Wrong, Storm exist because of Newslimited.
Storm original players came from Hunter and Adelaide, some from WA after they left.
QLD players have since found an direct route to the NRL through the Melbourne Storm, no body made Cronk, Slater, Johnson or Smith move to Melbourne. Just like no body made Hoffman or King move from NSW to there. Those players moved to get a start in their dream job. Good luck to them, the only reasons why there is a myth that Melbourne only exist because of QLD players is because newslimited (and therefore the Storm) were sh*t at junior development at the start and it has taken 10 years to get it to something that can produce NRL talent and compete with the WARL junior systems AND because QLD have been dominant in Origin over the past 5 years and the club that has been dominant at club level have been the Storm.
If NSW had been dominant, and a lot of Storm NSW players were selected, people would be saying the same thing about substituting "QLD" for "NSW".
The VRL have produced a number of up and comers that will make their debuts in the next 2-3 years in the NRL, They have also produced an SG ball team that made the grand final and finals in the first two years that was was majority made up by Victorians or Victorian developed players.
Yes, its a joke that NSW club have managed to survive or do you want a 30 team comp just so QLD has the same amount of teams as NSW?
