Could a West Coast (USA) team in the NRL work?

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

 

[mongoose]

probably a higher chance of the NFL putting a team in Sydney

 

[SpaceMonkey]

NS are already onto it!!

West Coast Bears 2028

Boston Bare Bottoms

 

[MugaB]

Too negative.

Yes way too negative

 

[Maximus]

You take these boards far to seriously

Says the guy who thinks that if you say someone is hearing voices, you think they are being serious.

 

[Éamonn an Chnoic]

Exactly.

That's why it's okay for someone to comment and/or disagree with your view, and not take it so personally.

Comparing SA Rugby to an NRL team in the States is bonkers.

I dont think the expectation needs be for a WC team to be best in the League. Just to be financially stable, a bit competitive and a good base for support.

- It would be easy to find players interested in joining
- the tv deal would cover a lot of the costs/risk (FOX might even invest to get it off the ground like what AusFOX did with Melbourne)

I wonder what the requirements would be for the team to be viable. 20k crowd averages and a local tv audience of 100k?

 

[Maximus]

- It would be easy to find players interested in joining

But how many would stay? Not sure many would want the regular 14 hr flights for years.

 

[taste2taste]

Says the guy who thinks that if you say someone is hearing voices, you think they are being serious.

Says the punctuation policeman, lose or loose ?

 

[taste2taste]

Comparing SA Rugby to an NRL team in the States is bobonkers

Sorry, but I never compared an NRL team to a SA Rugby team

My piont was pretty simple, if someone comes along to pay the bills ( similar to Wolfpack ), then the answer is Yes, a team on the USA West Coast could be a possibility.

Is that comparison "bobonkers" to you?

 

[Maximus]

Says the punctuation policeman, lose or loose ?

Huh? Mistaken identity?

 

[taste2taste]

Huh? Mistaken identity?

My bad, Brutus is the Grammer Cop. Make sure your autocorret is set to the Queens English lol

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Travel burden would be a killer.

I dont know how Toronto dealt with it, but when the Jaguares played SR their season consisted of home and away blocks. For instance (from memory) they started the 2019 season with 2 games away in SA, then returned home for a block of 3-4 games, hit the road again for 3-4 games in AU/NZ, before finishing up back home

Doing that over a 25 game regular season, year on year, would be brutal. And it'd put you at a constant disadvantage to other teams.

Even the SA SR teams, with all their playing depth and history, admitted it was tough and that showed in their SR record.

 

[taste2taste]

Exactly.

That's why it's okay for someone to comment and/or disagree with your view, and not take it so personally

It's OK to disagree but at least contribute something more to a thread than "NO". You might as well write " I'm a dickhead, put me on ignore"

Perth Red cops alot of flack around here but he always puts up a solid argument and has changed my opinion on occasions.

You lost alot credibility with juvenile posts on the Vegas thread, at least back your opinions up with some substance.

 

[taste2taste]

Travel burden would be a killer.

I dont know how Toronto dealt with it, but when the Jaguares played SR their season consisted of home and away blocks. For instance (from memory) they started the 2019 season with 2 games away in SA, then returned home for a block of 3-4 games, hit the road again for 3-4 games in AU/NZ, before finishing up back home

Doing that over a 25 game regular season, year on year, would be brutal. And it'd put you at a constant disadvantage to other teams.

Even the SA SR teams, with all their playing depth and history, admitted it was tough and that showed in their SR record.

Toronto played blocks home and away. A tough life for sure.

I remember in Super Rugby every player would have a sore hammy and need to stay home when it came time to play the Jaguares away, it's fair to say players hate living out of a suitcase.

 

[Kurt Angle]

For 20+ years Super Rugby successfully had teams from South Africa and Argentina. West Coast USA is not unimaginable, but only if someone else pays the bills.

Super Rugby was most successful when it had 12 teams.

It's expansion into Japan and Argentina was part of its demise. No one looks at their expansion S15 (rebels) onwards as a success.

The latter made 2 pools, and a view South Africa no longer required Oz/NZ... which they promptly took up.

 

[Canard]

Its about 7 hours from Toronto to Manchester.

Its 14 hours from Sydney to LA, add on more if you wanted it to be Vegas or anywhere thats not close to LAX.

That combined with the fact that the game would struggle to consistently draw any large crowds, media and that its timezone makes it very challenging for the Australian TV market suggest that its one of the more "out there" ideas.

 

[Perth Red]

There wo pnt be an nrl club in usa., ever.
Nrl buying the usa pro comp, if it happens, now that’s much more of a possibility.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

oddly if you were going to expand to North America… I’d do Hawaii AND the West Coast, just so you could do the travel in blocks and make it somewhat easier.

 

[blue bags]

A Pro league USA comp 10 team
That's the plan 1st
With full guidance from the NRL
Even partnerships with NRL club's

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I dont think the expectation needs be for a WC team to be best in the League. Just to be financially stable, a bit competitive and a good base for support.

- It would be easy to find players interested in joining
- the tv deal would cover a lot of the costs/risk (FOX might even invest to get it off the ground like what AusFOX did with Melbourne)

I wonder what the requirements would be for the team to be viable. 20k crowd averages and a local tv audience of 100k?

I'd prefer a small professional North American competition. Resurrect the Toronto Wolfpack and add teams to Ottawa, Boston, NYC, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas and Chicago.