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...Proof please
I've shown it to you before, but I'll show it again since you're playing dumb. Not that you aren't dumb, BTW. You're just not as dumb as you're pretending to be here.
"Each of (the losing bids) could have justifiably qualified to run a successful NRL team. So we are spoilt for choice," Abdo said.
"Those considerations we will look at but we have an open mind.
"We do what's right for the game, and what is right for the growth of the game overall.
"We need to consider all parts of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific when thinking about expansion.
"Again it will be data driven, rigorous and for the right reasons."
"Those considerations we will look at but we have an open mind.
"We do what's right for the game, and what is right for the growth of the game overall.
"We need to consider all parts of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific when thinking about expansion.
"Again it will be data driven, rigorous and for the right reasons."
NRL's 17th team a stepping stone to 18
NRL CEO Andrew Abdo has indicated that the competition will eventually expand to 18 teams, with the Dolphins addition as 17th club a "natural stepping stone".
7news.com.au
Tigers and Jets will be judged alongside bids from the rest of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. The one that presents the best case for inclusion will get the licence.
We also have the Head of Strategy WWOS Simon Fordham saying this:
“We’re really committed to working with the NRL in growing the competition, and Queensland is a big part of that. We think there’s room for another team here in Queensland, and the Dolphins have been the perfect example."
The Battle of Brisbane: Behind Nine’s NRL push into Queensland
During the Broncos v Dolphins much hyped NRL clash, Mediaweek caught up with Nine's Kylie Blucher and Simon Fordham.
www.mediaweek.com.au
Nick Politis also believes the 18th team should be from Queensland.
We should have two new clubs in Queensland,”
“We need to grow and we need new customers. More eyeballs on TV and more product will bring more revenue from the broadcasters and that’s what we rely on more than anything else.
“You do that by increasing the number of clubs, have an extra game and go into new areas.
“The three groups bidding to become the 17th team are all financially strong with good business structures. Why turn two of them away?
“They should be encouraged to be patient and eventually become the 18th team or we look at an area like Rockhampton.”
“We need to grow and we need new customers. More eyeballs on TV and more product will bring more revenue from the broadcasters and that’s what we rely on more than anything else.
“You do that by increasing the number of clubs, have an extra game and go into new areas.
“The three groups bidding to become the 17th team are all financially strong with good business structures. Why turn two of them away?
“They should be encouraged to be patient and eventually become the 18th team or we look at an area like Rockhampton.”
‘Two new QLD clubs’: Reason 18-team NRL competition is gathering momentum
‘Two new QLD clubs’: Reason 18-team NRL competition is gathering momentum
www.foxsports.com.au
When V'landys spoke about adding a second team in Brisbane he pointed out that the business case needed to "stack up".
“It has to stack up with a business case, what the Dolphins did is it stacked up,” he explained.
“We don’t have to pay tens of millions having that 17th team, in actual fact we generated substantial new revenue from broadcast to have that 17th team.
“So it pays for itself without harming any of the other clubs, so if we go for the 18th team, it has to be important that it actually brings benefits.
“We don’t have to pay tens of millions having that 17th team, in actual fact we generated substantial new revenue from broadcast to have that 17th team.
“So it pays for itself without harming any of the other clubs, so if we go for the 18th team, it has to be important that it actually brings benefits.
‘We have to expand’: Perth, NZ floated as V’landys reveals plans for 18th NRL team
‘We have to expand’: Perth, NZ floated as V’landys reveals plans for 18th NRL team
www.foxsports.com.au
Based on that, we can assume he (and the rest of the ARLC) will want the 18th team to be sustainable from day one.
I could be wrong, but I think Redcliffe's cash reserves and assets helped get them over the line because it provides insurance that can be used to bail them out during hard times. I found a statement on this point in an article on WWOS:
The new franchise satisfied several financial requirements, including being able to produce a bank guarantee of $50 million over the course of the next five years to prove the team will be sustainable moving forward.
NRL 'will consider' adding 18th team
Dolphins provide 'stepping stone' for expansion
wwos.nine.com.au