I dont think they would, they know how well these shows rate, thats why they are on, not because of there love for League.
As El said, They have the equivalent shows in Victoria for AFL and they do not have the rights to that sport.
The Afl Footy show Thursday night
The AFL sunday footyshow Sunday 11-1pm
TAC cup games Sunday 1-2pm - must be like the old VFL or something
Footy Classified Monday 10.30-11.30pm
If they want viewers in Qld and NSW they will have NRL shows or they will lose all of those timeslots, if they think they can get the AFL and replace those shows with the AFL shows, they will fail.
They get away with it in Victoria as people just expect not to see NRL down there, but that will not be the case up here.
The worst case scenario for us is that they get the rights to both sports, or they get the rights to the NRL, but we do not force them to show the games live across the country and end up with what we have now, for another christ knows how many years.
Either way, the NRL need to force there hand, we hold the golden egg, and we should make them know it. Do you remember the uproar when Gallop only acknowledged the Matty Johns show, and Nine came out swinging?
Yet they make a deal with a rival sport, to not compete against it in any time slot, to gain access to clips and players. FFS they showed some celebrity game of AFL LIVE, but did not show the SOO Live.