The nz tv deal is going to get cut
rugby league juniors are collapsing
the warriors crowds will go down with the blues winning and warriors losing
Look at your points from a slightly different POV
The NZ deal won’t be cut by an NZ 2 team but Sky like many other pay TV companies is struggling a bit with the rise in streaming and unlike Foxtel they don’t really have a kayo type equivalent to transition into. Anecdotally many people would walk away if there was a better alternative- there’s a saying that it’s easier to quit smoking than Foxtel, literally had to tell them to f**k off to stop them calling every day for 3 weeks with some ‘exciting new offer’ to try and retain me.
How much higher do you think Sky could go with their bid I doubt they could afford to double it?
League juniors were definitely struggling, can’t speak for Auckland but in the provinces it was pretty dire, When I lived in Hastings I tried to play league as well as Union, at school there wasn’t any school teams in the province, post high school the club scene league team played 2 games in a season due to forfeits, in Wellington both teams shared the same grounds and whilst Firsts in league (the Union team had 6 grades) generally had enough for a team the lower grades essentially would ring in a few of the Union guys when they could find opposition to play. The other 2 provinces I lived in I couldn’t find a league team.
Let’s say that’s turned around, what would be your solution to improve the professionalism particularly in the administration and governance that the game would need to thrive? Do you believe the current juniors are up to standard to compete as NZ 2 as well as the inevitable poaching from the other clubs?
Crowds haven’t followed the usual slump which is fantastic the Game day team deserve credit for creating the game day experience they have achieved and plenty of clubs could take note
