How embarassing was our league awards?

[mean]

Our governing organisation is the pits. The awards looked like a church service or a neighbourhood watch meeting. Where were the tables, food, entertainment, full coverage?

What a way to reward the world champs and to show everyone in NZ how pathetic this could be done.

I suppose that's what happens when there's no money in the bank accounts.

World champs on the field, however governed by world chumps off it.:x

 

[playdaball]

I was thinking the same sort of thing. The Otahuhu clubromms aren't the best and the Sky coverage was not 100%. When McIvor was talking you saw people moving around in the background. Why was Luke not wearing his regulation Kiwi suit?

 

[Jesbass]

I was hoping this wouldn't be brought up, so that I could try to ignore the painful reality.

How about the "we actually have 3 more awards, but we've run out of broadcast time..." :crazy:

 

[tHe_MaC]

The NZRL has always been a joke.
Run like a working class union, by men with little to zero intelligence.

This is how they are viewed by most of this country and the RL Community, and it is a shame.

 

[Drzoidberg]

That was a joke, ive seen better club prize givings.

 

[playdaball]

That was a joke, ive seen better club prize givings.

That is what it was like.

 

[Skinner]

I can just imagine how Gordy was feeling !!!

 

[ozbash]

I,m glad you brought it up Mean, I get sick of whinging..

Why were all of the interviewees trying to hold back the giggles fron the PRo interviews ?

why didnt PRo ask Cayless questions regarding the winner of the supreme award instead of rambling on about the "how good was it" tangent ?

Prime spent a major part of Sun morning covering the 'Kids to Kiwis' promo (very good it was too, kempy and the little greek guy were great) yet the arguably biggest awards ceremony of the rugby league year got about 20 mins of bumbling sh*t.

Sky and the NZRL have a lot to answer for regarding the portayal of the image of the sport here, the directors of SPARC would have been spewing.

 

[Skinner]

the directors of SPARC would have been spewing.

Actually, I believe that they are the very reason that the thing was low
key, budget and amateurish.....they have tied the purse strings.

 

[Scott]

Lets just hope tonight is a different story!

 

[Skinner]

Lets just hope tonight is a different story!

Tonight will be a very real swept up event.....don't hold your breath
for the Kiwis though.

 

[Drzoidberg]

Tonight will be a very real swept up event.....don't hold your breath
for the Kiwis though.

I smell All Blacks and Scott Dixon

 

[Te Kaha]

I smell All Blacks and Scott Dixon

Nah... AB's wont win it... Val Vili or Dixon ... Team will probably be the twins being Olympics.

 

[Martli]

Vili deserves the overall award I feel. Team should be Kiwis, but that's my league bias I think...

 

[Skinner]

I think everyone in is very deserveth.

 

[Micistm]

I don't begrudge any of the contenders, all excellent in their chosen sports. What utterly ****s me are people like Les Mills on the radio basically bagging the Kiwis. The amount of times guys like him have said things like, 'They've done alright, but it was only a one off and they were average the rest of the year. The Swindells came from nowhere to take gold...'

Back the truck up! The Swindells were average in '08 as much as the Kiwis were, not even qualifying for their final earlier, then came through to gold. The Kiwis likewise came through and beat the side considered the 'best ever' to win the W.C! Surely a gold in a final is as much a one off as a WC final?

That said, I like the Swindells, and it's not their fault some people in the media are dorks! And people like Les Mills with his athletics are just as biased as we are to our fave League. It is subjective-But it just annoys me some of the Dickheads reasoning why the Kiwis shouldn't be picked. IMO they are just as deserving of consideration, and to not consider them is snobbism.

But on the topic...sigh. Another triumph for Rugby League, it's status and public perception. It needs some decent running. Maybe they need to read Wayne Bennetts book with all the quotes: 'If you do what you've always done you'll get what you've always got.'

 

[MKEB...]

Well done Evers-Swindells...much more deserving than the cyclists and rah rahs.

Though needless to say when the AB's or Silver ferns win a world cup they will take team of the year.

 

[shiznit]

Well done Evers-Swindells...much more deserving than the cyclists and rah rahs.

Though needless to say when the AB's or Silver ferns win a world cup they will take team of the year.

:lol:

i was just thinking... if the all blacks ever win another world cup every other person that won a sports event that year will be sh*tting bricks... talk about a guaranteed Halburg...