Brisbane favoritism!

[Willow]

G'dayMystery Man. I was worried that no one would ever pick up on that.

I think we both know that SE Qld need one ortwo more teams but we also also must acknowledge that a new franchisewill not go ahead in the foreseeable future.
IMO, it's pretty easy to not be in opposition to something which won't happen.

 

[CanadianSteve]

Willow and MM; thanks for your responses. About the "stolen generation" I think he did say it was 20 years ago; he wasn't whinging, just telling me the history. He did say it was before SOO started. So I guess he was giving me pretty accurate info, from his Brisbane viewpoint. He is not one to bag the other teams, nor does he seem to hate union or ARL. He is just a league and Bronco man first.

 

[CanadianSteve]

El Duque; post #30 - When I clicked the superleague address you provided it came up as the nrl.com website. I assume you were trying to take me to something about the superleague wars, which I AM interested in reading about. Did I miss something?

 

[El Duque]

Well Steve Brisbane were one of the pioneers of superleague and yet they whinge about the NRL favouring NSW teams.It's clear super league won the war with no merged SL sides,a SL bias criteria and even the old SL website address takes you to the NRL site unlike the ARL web addy which goes nowhere.
When Brisbane whinge about the NRL it makes you wanna puke as it was Brisbane that set it all up.

 

[CanadianSteve]

El Duque: I talked to my Brisbane acquaintance again today. I asked him about the Broncos loss, Wendell Sailor, and some other things. He said something in passing about the Broncos joining (starting?) Superleague because they'd been "shafted" so many times before that. I didn't ask what that meant. There's clearly a difference of viewpoints here. I guess that's what makes SOO such a great series.
Don't get me wrong, this guy doesn't always "whinge". He's a good guy to talk sports with, I'm sure most here would like him, even those from Sydney

 

[Willow]

Canadian Steve:
I'm from Sydney but live in Queensland. I'd be silly for me to say I don't like Qld. For a dozen reasons, I actually really like it here... almost as much as New South Wales

. I'm sure your mate is good to talk sports with and I can confirm that the rivlary between Qld and NSW is the main reason for the success of the the SOO.

But I can't work how any Brisbane supporter can ever say that they started Super League because they were 'shafted.'
On the contrary, Sydney sacrificed it's own competition so other teams could develop.
In 1908, it was known as the 'Sydney Premiership Competition' or simply, the 'Sydney Comp.'
Teams came and went but they were always from the Sydney Metropolitian area (with the exception of Newcastle which briefly fielded a team in 1908-9). This remained the case until the 1980s when the Sydney comp gave way to teams like Canberra, Illawarra, Newcastle and Brisbane, a hybrid team made up out the struggling Brisbane comp.
From almost the outset the Queensland Rugby League and Brisbane demanded more say in the New South Wales Rugby League which along with the Australian Rugby League controlled the new expanded premiership. Although the Sydney Comp was gone, the new comp still had many Sydney teams in it.
The NSWRL agreed with Brisbane and gave them equal say on the board. John Ribot was one of these board members.
Not satisfied with this, the Brisbane connection wanted more and eventually became the catalyst behind the soul destroying Super League war... which BTW started because of greed.
Naturally, there's always two sides to every story but I think it's fair to say that the Brisbane rugby league team owes it's existence to Sydney.

 

[Vertigo]

Willow;

Just out of personal interest .. where abouts in QLD are you?

Vertigo

 

[Willow]

Vertigo:
Gold Coast, near NSW

 

[Vertigo]

You're a good judge of location mate.

Cheers.

Vertigo

 

[imported_TaxiDriver_]

Willow 100% right

Greed by Brisbane is the reason for the SL war and the state of the game today, nor arguments, end of story.

The principle architects behind these self serving acts, Johns, Ribot and Morgan all benefitted financially from SL.

What are we left with today ?

The game has still not recovered from the pre war days, we have less teams and aggregate crowd figures are lower. The game is still not out of the courts (Souths earlier this year, now we have a judiciary member suing a prominent member of the league world for speaking the truth).

It's no coincidence that Union has overtaken league as the country's premier Rugby code. The game is still suffering at junior and reginal levels due to lost sponsorship and mismanagement.

Pre SL we had three teams in South east QLD, we now have only one. Gee, I wonder what club benefits from that position ?

 

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[CanadianSteve]

Just a clarification/update. My Brisbane friend told me he has met Bennett. He was a coach of a youth team, bringing players to work with Bennett for a day. He said Bennett was a miserable, arrogant guy who barely spoke to him, and seemed to resent having to work with the kids for a day, even though there may have been future Broncos in the group. So my friend actually confirms you NSW guys' opinions of Bennett as a person, but he still thinks he's a great coach.