BunniesMan
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Imagine if overnight a coup was conducted on every major stake holder in the game and you were given dictatorial power over rugby league in Australia. You are answerable to noone. Your job is to do what is right for rugby league in Australia.
All of a sudden what 9 and Fox demand out of their own selfish interests is irrelevant. Club CEOs don't get to hold back expansion because they want to split the pie between just the 16 of them. Factional infighting in the NSWRL and QRL becomes meaningless.
You have sole control and you can do anything you like in the NRL (within realistic financial limits. Eg, not demolishing Brookvale and building a 100k stadium there).
What would you do?
On my first day in office at NRL HQ I would order the following:
1. Expansion
a)I would tell the Central Coast Bears to get ready to enter the comp in 2015.
b)I would tell the WA Pirates to get ready to enter the comp in 2016.
c)I would make an announcement that the game would aim to add a 19th and 20th team sometime in the life of the following tv rights deal (2018-2023 approx). The two locations would be Queensland and New Zealand. Any bids interested from those areas would be urged to begin working to create demand and grow their brands.
2. Scheduling
Each and every round round would consistent of exactly 8 games. Monday footy and Thursday footy would be abolished. There would be no byes and no split rounds. Barring the rare exception for public holidays etc, each and every round would look like this:
1. 7.30 pm Friday
2. 12 pm Saturday
3. 2.30 pm Saturday
4. 5pm Saturday
5. 7.30 pm Saturday
6. 1pm Sunday
7. 3.30 pm Sunday
8. 6pm Sunday
The timeslots on Saturday and Sunday are strategically placed to a) never have simultaneous games b) have precisely 2.5 hours between each kick off allowing 2 hours for the game with a 30 minutes show inbetween each game discussing the previous games and the next game. Wall to wall footy marathons.
All games would be simulcast nationwide at least on a digital channel and on pay tv. The distribution of slots between the teams would be done with the number 1 priority being as even as possible a split between all 16 teams. No more nonstop FNF for the Broncos. No more bending over teams like Canberra.
3) Rep footy
No more rep games getting in the way of club footy during the regular season and adding even more unfairness to the comp.
The rep schedule would be:
1. all stars game in February between the indigenous and NRL all stars. This would rotate between country areas in NSW and QLD to give them a replacement because there would be no more city country game.
2. State of Origin would take place during 3 consecutive Friday nights in October. No more affecting club footy, no more losing momentum after 1 game when all you want is for the next one to start.
3. International footy would be for the RLIF to control (don't care enough about it for it to be part of my coup), but it would not be allowed to take place between the all stars game in February and Origin 3 in October.
By the time I'd solved the above 3 issues (my 3 pet hates when it comes to how the NRL is organised) it would be 5pm on day 1 of Rugby Leagues New World Order. I'd be ready for the pub, anything else could wait for day 2.
If you had dictatorial power over the NRL for a life term, what would you do. Keeping in mind no stupidity like "kick out Souffs". Positive constructive things that are at least doable.
All of a sudden what 9 and Fox demand out of their own selfish interests is irrelevant. Club CEOs don't get to hold back expansion because they want to split the pie between just the 16 of them. Factional infighting in the NSWRL and QRL becomes meaningless.
You have sole control and you can do anything you like in the NRL (within realistic financial limits. Eg, not demolishing Brookvale and building a 100k stadium there).
What would you do?
On my first day in office at NRL HQ I would order the following:
1. Expansion
a)I would tell the Central Coast Bears to get ready to enter the comp in 2015.
b)I would tell the WA Pirates to get ready to enter the comp in 2016.
c)I would make an announcement that the game would aim to add a 19th and 20th team sometime in the life of the following tv rights deal (2018-2023 approx). The two locations would be Queensland and New Zealand. Any bids interested from those areas would be urged to begin working to create demand and grow their brands.
2. Scheduling
Each and every round round would consistent of exactly 8 games. Monday footy and Thursday footy would be abolished. There would be no byes and no split rounds. Barring the rare exception for public holidays etc, each and every round would look like this:
1. 7.30 pm Friday
2. 12 pm Saturday
3. 2.30 pm Saturday
4. 5pm Saturday
5. 7.30 pm Saturday
6. 1pm Sunday
7. 3.30 pm Sunday
8. 6pm Sunday
The timeslots on Saturday and Sunday are strategically placed to a) never have simultaneous games b) have precisely 2.5 hours between each kick off allowing 2 hours for the game with a 30 minutes show inbetween each game discussing the previous games and the next game. Wall to wall footy marathons.
All games would be simulcast nationwide at least on a digital channel and on pay tv. The distribution of slots between the teams would be done with the number 1 priority being as even as possible a split between all 16 teams. No more nonstop FNF for the Broncos. No more bending over teams like Canberra.
3) Rep footy
No more rep games getting in the way of club footy during the regular season and adding even more unfairness to the comp.
The rep schedule would be:
1. all stars game in February between the indigenous and NRL all stars. This would rotate between country areas in NSW and QLD to give them a replacement because there would be no more city country game.
2. State of Origin would take place during 3 consecutive Friday nights in October. No more affecting club footy, no more losing momentum after 1 game when all you want is for the next one to start.
3. International footy would be for the RLIF to control (don't care enough about it for it to be part of my coup), but it would not be allowed to take place between the all stars game in February and Origin 3 in October.
By the time I'd solved the above 3 issues (my 3 pet hates when it comes to how the NRL is organised) it would be 5pm on day 1 of Rugby Leagues New World Order. I'd be ready for the pub, anything else could wait for day 2.
If you had dictatorial power over the NRL for a life term, what would you do. Keeping in mind no stupidity like "kick out Souffs". Positive constructive things that are at least doable.
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