack me and the NRL in order to achieve their unrealistic demands. The NRL next year will have record revenues and a cost-effective operation, which will make record distributions to players and clubs.
“To single out broadcast in isolation is misleading and opportunistic. Firstly, the AFL’s new broadcast deal does not start until 2025. It finishes in 2031. Before 2025, the NRL will likely have done a new broadcast deal. This will mean more distributions to clubs and players and a cost-effective operation. Also, a substantial part of the AFL revenue goes to operational costs. The NRL operational costs are now 25% of its revenue. In stark contrast, the AFL operational expenses in 2021 were 47% of its revenue.
“Infighting inside the game has always held us back. Attacking the game to achieve a better result for one stakeholder group comes at the cost of the overall game. Ironically, damaging the game will hurt all of us in the future.”
Why Roosters-bound Brandon Smith is on the nose with Craig Bellamy
Smith had worn out his welcome in Melbourne, to the point where coach Craig Bellamy didn’t even mention his name when paying tribute to departing players during his final media conference of the year.
amp.theage.com.au
He's boasting about taking money away from all levels below NRL and handing it to NRL clubs who made a massive loss in 2019.
How is that good for the game?
Surprise surprise, the clubs he bailed out are still whinging!
The same thing happened to John Grant after he caved in to the clubs.
We need to stop pandering to the clubs and start investing in juniors and expansion. If the poorer clubs wish to spend more than they earn then let them find their way out of trouble or kick them out when they go bust.