24 Hour NRL channel

[El Diablo]

Butch and Sundance are arguably more "iconic" lol

both drug addicts from Perth

 

[Perth Red]

It is great to see some international footy on this channel. But i have a feeling if these matches were taking place somewhere other than Australia, then Fox wouldn't bother getting the stream.

In terms of the rest of the channel:
- Wish they had some Superleague replays on at a decent hour. It is either live when we are all asleep or during the day when everyone is at work.
- I don't have a problem with the panel shows. I don't like them but can see some people will. But they don't need to replay them a milion times, especially multiple times in one night. Nothing to raise the blood levels like flicking back to the channel 3 times only to see the same Paul Kent spiel on each occasion.
- Chooseday night football was very popular back in the day, why not bring it back? More classic matches in general please.
- There are a plethora of existing programmes on rugby league they could air. Documentaries like 'That's Rugby League' and a range of other DVD specials. Eg, Parramatta have a series of 4 DVDs called 'The Mighty Eels'. I'm sure other clubs have similar series' so it would be great to have these shown.

The only reason for three games in one Sydney ground hardly fit for club purpose never mind showcasing international rugby league is to reduce fox nrl production costs I would suggest.

 

[El Diablo]

The only reason for three games in one Sydney ground hardly fit for club purpose never mind showcasing international rugby league is to reduce fox nrl production costs I would suggest.

 

[Vee]

It is great to see some international footy on this channel. But i have a feeling if these matches were taking place somewhere other than Australia, then Fox wouldn't bother getting the stream.

In terms of the rest of the channel:
- Wish they had some Superleague replays on at a decent hour. It is either live when we are all asleep or during the day when everyone is at work.
- I don't have a problem with the panel shows. I don't like them but can see some people will. But they don't need to replay them a milion times, especially multiple times in one night. Nothing to raise the blood levels like flicking back to the channel 3 times only to see the same Paul Kent spiel on each occasion.
- Chooseday night football was very popular back in the day, why not bring it back? More classic matches in general please.
- There are a plethora of existing programmes on rugby league they could air. Documentaries like 'That's Rugby League' and a range of other DVD specials. Eg, Parramatta have a series of 4 DVDs called 'The Mighty Eels'. I'm sure other clubs have similar series' so it would be great to have these shown.

I'm either at footy or work most evenings, I'm happy NRL 360 is repeated so I can catch it either at 2230 or the next morning. Wish I could tape it so I could fast-forward through the crap though.

All those old season highlight videos from either clubs or the ARL would be great too, I guess the problem there is IP rights.

 

[taipan]

The only reason for three games in one Sydney ground hardly fit for club purpose never mind showcasing international rugby league is to reduce fox nrl production costs I would suggest.

It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact,the fast majority of the Pacific island and Fijian population live in the West.
It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Campbelltown rarely gets NRL games ,and the fact other codes are pushing the letter there.
It wouldn't have anything to do with minimising costs by staging 3 at the one venue.Meaning the RLIF/NRL pay less, and yes Fox have the benefit of all at one venue.
Fox has little control over International scheduling,as rugby league now has its own Fox dedicated channel.

Oh and a packed house ,with plenty of noise and colour and decent games would also be a selling point to Fox.

I would love to say I love your work, but it's clueless ,so best can do :1 point for appearance sake.

 

[DiegoNT]

The reason for the tests being in sydney isn't about tv. From memory Gus Gould pushed hard for an under 20s origin match to be played at Penrith in 2012. After it was a success Penrith got the game again in 2013. The Puletua Brothers were trying hard to establish samoa at the time. They had a real problem getting clubs to release players. So they were forced to play a game in australia, so clubs would more easily release players as they didn't have to travel (especially as 11 teams are based in nsw). This was vital as it was a world cup year and samoa needed to start getting a team together. The decision to play the initial pacific test in sydney had nothing to do with TV. I don't think the plan was to even televise it. But because it was a rep weekend and fox had nothing else to put on they took a chance. And lucky they did as it was a great game. But even then samoa amd tongan teams were only half filled with nrl players.
Fiji and png jumped at the chance to get nrl players back easily for test matches and soon joined forces with the other pacific island nations to play a double header in australia.

 

[undertaker]

Absolute cringeworthy, especially the bit at the end

 

[undertaker]

Paul Kent basically giving himself a pat on the back and taking the credit for getting Russell Packer back in the NRL. Wow, Australian of the Year nomination coming up for the gift that keeps giving..........Paul Kent!

 

[Stormwarrior82]

Kent is a "Kant". Can anyone fine a positive thing he has said about the nrl is the past year? IMO city v country game being shut down is holy and souly the clubs doing. It's hasler, green etc fault. But Kant will tell you otherwise. Apparently the clubs pay the players? Ummmm does the nrl pay the clubs salary cap, plus more? The clubs are the middle man nothing more. And this nonsense that nrl are doing nothing about the country... isn't the u20's going and the footprint of the nsw/qld cup growing i.e. More country teams? They don't bring that up do they? Doesn't fit there nrl bashing agenda. Fake news

 

[GongPanther]

Elias is off his rocker. There is no way the NRL should or will buy into a television network like C.10.

Television stations as they presently stand are a dying, hence 10's problems. The game doesn't need to waste tens of millions of dollars on such a proposal.

I always thought Elias stuck his head too many scrums. This idea supports that.

