Latest IMG proposals for Super League

[The Daddy3]

The catchment area scoring criteria is abhorrent. Someone told me that Salford scored more than London and Newcastle. If this is true it really is disgusting

 

[Perth Red]

Wow 3k ! The league is saved!
Let's talk when you go to 20k... but that won't happen because as it stands, the population of Hull with 2 teams makes that impossible.
As it stands, only half of Hull is possibly watching a Hull game on TV .. which is f**k all...then you wonder why the TV deal is so small...
1 Hull club doubles that reach, then make it vs Liverpool for example.. and your potential audience is 3 fold TV viewers.

It takes a long time though, like 20 years or more like the Storm. It'll be somewhat the same for Perth to become a real success but it's a far better option than central Coast.
Central Coast is a Rugby league strong hold that would probably have more fans at the beginning but it's capped by a small population, where Perth is a better long term investment because it’s growth isn't so limited.

Either someone shakes up SL to take it out of the village or it happens slowly over time but if it stays the same, it's a slow death ( part of why the NRL are probably looking to get involved)

You stated these clubs had no room to grow. I gave you just one example where one of these clubs has grown its active fanbase by 43% in 4 years.

You clearly dont understand the uk sporting landscape. 20k lol.

i notoiced you didn’t respond to why we shouldn’t close all the sydney clubs and build two super clubs, have 2 clubs in perth, melbourne, Auckland, etc and triple nrl popularity?

 

[Perth Red]

The catchment area scoring criteria is abhorrent. Someone told me that Salford scored more than London and Newcastle. If this is true it really is disgusting

They scored more than London and less than Newcastle based on population catchment criteria.

Again, easy to criticise, what would be your suggestion for how club catchment should be calculated in a Very transparent, objective black and white way?

maybe London should move to tower hamlets to score full points lol

 

[Wb1234]

Taking Wigan st Helen’s Leeds or hull fc out of the English game would never work

Its like the super league comp in Australia you need the traditional clubs

Wigan are at the heart of the English game. When they do well English rugby league does well

 

[Pippen94]

Pundit suggests Super League format shake up after IMG grading confirmed - Serious About Rugby League

Sky Sports pundit Jon Wilkin has suggested making Super League smaller, cutting it down to just ten teams.

www.seriousaboutrl.com

What a shit show

 

[Dark Corner]

Would be nice and cosy if it was 16 team Super League and 16 team Championship ring fenced for a few years for clubs get their shit together then promotion and relegation kicks in.
Super League
Wigan
St.Helens
Warrington
Salford
Leigh
Leeds
Bradford
York
Wakefield
Castleford
Huddersfield
Hull FC
Hull KR
London
Catalan
Toulouse

Championship
Barrow
Whitehaven
Workington
Newcastle
Widnes
Batley
Dewsbury
Doncaster
Featherstone
Halifax
Sheffield
Swinton
Hunslet
Keighley
Oldham
Rochdale
Hunslet
Keighley
Newcastle
Oldham
Rochdale

 

[MRN]

WWE and UFC owner is buying IMG, Professional Bull Riders and On Location for $3.25 billion

The sale to parent company TKO is part of Endeavor’s efforts to shed some of its assets as it looks to be taken private in a transaction with private equity firm Silver Lake.

fortune.com

I for one look forward to Junior Nsemba and Matty Ashton being in the 2025 Royal Rumble to promote the Vegas game.

 

[Pippen94]

WWE and UFC owner is buying IMG, Professional Bull Riders and On Location for $3.25 billion

The sale to parent company TKO is part of Endeavor’s efforts to shed some of its assets as it looks to be taken private in a transaction with private equity firm Silver Lake.

fortune.com

I for one look forward to Junior Nsemba and Matty Ashton being in the 2025 Royal Rumble to promote the Vegas game.

F..the fed

 

[taste2taste]

Interested to hear from our English friends on the overall health of the game in England ?

litening to James graham he reckons the game is almost dead with junior numbers at an all time low but on the flip side there are YouTube vloggers who reckon the games going pretty good with plenty of room to grow, all games televised , FTA games and average crowds of 10k

im guessing the truth is some where in the middle ? League is a small sport with its rusted on audience, same as it’s been for 100+ years.

 

[Perth Red]

Interested to hear from our English friends on the overall health of the game in England ?

litening to James graham he reckons the game is almost dead with junior numbers at an all time low but on the flip side there are YouTube vloggers who reckon the games going pretty good with plenty of room to grow, all games televised , FTA games and average crowds of 10k

im guessing the truth is some where in the middle ? League is a small sport with its rusted on audience, same as it’s been for 100+ years.

It really doesn’t change much in uk, it’s niche restricted to a geographical corridor. The reduction in jnrs is on par with what’s happening in all sports as kids play less and less structured sport. The big cash injection from the govt as part of the RLWC has actually helped Improve grassroots a bit. At a professional level again nothings changed much, soem clubs thrive, some survive and some struggle. Been that way since I started watching the game in 1980.