I'd drop 4 Sydney teams, bring in bears in Gosford and expand the game with big city clubs, nsw cup can be second division for the small suburban clubs.
And ruin the foundation and reason why the NRL is in the public eye!
I'd drop 4 Sydney teams, bring in bears in Gosford and expand the game with big city clubs, nsw cup can be second division for the small suburban clubs.
You're on drugsI would add the Central Coast Bears so a 9 team top flight presence would occur. Eventually these 9 teams would be part of a metropolitan only relegation and promotion conference . Eventually a 20 team comp would be good with another Brisbane club, West Coast team and another area that shows promise.
You're on drugs
Blah, blah, blahFollowing the tact thats been advocated by some in this thread will quicken the decline of the code. I suppose if thats what u want go for it. You take culture, history and respect away you see a lost game and code. The Sydney clubs are the foundations of the NRL. Your disdain for these clubs will ultimately lose public confidence and regard for what is a popular competition which has legitimacy courtesy of its history.
And the drug comment is quite apt given the nonsense Im witnessing from some of the contributers in this site. Brings me back to my uni days and I might need some weed with the scurrilous comments of some.
Blah, blah, blah
If you say so, can't be shagged to check but, if true, I would suggest there would be subtle but significant differences between what I liked and the dribble you're peddling now.Vee. I've noticed you have liked some of my previous thread posts that follow that same theme? Why the change in thought?
Their's a "like' directly related to maintaining clubs and avoiding dilution of the clubs in Sydney that u have put a 'like' to. I can quote you details if u like?If you say so, can't be shagged to check but, if true, I would suggest there would be subtle but significant differences between what I liked and the dribble you're peddling now.
And ruin the foundation and reason why the NRL is in the public eye!
Too few fans, too many teams. No business runs more outlets in one area than it has customers for. NRL is not popular enough in Sydney to sustain nine teams long term. Time for another rationalisation like in 1999.
And continue to tear up established support thats been followed and culturally significant over many decades.
A good way to dismantle rugby league Thought you had changed your destructionist stance with an earlier post? Looks like you are back to derailing the gane and code again.Even if the support is dormant , its still there. And it matters.
Too few fans, too many teams. No business runs more outlets in one area than it has customers for. NRL is not popular enough in Sydney to sustain nine teams long term. Time for another rationalisation like in 1999.
Gosford is outside of Sydney. What it does is consolidate the game and increase rivalries with more local derbies. The mistake being made is that diluting the code sends a negative message to neutral fans and many longtime fans.. Additional clubs are the way to go. Otherwise the mess continues.
And continue to tear up established support thats been followed and culturally significant over many decades. A good way to dismantle rugby league Thought you had changed your destructionist stance with an earlier post? Looks like you are back to derailing the gane and code again.Even if the support is dormant , its still there. And it matters.
Lose small fanbases to bring in big ones. Tough love is never easy.
This alleged fanbase isn't dormant, its non existant
I dont think you understand what "dilute" means....
If 11 nsw teams isnt enough rivalry, i dont think a 12th will really fix much.
Rationalisation is an inevitability for every business eventually, and the NRL is in desperate need of one, but for the love of god lets not have one anything like the one in 99.
Surely we can hope for one that is organised with at least at little bit of competency and not at all like the absolute clusterf##k that was the peace deal.
If you wantTheir's a "like' directly related to maintaining clubs and avoiding dilution of the clubs in Sydney that u have put a 'like' to. I can quote you details if u like?
If you want
Relegate a Sydney team to nsw cup and bears can come in at Gosford. No way any future expansion slot should be taken by yet another mediocre nsw club.
I would add the Central Coast Bears so a 9 team top flight presence would occur. Eventually these 9 teams would be part of a metropolitan only relegation and promotion conference . Eventually a 20 team comp would be good with another Brisbane club, West Coast team and another area that shows promise.