Brisbane Tigers make their bid to be 18th team

[Pippen94]

pay tv and kayo would boost Melbourne viewership significantly, the way nein treat the game in Melbourne is appalling

Yeah, Melbourne is renown for rugby league viewership. Vast majority of kayo & fox viewers in NSW & qld.

 

[Pippen94]

Have a look at the inherently oxymoronic messaging: we are absolutely dominating the Queensland market yet for some reason we are so worried about them that we need another team to ward off the supposed threat. I would ask plainly what threat?

They (fumblers) already have their niche audience. Their supporter numbers, same with the Swans has remained pretty constant over the past 20/30 years.

Putting another side or another three, four or five in SEQ is going to make absolutely zero difference to the fumblers in the end. Simply because the people who follow the fumbling lions have done so because they have either moved from fumbling states like Victoria (demographics) have come to like that game more than ours (personal preference) or are bandwagon supporters who will jump on any local team when they obtain success.

It is the same scenario as Sydney where having nine sides hasn’t stopped the Swans gaining a niche audience.

Go back to Queensland in another ten years or so, when the Dolphins have enduring support. But frankly, there’s no point in just having a NSW/Qld competition when you can expand to places that the fumblers can’t/won’t like New Zealand and gain a competitive advantage or gain your own niche audiences in large markets.

So ultimately yeah fumbleball or you as a fumbleball follower will want the competition to remain essentially in two states.

So by that logic no nrl team in perth ha?!

 

[Pippen94]

Based on his evidence that would suggest only 173k in Sydney are watching RL.

There’s a little thing called Pay TV. Most people watching the game are watching it on that.

Lol, last refuse of super leaguers saying ppl in Melbourne & Perth watch on kayo & fox. Makes no sense business wise as league is out of sight out of mind in those states & unlikely to develop hardcore's who pay to watch. Further wookie had numbers which disprove it as well.

 

[Pippen94]

Burying the game on digital is always going to harm numbers. The sht sampling methodology doesn't help either when we are talking smaller numbers, and then throw in the total mistreatment of the game in those states by Ch9 over they years that has driven any self respecting fan to PTV and finally the lack of a club in Perth and Adelaide for 25 years and it really shouldn't be surprising to anyone with half a brain.

How do they develop interest if game is always "hidden" then?!

 

[greenBV4]

Lol, last refuse of super leaguers saying ppl in Melbourne & Perth watch on kayo & fox. Makes no sense business wise as league is out of sight out of mind in those states & unlikely to develop hardcore's who pay to watch. Further wookie had which disprove it as well.

Melbourne get the second highest national TV viewership (people who matter don't care where they come from), and more money into the bank through attendance and membership than majority of the league

but tell us again how small suburban teams stuck in little enclaves are the bigger powerhouse

 

[Pippen94]

Its clear pippen would be very happy to see the NRL just be a NSW and Qlnd comp and RL to never grow. If thats because he is dumb as dogsht, or an AFL fan, is open to debate.

ad hominem

 

[Pippen94]

Melbourne get the second highest national TV viewership (people who matter don't care where they come from), and more money into the bank through attendance and membership than majority of the league

but tell us again how small suburban teams stuck in little enclaves are the bigger powerhouse

They get bigger TV audience which leads to bigger broadcast deal. Unless you think broadcasters pay for that 6k in Melbourne

 

[greenBV4]

They get bigger TV audience which leads to bigger broadcast deal.

Isn't this proving my point big city clubs are more valuable to the league? why don't you think Perth and Adelaide would replicate this?

 

[Pippen94]

Isn't this proving my point big city clubs are more valuable to the league? why don't you think Perth and Adelaide would replicate this?

Um..Melbourne got 6k last Friday. Ppl watch in Sydney & Brisbane. Thank those teams

 

[Bukowski]

So by that logic no nrl team in perth ha?!

You win swannie fan.

 

[greenBV4]

Um..Melbourne got 6k last Friday. Ppl watch in Sydney & Brisbane. Thank those teams

but they watch Melbourne, hence why the club has the 2nd highest viewership

 

[Pippen94]

You win swannie fan.

Looks like u guys will attack with this line rather than address the points I raise. Means you've lost

 

[Pippen94]

but they watch Melbourne, hence why the club has the 2nd highest viewership

..but no "new" fans in Melbourne after all these years

 

[Bukowski]

Looks like u guys will attack with this line rather than address the points I raise. Means you've lost

I literally just said you won. Lol. No rugby league for your AFL stronghold. Congrats, will you ring Vlandys or should I?

 

[Perth Red]

I highly doubt those numbers particularly when we know some of the stuff you throw around

Yeh because you’d know more than the bloke whose been running RL in WA for over a decade lol besides no one gives a sht what you irrationally choose to believe or not believe
you do talk rubbish.

 

[Perth Red]

How do they develop interest if game is always "hidden" then?!

Eh? What rubbish you spouting now? Majority of fans in perth currently are first or second generation rl people from rl parts of the world. If you want to develop more local fans then you need to put an nrl club in perth and get it on the main channel.

 

[Perth Red]

..but no "new" fans in Melbourne after all these years

Are you really suggesting Storm don’t have more fans now than they did in the early 2000’s? Stop talking rubbish!

 

[siv]

Storm brings eyeballs to the TVs

Only because they are Top 4 team

Watch what happens when they become a bottom 8 team and Ch9 stops showing them every week

It takes 2 to tango and you will find its a Sydney or Brisbane team that is bringing the game to FTA

As Foxtel numbers prove, 80-90% watch almost all games

Even Ch9 showed a rare Sat NF game 2 weeks ago because it was a Top 4 encounter

Have Ch9 starting showing RL in VIC, SA, WA before 1am these days?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

squillionaire owners and fans, dont need no pokies

We got loads o' money

hmmm, so you dont have much thought on the fact WA had 10k registered players when we had a club. Thats a shame, I thought you might have had some insightful contribution to make to the discussion. Then again......

Brisbane 3 bless.

Take your Perth shit elsewhere

 

[Bukowski]

Only because they are Top 4 team

Watch what happens when they become a bottom 8 team and Ch9 stops showing them every week

It takes 2 to tango and you will find its a Sydney or Brisbane team that is bringing the game to FTA

As Foxtel numbers prove, 80-90% watch almost all games

Even Ch9 showed a rare Sat NF game 2 weeks ago because it was a Top 4 encounter

Have Ch9 starting showing RL in VIC, SA, WA before 1am these days?

Live into Perth for about a decade now.