NRL wants to introduce a magic round, where every game is played at the one stadium

[Lambretta]

And you lot have the f**king nerve to call the English whinges

I've never heard so much negativity towards a brilliant idea and one we should have adopted years ago

Not fair on Warriors fans who won't travel from NZ? f**k me dead. What a moronic idea. They don't have to sacrifice a home game they can be the away team. They would actually get more fans at a magic weekend because fans of other teams that don't like their opposition would be cheering them.

The best solution would be to have it in Sydney at ANZ with Souths hosting one team and the Bulldogs another, Dragons another, Parra another etc. That way they have "home field" advantage and no one is disadvantaged more than usual

You would pack ANZ for this

 

[innsaneink]

Not my cuppa tea...not interested enough in other teams.
Whenever Ive been to a double header I rarely watch all the other game - same with watching other teams on TV at home, I rarely sit there for the 80, I'm in & out having a look now and then

Each to their own

 

[wittyfan]

I'd like to see the NRL actually come up with an original idea for a change rather than copying ideas from the NFL and Super League.

 

[Jason Maher]

I said it in another thread. The ARLC is being proactive in exploring new ideas. Not every idea they come up with will be brilliant, but if they just sit on their hands and never try anything new, the game will never move forward and grow.

I'd like to see the NRL actually come up with an original idea for a change rather than copying ideas from the NFL and Super League.

Why? In what way does it matter who comes up with an idea?

 

[Lambretta]

I'd like to see the NRL actually come up with an original idea for a change rather than copying ideas from the NFL and Super League.

waaa waaaa waaah, if we didn't think of it first it must be shit waaaaahhh

Seriously?

 

[snogard6]

You could hold it at Moore park with 1st game at SFS 2nd at SCG 3rd at SFS 4th at SCG. You could sell individual games, doubles or Daily Tickets. You could have cat 1 seats for season ticket holders for the games involving your team. The options are endless

 

[The Showstopper]

I can't see it adding anything to the comp. It is actually quite a stupid proposal aimed squarely at revenue raising. Stand alone origin weekends is what we want. Have our players potentially available for every club game. the days of origin players backing up two or three days later should be well behind us. It is plain dangerous. We are talking the most physicaly challenging games in world sport anywhere.

 

[georgesnmith]

I can't see it adding anything to the comp. It is actually quite a stupid proposal aimed squarely at revenue raising. Stand alone origin weekends is what we want. Have our players potentially available for every club game. the days of origin players backing up two or three days later should be well behind us. It is plain dangerous. We are talking the most physicaly challenging games in world sport anywhere.

if it were held in an expansion market like NZ, perth or melbourne it is fantastic.

its useless playing in sydney the aggregate crowds will be down from standalone games.

 

[eozsmiles]

This would be a huge slap in the face of the one club cities and their fans.

Taking one of the limited home games that one club cities get away to give it to Sydney, the city that gets the most NRL games all year, would be a terrible idea, that could end up a huge PR nightmare as well.

Maybe a round or two during the season where all the matches scheduled to be played in Sydney are held at one venue, but not a sort of Magic Weekend event.

One game? It's not a whole season. A one team town like Brisbane who get 12 games every year and will be in the comp for another 100 years have to give away one home game and it's a slap in the face?

I'd be surprised if it was held in Sydney. Melbourne, NZ, or Brissy would get the gig.

If the NRL decide to give something a go in order to promote the code then it would be an unselfish act to give a game up. I understand that clubs need the dough from home games and I would assume there would be some sort of compensation. They get compo for playing on monday night at home or for going to Bluetongue, I reckon they'd get something for giving the game away for the magic weekend.

 

[Dogs Of War]

My question. Is who is going to sit through 4 games of footy.

Better if they just did a whole lot of double headers that round around areas without a nrl team if they think its best for the game. Still could be considered a magic weekend.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

My question. Is who is going to sit through 4 games of footy.

Better if they just did a whole lot of double headers that round around areas without a nrl team if they think its best for the game. Still could be considered a magic weekend.

Same people that sat through 2 days of a 9s tournament and weekend-long music festivals...

 

[Captain Apollo]

And you lot have the f**king nerve to call the English whinges

I've never heard so much negativity towards a brilliant idea and one we should have adopted years ago

Not fair on Warriors fans who won't travel from NZ? f**k me dead. What a moronic idea. They don't have to sacrifice a home game they can be the away team. They would actually get more fans at a magic weekend because fans of other teams that don't like their opposition would be cheering them.

The best solution would be to have it in Sydney at ANZ with Souths hosting one team and the Bulldogs another, Dragons another, Parra another etc. That way they have "home field" advantage and no one is disadvantaged more than usual

You would pack ANZ for this

Are you for real? I was at the "Double Header" in last year's finals series. Like many Roosters and Manly fans, I didn't get there until about 1 hour before our game kicked off. Many Sharks fans left once their game had finished. As such the ground was not as "choc full" as made out at all.