The commercial stations are going broke and are hemorrhaging money to a point that they are on life support.

PayTV,all of the online movie suppliers like NetFlix,computer games that are online all have contributed to the downfall of free to air TV.

The bottom line is that there is no room for two broadcasters,never mind three,given that SBS is partially a

 

[Captain Apollo]

....Apparently the clubs pay the players? Ummmm does the nrl pay the clubs salary cap, plus more? The clubs are the middle man nothing more. .....

I don't like Kent at all, but on that one small point I will disagree with you. The clubs are the employer of the players and not the NRL. The Club Grants paid to the clubs by the NRL are just that, grants. It may be equivalent to the salary cap, but that money does not specifically pay the players. The employer-employee relationship is club-player. In fact it is that contract, which works in stipulations which gives the NRL certain authority (e.g. judiciary) over the players.

Sorry to digress otherwise, as Paul Kent is a berk!

 

[Haffa]

Absolute cringeworthy, especially the bit at the end

WTF is that?!

 

[Stormwarrior82]

I don't like Kent at all, but on that one small point I will disagree with you. The clubs are the employer of the players and not the NRL. The Club Grants paid to the clubs by the NRL are just that, grants. It may be equivalent to the salary cap, but that money does not specifically pay the players. The employer-employee relationship is club-player. In fact it is that contract, which works in stipulations which gives the NRL certain authority (e.g. judiciary) over the players.

Sorry to digress otherwise, as Paul Kent is a berk!

Yes I can accept that players are employees of the clubs just as clubs are sub contractors/employees of the nrl. If a club was to go into bankruptcy the nrl would pick up the players wage tab. So I agree with how you worded you reply but we both know that players are given a basic nrl contract with stipulations and clubs adjust the conditions as they see fit. The majority of the grant is for the salary cap as far as I am concerned.

 

[Stormwarrior82]

I don't like Kent at all, but on that one small point I will disagree with you. The clubs are the employer of the players and not the NRL. The Club Grants paid to the clubs by the NRL are just that, grants. It may be equivalent to the salary cap, but that money does not specifically pay the players. The employer-employee relationship is club-player. In fact it is that contract, which works in stipulations which gives the NRL certain authority (e.g. judiciary) over the players.

Sorry to digress otherwise, as Paul Kent is a berk!

Maybe that's the answer.... the players want more input in the nrl. Maybe the nrl should directly pay the players. Will stop the salary cap cheating issues

 

[undertaker]

WTF is that?!

exactly what I thought when I stumbled across it. Especially the last bit with the fire.

Another reason why I hope the show gets permanently moved to Fox 8.

 

[undertaker]

Paul Kent basically giving himself a pat on the back and taking the credit for getting Russell Packer back in the NRL. Wow, Australian of the Year nomination coming up for the gift that keeps giving..........Paul Kent!

Love good old PK's double standards in this video when it got to the topic of Andrew Fifita. As much as I don't like Gordon Tallis, glad he had the balls to put PK straight.

And boy, Hannah Hollis is annoying. The way she spoke in that segment reminded me of those bitchy, sassy girls that are oh so common in high school.

 

[Generalzod]

Love good old PK's double standards in this video when it got to the topic of Andrew Fifita. As much as I don't like Gordon Tallis, glad he had the balls to put PK straight.

And boy, Hannah Hollis is annoying. The way she spoke in that segment reminded me of those bitchy, sassy girls that are oh so common in high school.

She adds no value to that segment at one point she is struggling to get her point of view accros, constantly interrupted. A lois lane she's not.

 

[insert.pause]

Kent is a "Kant". Can anyone fine a positive thing he has said about the nrl is the past year? IMO city v country game being shut down is holy and souly the clubs doing. It's hasler, green etc fault. But Kant will tell you otherwise. Apparently the clubs pay the players? Ummmm does the nrl pay the clubs salary cap, plus more? The clubs are the middle man nothing more. And this nonsense that nrl are doing nothing about the country... isn't the u20's going and the footprint of the nsw/qld cup growing i.e. More country teams? They don't bring that up do they? Doesn't fit there nrl bashing agenda. Fake news

this is what shits me, kent never gives the complete story, he neglects the bits that don't suit his agenda so he can rant & rave like a lunatic. The Milford/Benji/Bennett saga is case in point, he says Marshall thinks Milford is a lazy trainer, neglecting the rest of the story ikin gave him which praised Milford's preseason under the tutelage of Benji. Another example is bagging the NRL for the scheduling of the ANZAC Test, neglecting to mention the Test was moved to the end of the season under the new tv deal.

Last night all 3 of these supposed authorities on the game emphatically claimed ASADA could have given the players a 2 yr ban for a positive cocaine test, which is complete bullshit because it was out of competition. They even asserted that the NRL didn't want to let ASADA test them because it would mean the players would be banned for 2 yrs. This crap has been regurgitated on here by people who rightly trust what they are being told by journalists whose job it is to know and educate the public. It happens every single day in the NRL media because they are either incompetent or devious, or both.

 

[Stormwarrior82]

As well as Kent blaming the nrl for the breakdown of the city v country game. What he didn't say was that the Nrl is making moves to restructure the nsw/qld cup and lower grades to involve the country areas. that would do a lot more in the bush than 1 game in 1 town every year.

 

[no name]

Benny Elias: If it wasn't for Cameron Smith, Granville would have played 20 origins.

Where do they find these merkins?