Um.....9, teltra, nrl, foxtel, foxsports.....
they are all in bed with each other....because they are linked and partly owned by one another/at least linked through the ownership triangle.
How do you expect a fair and equitable deal to happen any time soon?
Its a no frills deal that maximises everyones (except rugby league's) revenue.
We only have friday night live because people [at large not in minorities] would raise eyebrows and it makes money. It also costs money...
Remember the C7 fiasco?
The c7 offer was infinately better, but RL rejected it, because the news/FOX/Rupert/Packer/PBL/Premier sports conglomerate (co-operation) TOLD THEM NOT TOO!
iF YOU CANT see that and relate it to whats happening now, YOU ARE BLIND....but look what happened to the c7 deal.....they challenged it (being involved amongst other things) in court and the case is being heard...
In business, business has laws....its against the law to get the co-operation of other companies to diliberately shut other companies outside of your co-operation out of deals....
this is similar to the monopoly rules.
Its to create an open and fair market, one thats not rigged...
what you have at the moment is something bordering a rigged market with RL.
If you cant see that, you are blind.
Gallop was told to sign on the dotted line.
Live football has something to do with that...."give the masses live football in qld and nsw and maybe they wont notice how we have jipped them again....because there is talk of live football nationwide, but we dont want them to have it that as it lessens profits."
Sounds childish reading it back to myself, but please, no time to change it.....the meaning is there guys....
They are in bed with one another, and quality is going out the window in favour of profits....
because....
wait for it....
YOU MAY HAVE TWO PROVIDERS OF RL IN THE NATION, FOX AND CH 9, BUT GUESS WHAT....
THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME.... OWNED BY THE SAME 'THING' AND CO-OPERATIONAL INVOLVING THE SAME PEOPLE....
YOU ARE THE RATS IN THE ALLEY BEING NARROWED DOWN A TUNNEL....THE NRL DOES WHAT ITS TOLD.
Its quality of coverage that suffers because profits are all that matters, and lets face it, you will watch it as long as its the nrl comp.
If the nrl was not half owned by news ltd
Puppets....all puppets.
disclaimer:
I dont work for ch7,10, or 9. But i do know what you deserve is not what you get in this life.
In this life, people, mark123, my words, you get what YOU TAKE FOR YOURSELF.
Thats the only rule. The law is but a maze. Your desire and ambition - potentially limitless - is your guide. And the brain inside your head is your tool.
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I dont recall hearing who won back in 98.
I do know who lost. Its name was rugby league.
Its no longer a stand alone entity....its owned, and it does what its told....it gets what it needs, nothing more.
BTW, do you know how hard it is these days to make money on AFL.....go ask the people who are faced with selling the AFL....its a HARD sell. They will be trying HARD to sell it.
You try and sell AFL AND make a profit, at the money that was paid for the rights.
NO WONDER its everywhere, but remember they have a team in all mainland states.
I'm sorry for the NRL. It doesnt get a total say in how its run, people other than itself are deciding its fate.
Not a good thing, when YOU think YOU can do better....
**** so before you go around asking why AFL gets a better deal....realise NOT to bother asking, because you already know you are wasting your breath.
come up with a report/long term plan with real-world aproval and data, then present it to the guys who are in charge, and hope they agree with you and change their tact.
I think you will find though, their goals and yours, are not the same....
What I see, is a period which we are coming to the end of, whereby the powers that be, are playing a balancing act with each code.
After this period, one will be favoured high up. Im out of the loop, perhaps one has already been chosen. But there is/was a period of balance and separation, that will soon/has ended.
If you think AFL has been chosen as a favourite, think again maybe. RL has more scope and reach internationally. AFL is limited. Australia is a small pie, but big enough for the packers of this country.
The time to push RL will probably creep up on you; you know RL has been a rickety ship lately. The NRL is just gaining its feet.
For those who must think positive, there is much in this little bit You see, I may not see RL as having its own control....but i do see it as having a destiny (something thats pre-defined).
And that destiny is pretty good.
