Their tv deal has been more than ours for 20 years. So yeh national appeal clearly matters. Shame it’s taken the nrl this long to wake up to it But they finally seem to realise having perth in the comp is a good thing.
id take there 4% over our 2%! Especially when the $ value they are starting at was higher.
inflation isnt 4% lol
Inflation was 8 percent
Shame the national competition didn’t pay off for them last time
Maybe adding dots on a map with few people watching on tv in those areas is a really bad long term expansion strategy
As we know a Perth nrl team won’t be worth much to tv companies and provide little new viewers in wa
They’ve always had more teams and content than we have had. Now the nrl is expanding that will change
And nrl ratings are growing well without extra rounds or teams
Eg last year nz showed 14 percent growth