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oikee

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And I've been proven right.

We have an admin with the wrong attitude and the wrong priorities, not to mention a lack of understanding of the games culture, history and needs. Its an admin high on talk and spin and superficial actions but not on delivering real action across the sport. Its obsessed with brand building, not growth of the sport. They're not the same thing.

Mate go take a holiday,. You have not been proven right at all. Your now simply just trying to convince yourself, nobody, and i mean nobody is buying what your selling, pure a-grade utter B.S.
Come back in the new year refreshed. Go sit on a beach in QLD, it will clear your mind.
 

oikee

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That would have been me and I have recently seen the detail on the "new" method of getting kids to the game and its BS.

If the kid hasn't registered to go to the game, they can't just make a last minute decision to go.

The problem with the current clowns is that the talk is all great. If you read those articles you would be impressed. But when you know the detail and try and match the actions to the words (almost impossible) you realise that its all crap and they are only interested in the $s.

I will say that after speaking to someone involved, the proposed changes to the game are not necessarily aligned with those in the articles, but are good and there is a lot of sensible thought. But thats not coming from the games administration, its coming from the coaches and clubs.

Well the last time i checked, making sure you let someone know your going is a faking good idea.
They cant hold all the kids seats only for them not to turn up and them leave them empty while others go without,.
No wonder this game is faking backwards with that type of thinking.

Mate if the kids want to go, and get a seat, they have to let someone know, or at least that is the way the world has been working for the last 100 faking years, unless of course you live under a faking rock.

So the coaches and clubs are making decisions, ? is that what you are saying. ?
Thank god. Imagine if they were not making decisions, they just sat back and thought the club would run itself.
geez whiz.
We have clubs up here in Queensland that would kill to have those sorts of options.
Look, here is a report from a club that has struggled for over 20 years.
Imagine the excitement in this joint, and your worried about having to register for faking free tickets.

MAROOCHYDORE Junior Rugby League headquarters has been in a state of disrepair for decades but an injection of $1.45 million is set to change that.

The state and local governments have chipped in $770,000 each to make it one of the best equipped junior sporting clubs on the Sunshine Coast.

The money will be spent on a new bitumen car park, upgraded playing surface, clubhouse, change rooms and a 600 seat covered grandstand.

State Member for Buderim Steve Dickson said the club's dire condition was obvious to anyone who visited the club.

"You look at the carpark and it is pretty sad and the club house needs a lot of help too," he said.

"We want to ensure that sport and recreation clubs and organisations have the capacity to offer services and participation opportunities to Queenslanders."

The Maroochydore league juniors will not be the only ones to benefit from the upgrade with 10 other sporting associations also using the facilities at Wises Rd.

Up to 6000 people currently utilise the club's facilities each week, with that figure expected to grow following the completion of the development.

Councillor Ted Hungerford said Sunshine Coast Council looked forward to partnering with the government as part of the Get Playing Plus initiative to get more young people playing sport.

"This will do great things for the youth of the area and has been needed for a very long time," he said.

"This really will be a much used facility and is very popular."

Building is set to commence next year.

Long standing Maroochydore Junior Rugby League president Paul McMillan said he was relieved the much needed upgrade was finally coming to fruition.

"This is an absolute great day for Maroochydore Rugby League Club," Mr McMillan said.

"We have spent many years trying to develop the club and both Ted and Steve have never given up on the hopes of doing this.

"It is 20 years in the making.

"The club was not up to scratch to properly cater to the 6000 people who come through here every week," Mr McMillan said.
 
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LineBall

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And I've been proven right.

We have an admin with the wrong attitude and the wrong priorities, not to mention a lack of understanding of the games culture, history and needs. Its an admin high on talk and spin and superficial actions but not on delivering real action across the sport. Its obsessed with brand building, not growth of the sport. They're not the same thing.

Proof?
 
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Everything they do and say proves it.

The moment I realised smith was all show and no go was when she went to the torres strait. The NRL paid for Sydney journos to go too to report on smith being there.

He wasn't there to find out what was needed up there. He was there to be SEEN to be there. And spending the billion to do it.
 

LineBall

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Everything they do and say proves it.

The moment I realised smith was all show and no go was when she went to the torres strait. The NRL paid for Sydney journos to go too to report on smith being there.

He wasn't there to find out what was needed up there. He was there to be SEEN to be there. And spending the billion to do it.

Again - proof?
 
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Again - everything they do and say. How much more demonstrative can that be? Its like taipan expecting me to prove the grassroots are getting nothing. How do you prove the absence of something? Those claiming the grassroots are better off certainly don't seem capable of providing evidence.

Maybe we could see how much the game has been assisted in the Torres strait after smith had his photo shoot up there. If he was there to listen to what was needed there they would have received something to show for it right?
 

applesauce

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Your right ECT.

The game is dying, we have a bad administration, fans are leaving for other sports.

Members are down.
Participation is down.
NRL coffers are empty.
Sponsorship is at an all time low.
No-one watches our showpiece games.
This has seen crowds fall significantly unlike other sports.
There is no engagement with fans, players, clubs or admin with social media.
Funding for clubs is falling.
No standards are in place for club to receive the crumbs they get.
A revolutionary 9's tournament or Touch Football affiliation that would help develop international and potential olympic inclusion has been avoided like the plague.
The NRL admin seem to roll over for players involved with bad behaviour.
The media keep on leaking and undermining the games agenda and direction which could jeopardise any lobbying for government funding etc.
 

morley101

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Like Victoria ?


