That's the sort of insular thinking that our game is known for unfortunately.
In 30 years we've expanded by only by adding two new teams in SEQ, and now we are saying let's add a third?
Yes going interstate, it's a big investment, but is the League flush with funds, and won't said investment pay off long term via TV rights, player numbers, increased fans and corporate sponsors?
Don't we won't to be a national sport? And not a two state regional one?
Do you not see the irony of suggesting the ARLC fund expansion into Adelaide?
You claimed I must be on drugs when I said the ARLC should take the third game of each Origin series to Townsville and Newcastle, on an alternating basis, to reward the regional areas that have supported the game for decades.
You argued against it because the smaller stadia in Townsville and Newcastle would cost the game money due to fewer ticket sales.
Now you're suggesting the ARLC create an Adelaide team and fund it until some one from the business community is willing to buy the licence. You want the game to turn down the Brisbane Tigers' bid, despite them having over $25m in cash reserves and about $35m in net assets. The Brisbane Tigers won't need any additional funding on top the annual grant that is distributed to each club.
News Ltd and the ARLC funded an additional $100m into the Storm between 98-17. This was separate to the annual grant.
When News Ltd sold the Storm and relinquished their 50% stake in the game in 2012 they made the ARLC fund $30m into the Storm until 2017 to make them more palatable on the open market.
The Storm average 16k at a state of the art stadium with a team that's been extremely successful since 1998. The old stadium they played at drew significantly less people through the gates.
An Adelaide team will be playing at a dump that drew shithouse crowds to the FIFA Womens World Cup while Lang Park and Stadium Australia were playing in front of sell out crowds. Soccer is played in large numbers across Adelaide. Rugby league is lucky to have a couple hundred people playing in Adelaide.
The Brisbane Tigers will have no problem drawing 25k crowds to Lang Park and securing $10m or more per annum from sponsorship. You want to keep them out for a team in Adelaide that no one in South Australia is willing to support financially. I believe you refer to stupid ideas like this as "brain farts" and accuse the people who make then of "punching cones".
