Brisbane in box seat

[Perth Red]

Not that I believe a word Grant says but........

ARL Commission chairman John Grant has declared another southeast Queensland team is in prime position for the next NRL premiership expansion berth.

The expansion bid teams for Brisbane and the Western Corridor centred on Ipswich will be emboldened by Grant’s claim that the Queensland marketplace is “not being taken advantage of’’ by rugby league

Couriermail.com.au believes that the NRL views expansion from 16 clubs as a subsequent step after it first invests in improving clubs in the second-tier competitions, the Queensland and NSW Cups.

The bid terms, together with those from Perth, Wellington and other centres, want the NRL to grant one or two new licenses for 2018, the first year of the new Channel 9 agreement.

“We have flagged the fact when you look at where the players are placed and where the fans are placed there is a marketplace in Queensland is potentially not being taken advantage of,’’ Grant said.

“We have provisions (in the free-to-air broadcast agreement) for a 17th team in Brisbane.’’

Asked if the head of the queue of options was a second Brisbane team as competition for preliminary finalists Brisbane, Grant said: “I think southeast Queensland.

Queensland has multiple centres of high density and we have to make sure our NRL and Queensland Cup teams are appealing to those communities.’’

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...-says-john-grant/story-fniabjcr-1227541994727

 

[applesauce]

Why does the NRL want 16 more teams in Brisbane? Seems like overkill.

 

[adamkungl]

How disappointing. We don't need another Gold Coast

 

[RWB]

John Grant, where do I know that name from?

Is he involved in our game some how? Good to see his face if he is.

 

[gUt]

I think brisbane will take to the game TBH. It's about time someone challenged the dominance of the AFL Lions in Qld's capital.

 

[Haffa]

Hard to tell Grant lives on the border of Red Hill and Paddington isn't it?!

 

[insert.pause]

lol, for 20 years Sydney has been whinging about how the Broncos have an unfair advantage & the moment Grant says SE Qld is under-leveraged and is probably favourite for a new license you lot whinge that he is biased to Qld. Make up your minds!

 

[Haffa]

He's not bias he's just a little touched. The QLD government won't have the coin to outbid NSW anyway. Victorian government is a bigger threat.

 

[alien]

lol, for 20 years Sydney has been whinging about how the Broncos have an unfair advantage & the moment Grant says SE Qld is under-leveraged and is probably favourite for a new license you lot whinge that he is biased to Qld. Make up your minds!

not me! south queensland crushers shouldn't have been booted out in the first place!

 

[some11]

Just as long as it isn't the plastic Bombers bid that gets the nod.

 

[_Johnsy]

Why does the NRL want 16 more teams in Brisbane? Seems like overkill.

How disappointing. We don't need another Gold Coast

John Grant, where do I know that name from?

Is he involved in our game some how? Good to see his face if he is.

I think brisbane will take to the game TBH. It's about time someone challenged the dominance of the AFL Lions in Qld's capital.

Hard to tell Grant lives on the border of Red Hill and Paddington isn't it?!

lol, for 20 years Sydney has been whinging about how the Broncos have an unfair advantage & the moment Grant says SE Qld is under-leveraged and is probably favourite for a new license you lot whinge that he is biased to Qld. Make up your minds!

They are the responses in order, did I miss something?

One minutely negative comment (by adamkungl & even that's a stretch) and according to you it qualifies as "you lot are whinging that he is biased to QLD"? DAFAQ!!

You need specialist help.

 

[insert.pause]

They are the responses in order, did I miss something?

One minutely negative comment (by adamkungl & even that's a stretch) and according to you it qualifies as "you lot are whinging that he is biased to QLD"? DAFAQ!!

You need specialist help.

Clearly you have missed something, I was responding to the comment before my own which I took as a comment on Grants allegiances & expansion motivations.

Calm down..

 

[insert.pause]

He's not bias he's just a little touched. The QLD government won't have the coin to outbid NSW anyway. Victorian government is a bigger threat.

Perhaps, it's hard to imagine a GF in Melbourne before Brisbane though.

 

[Perth Red]

I'm surprised they keep talking about a 17th team only. Surely they don't want byes every week and miss out on the value of a ninth game for tv?

 

[insert.pause]

I'm surprised they keep talking about a 17th team only. Surely they don't want byes every week and miss out on the value of a ninth game for tv?

Smith fielded a question about that at the FTA rights announcement and basically said that if they are to go to 17 then they'll likely go to 18.

 

[Perth Red]

I have come to the conclusion with Perth we are either def in or def out if they expand and the decision has already been made. There has been absolutely zero talk of expansion here since the warl was taken over by the NRL suggesting the people here have been told to either stop wasting their time or to hold tight until an announcement.

 

[Diesel]

It's hard to see them increasing to 18, 17 might be the number because there will be some type of reduction of numbers in Sydney, with a forced or voluntary relocation to WA

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

John Grant, where do I know that name from?

Is he involved in our game some how? Good to see his face if he is.

Stays our of the media > "he does nothing!!!"
Does interviews > "just a media whore"

 

[Lockyer4President!]

I have come to the conclusion with Perth we are either def in or def out if they expand and the decision has already been made. There has been absolutely zero talk of expansion here since the warl was taken over by the NRL suggesting the people here have been told to either stop wasting their time or to hold tight until an announcement.

Check out the proposed NSW Cup restructure mate; 2 NZ teams and a Fiji team to join 7 Sydney teams in a 14 team comp.

I'd say the NRL finished the pathways report and Perth and Bris 2 are a lock for the NRL when this tv deal is settled.

Not sure where that leaves Adelaide in the NRL's plans though.

 

[gUt]

f**k Adelaide, it's a wart on Australia's arsehole and a total AFL backwater.