September 5, 2014

The Victorian Rugby League (VRL) is pleased to announce that 2014 has been the most successful season for player participation levels in Rugby League within Victoria, increasing player registrations by 17 percent in the past 12 months to surpass the record participation level set in 2013.
The increase in participation levels illustrates the growing awareness and acceptance of Rugby League in the state, with Victoria closing in on Western Australia as becoming the premier Rugby League base outside the traditional states of New South Wales and Queensland.
2014 VRL Participation
3,371 total registrations
2,871 male registrations (85.2% of registrations) and 500 female registrations (14.8%)
2,321 junior registrations (68.9%) and 1050 senior registrations (31.1%)
86 registrations by person of indigenous heritage (2.6%)


http://www.playnrl.com/record-year-for-the-victorian-rugby-league/
 
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We know why its closing in on wa.

And are the Tasmanian figures included in those because we also know what a great job the NRL has done there too.
 

oikee

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It is always something.
The NRL cant have any good news without bad news being just a player away.
I mean look at Sydney today, trying to announce the draw that would have been talked about for a week, instead it has been over-shadowed by this siege.

And another black eye for the Titans.

This code can not win. It cant take a trick in Sydney, and nearly every second day is taken up by another NSW player messing up, giving the code bad news to neglect the good.

They need to start banning players for 2-5 years. The packers, the carney's the Carters, the birds, the gallens,
before the players kill the code for good. These players are killing the code, they should be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars the damage they are doing.
Every day now for a year the Titans have copped black-eyes, constantly, to the point where the fans have all walked away.
Same as the Sharks.

You want to really know why the juniors are not turning up, it all started with the brawl at brooky, and has gone downhill ever since. Mums and dads and the kids have walked away ever since. Every week another 10 thousand walk as players get into more and more trouble.
The code wont have to worry about junior clubs the way things are going, their wont be any kids left.

Promoting bad, and not punishing bad is why the code cant grow.
The code has a stigma, a bad image, a human stain that wont go away, we are just one Hoppa headline away from the front page, every damn day.

I hear barristers and Judges talking about how depressing the news is these days. The first thing they hear every day is another league player messing up.
 
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insert.pause

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NRL increase revenue by 10% & record record $50 million surplus.

THE NRL is expected to announce this week that the record-breaking 2014 season had a revenue increase of more than $30 million and the code delivering a net profit of $50m.

NRL chief executive Dave Smith has already presented the results to the clubs and could make them public on Friday — a day after the release of the league’s 2015 advertising campaign.

The Australian can reveal that revenue swelled last year to $345m — an increase of just over $30m from the $314m figure posted for 2013.

It is believed revenue spiked on the back of the very successful State of Origin series, the finals series and grand final plus the inaugural Auckland Nines tournament.

NSW ended an eight-year Origin series drought and the second game on the Nine Network was the highest rated program for the year with 4.1 million viewers.

South Sydney’s grand final win over Canterbury, which ended a 43-year premiership drought, also on Nine, was the third most watched program of the year with 4 million viewers.

The game also benefited from a record number of club memberships, a rise in ticket prices and increase in crowd figures, and a spike in participation largely fuelled by the decision to merge with touch football.

The latest figures put the NRL well ahead of schedule after revealing last year that it was hoping to achieve a central revenue target of $300m by 2017.

While the AFL is still ahead on revenues, it is understood the NRL is closing the gap and heading towards a strong position for the next broadcast rights deal when the current arrangement finishes at the end of 2017.

It is believed half of the net profit will be put towards a sustainability fund which already has $50m as a financial buffer for the code.

The NRL announced last year it hoped to have $80m in savings by the end of 2017.

Last year’s net profit figure of $50m is around the same as 2013 — it was $49.6 million in 2014 — and could have been higher but expenditure also increased.

In 2013 the game outlaid $265m and it is believed that figure swelled last year to $295m due to a number of factors including an increase in club funding and development, more funds for state leagues and affiliates, and the addition of senior management positions at Rugby League Central.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...the-bank-for-nrl/story-fnca0von-1227236247576
 

Perth Red

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Well we've had two rebrands of the WARL in 2 years so don't tell me they are doing nothing lol.
 

Hello, I'm The Doctor

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Well we've had two rebrands of the WARL in 2 years so don't tell me they are doing nothing lol.

Aside from NRLWA what was the second?

So they've increased profits by charging more money for big event tickets? Glad the fans are helping out lol.

Wait, you bitching that the game has become popular? Would you rather they made Origin/GFs free and just not fund junior and amateur football.

You can seriously whine about anything (we need to get you a job with the Telegraph)......
 
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Hello, I'm The Doctor

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The Australian can reveal that revenue swelled last year to $345m — an increase of just over $30m from the $314m figure posted for 2013.

I wonder how long itll be before we catch the AFL for turnover....

They were making $446m in 2013, but their incremental increase was about half what the ARLC managed, so the gap is definitely closing. (Unfortunately, this comparison doesnt consider the properties they have managed to accumulate while the NRL was stalled under Gallop)
 

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