The Dolphins have totally underachieved by every metric considering the raw potential that existed in Brisbane, and it's only a matter of time before the novelty effect starts to wear off.
Do you have any evidence to validate your pompous position, or is it just another baseless opinion you've plucked out of your arse and dressed up as a "fact"?
How much money do you think they should be drawing from sponsorship?
A quick search found their deal with Adventure Kings is one of the largest in the NRL:
The Dolphins have now confirmed they have signed with outdoor accessories company Adventure Kings as their principal sponsor.
The deal is will run for four years, and will be worth around $5 million, making it one of the richest sponsorship deals in the competition.
The NRL's newest club are flying off the start line.
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How does that compare to the Sydney clubs?
While the nine Sydney-based clubs have sponsorships averaging out to about $950,000 a season, the NRL’s 17th team have easily trumped that - and they haven’t even played a game yet.
That means the Dolphins' primary sponsor is paying $300k more per annum than the average Sydney club.
I couldn't find any information on the Raiders' current main sponsor, but found out its previous deal with Huawei was worth around $1m per annum.
While its major sponsorship, reportedly worth approximately $1 million a season, is ending, Huawei and the Raiders will still retain a connection.
So the Raiders were getting a similar amout to the average Sydney club.
If the Sydney clubs are as problematic as you claim, what does that say about the Raiders?
The Dolphins are generating at least $250k more per annum than the Raiders did under their previous deal. That places their market value ahead of the Raiders.
Let's move on to attendances.
What do you think the Dolphins should be averaging over a season?
The Dolphins drew 25,562 in a losing season. That figure includes games played at venues with tiny capacity, such as Dolphin Oval and Sunshine Coast Stadium. Their average at Lang Park was a healthy 32,250.
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The Broncos averaged 33,793 across Lang Park and The Gabba in a season that saw them finish second on the ladder. Their nine games at Lang Park averaged 36,007.
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The highest attendance in Canberra's history was 17,392 in 1994. The club won the premiership that season.
This year the Raiders drew 14,895.
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People like you will never admit it, but they're symptomatic of everything wrong with the Australian sports industry and particularly RL. They're a backwater suburban club with mid-20th century ideas about how best to operate a business in the sports industry, that're propped up by their gambling business and political corruption instead of their football operations, have proven that they're resistant to changing to market conditions, and are risk averse and accepting of mediocrity.
The Dolphins generated more revenue from sponsorship, corporate hospitality and ticketing that all clubs bar the Broncos.
It's incredibly hypocritical for you to whinge about the club generating revenue from non-football operations, such as gambling, when the Raiders rely heavily on gaming and property developments.
The NRL (and AFL to a lesser degree as well) takes it's position for granted and has allowed it's self to become stuck in time while it's competitors continue to innovate and the market continues to become increasingly globalised, and that will increasing negatively impact them going forward.
Rugby Australia, FFA, Basketball Australia and Cricket Australia are hardly a threat to the NRL and AFL.
I don't know how you fix the problems the NRL are facing, but it's got to start with the ARLC becoming truly independent (fat chance of that ever happening lol) and some genuine diversity being added into the people that have a say in the running of the sport. The sport cannot continue with exclusively over 50s of a single socioeconomic status who grew up in certain parts of Sydney and Brisbane being the only people who get a real say in the sport and it's direction, as they've proved time and time again that they're completely disconnected from, and totally blind to, anything and anyone outside of their bubble.
Since when has the QRL had a huge say over the game?
Pretty much everything is based out of Sydney. Up until this year Brisbane had just one team.
