I am pretty sure I never said this, I predicted they would be the 17th team.
Show me where you said Redcliffe would get the 17th licence.
I'm not going to dig up my old posts because that is something only a psychotic loser would do but considering the Broncos existed as the only Brisbane team for the best part of 30 years it makes sense that it could take another 30 years for a 3rd team.
What "makes sense" to you and what actually happens are two very different things. It turns out your logic is wrong because a third team has been mentioned by Ch9, Abdo and V'landys.
Ehh... why not? what other explanations are there for the NRL not having a plan to expand to WA?
LOL!
How about the fact the NRL clubs, QRL and NSWRL hold a stake in the ARLC and have never placed the interests of the affiliate states ahead of themselves?
It's not a conspiracy that was conjured in a room between the game's power brokers. It's just self-interest from every club that has voting rights on the ARLC. The AFL Commission isn't dictated to by its clubs because it is set up differently. Their clubs signed licences preventing them from creating a rebel league.
Twelve NRL clubs were against the Dolphins entering the NRL. Didn't stop V'landys from getting them in because they had the capital needed to not be reliant on extra funds from the ARLC. The club has added money to the broadcast rights and are one of the richest clubs in the NRL, drawing more money from sponsorship than any other club bar the Broncos. You're delusional if you think this hasn't impressed the ARLC after all the problems they had with the Titans# Knights and Storm. The Brisbane Tigers offer the ARLC the same benefits as the Dolphins because they're rich and will have no trouble generating support from the corporate sector.
You've said it yourself, the broadcasters aren't interested in teams outside NSW/QLD, they are the biggest influence on the NRL's decisions.
That's because there's no commercial return from broadcasting games in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth. Ch9 make money from broadcasting Queensland teams in Brisbane. It's not a conspiracy. It's just basic economics dictating that the broadcasters get bang for buck.
You don't have a clue about the Raiders. They have never relied on pokies from Logan and Toowoomba you dumb shit.
The other day you said this:
if a pokie den is so important nothing is stopping a WA team from owning one in NSW or QLD. I think the Raiders own a pokie den in Logan lol
LOL!
They have 5 Leagues clubs across Canberra/Queanbeyan plus other property assets. They have pumped a shit load of money into ACT and southern NSW junior League over the years.
There's a reason they have Leagues Clubs all over the country. The annual report that your mate posted said they generated just $3m from football operations. We know from the Gemba Report that clubs need to generate at least $10m to cover operating costs. Without pokies the Raiders would be f**ked. The Greens and Labor have made huge inroads in Canberra. Don't be surprised if they pass a law limiting how much money the snot rag Green Machine can fleece from gambling addicts.
We have arguably the best COE in the NRL - we just need the lousy ACT govt to fund a new stadium.
Well done with the CoE. Good luck getting a stadium. The ACT Gov cares more about fumbleball than rugby league.
If we get one I imagine our crowds will see a major boost. You wouldn't have a clue what it feels like to be in 2 degree temperature plus wind chill on a Canberra winters night though.
Good thing you're not working for the ACT'S tourism department. You make it sound like a bastard of a place to live.
We still have 2 more premierships than the Cowboys though and we didn't rely on Queenslanders to win them.
All won in the NSWRL era. The last time your club lifted the Provan Summons Trophy was when Mal Meninga was your main player.
You realise that Mal Meninga is a Queenslander, right?
Another Queenslander from the 1994 premiership team was Origin and Test dummy half Steve Walters.
Stuart, Daley, Clyde, Lazarus, Furner, Wiki, Mullins, Croker, O'sullivan etc aren't Queenslanders.
I never said they were. Kevin and Steve Walters most definitely were. So was Gary Belcher and Mal Meninga. Other Queenslanders played for the Raiders in the late 80s. Bennett was their coach at one stage.
We were arguably the first club to put a focus on scouting pacific nations in the early 90s. Tim Sheens personally scouted and brought over Ruben Wiki and Noa Nadruku.
That's because the local kids in Canberra aren't very good at football. You also raided northern England until most of your imports decided they didn't want to live in Canberra.
Dozens of coaches including Craig Bellamy played for the Raiders. Anyway, I'm not justifying the Raiders existence in the NRL to you any further - you stay in your Logan bubble.
Tell me more about the pokie den in Logan that you talked up the other day?