The concept works in the UK because most of the teams are located very close together geographically. As such it is not an inconvenience for those fans who do go to their team's games. You are ignoring the fact that around 50% of teams are not located in Sydney, so if their games are out of Sydney (e.g. NZ, Brisbane, Melbourne) you effectively do disenfranchise the fans of those teams who make the effort to turn up.

Don't like the criticism? Then stick in your pipe and smoke it as I don't care.

 

[The Great Dane]

One game? It's not a whole season. A one team town like Brisbane who get 12 games every year and will be in the comp for another 100 years have to give away one home game and it's a slap in the face?

I'd be surprised if it was held in Sydney. Melbourne, NZ, or Brissy would get the gig.

If the NRL decide to give something a go in order to promote the code then it would be an unselfish act to give a game up. I understand that clubs need the dough from home games and I would assume there would be some sort of compensation. They get compo for playing on monday night at home or for going to Bluetongue, I reckon they'd get something for giving the game away for the magic weekend.

Yes it would be a slap in the face because every year RL fans in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Townsville, Auckland, Newcastle and the Gold Coast only gets 12 (14 in a few cases) chances to see live NRL footy, RL fans in Sydney get more opportunities to see live top level RL then they want or need, and now we are going to give them more for no reason other then it being a gimmick that might make money.

No it's a terrible idea and it'll be a disgrace if it goes ahead at the expense of fans in other areas.

I could live with it if all the matches were counted as home games for the Sydney clubs, but I'd prefer a round (or two) where every team takes their matches to an area that doesn't normally get NRL footy like Perth, Adelaide, Wellington, Darwin, Hobart, Cairns, Alice Springs, Mackay, Dubbo etc etc, but I'll never support a round where fans of one club cities lose one of their chances to see their teams so that a stupid gimmick with no real purpose like this can go ahead (especially if it's being held in Sydney).

 

[southwalesrabbitoh]

It work in the UK as, for most teams, they are only a couple of hours drive between grounds (Les Catalans excluded).

In Australia, where it takes hours to fly between some venues this is a completely stupid idea. I cabn so see all the Warriors fans flying to Australia, the Cowboys and Melbourne fans travelling to Sydney or Brisbane :crazy:

Add in the money the clubs would lose from losing a home game (let alone how annoyed those team's season ticket holders would be) I think this is one of the daftest ideas I've heard of. Before you say "but if they got 80,000 people to the game) yeah 80,000 tix / 4-8 "home" teams, plus the loss of things like game days sponsorship arrangements, I don't see this as being a plus for the clubs at all.

Study the European one first b4 commenting; it's an extra game!!!!!!

So there would be 27 NRL Rounds then.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Shit idea

super league does it because some teams average 3500 fans a game

Why copy an idea off a crap competition

Does nfl do it. No
Does epl do it. No
Does la liga do it. No
Does NBA do it. No

If we did it at say the new Adelaide oval and got 100000 over 2 days
It's like 12,500 ave big deal we average 17k

Next idea please Todd

 

[Captain Apollo]

Study the European one first b4 commenting; it's an extra game!!!!!!

So there would be 27 NRL Rounds then.

That I did not know. So thank you for the info.

However an extra game? We already have a problem of our top level players facing burn out due to playing a lot of games (e.g. Including the Auckland Nines, Andrew Fifita played 41 out of a possible 45 matches in the last 12 months) and this proposal would be to add an extra one in? That makes the proposal even more ridiculous to me.

The players are not robots. They are human beings who need r&r time like anyone else. It is that r&r that allows their bodies to heal up. Constant playing year round is what contributes to players not being able to play at 100% cause of carrying constant bumps/bruises/strains etc that they don't get over.

Also don't come at me with the "but they get paid a lot of money" as it is a crap argument. I wonder how you would react if your boss told you that you would have to work a few extra hours EVERY week of the year and you would get no additional remuneration and that it would cut into your leave time? Most of us would hate it, and I dare say most us don't have jobs that put the physical strain on our bodies like those put on a professional rugby league player's.

 

[Captain Apollo]

The following is from an article by Steve Mascord published in the Sydney Morning Herald -

3. A KIND OF MAGIC
Previous NRL administrators have looked into the ideas of the Magic Weekend and deduced that few of the advantages it affords Super League apply in the southern hemisphere. The Magic Weekend gets an entire round on the television for the only time in the Super League season - not an issue in the NRL. The crowd attracted over the weekend is often more than the round would get at separate venues - not likely here. Far from being an unqualified success, the concept was on death's door until it returned to the heartland of Manchester two years ago. For the NRL, a big fat cheque from the host city and/or venue would seem to be the big advantage. Having said all that, Set Of Six likes the idea.

 

[southwalesrabbitoh]

That I did not know. So thank you for the info.

However an extra game? We already have a problem of our top level players facing burn out due to playing a lot of games (e.g. Including the Auckland Nines, Andrew Fifita played 41 out of a possible 45 matches in the last 12 months) and this proposal would be to add an extra one in? That makes the proposal even more ridiculous to me.

The players are not robots. They are human beings who need r&r time like anyone else. It is that r&r that allows their bodies to heal up. Constant playing year round is what contributes to players not being able to play at 100% cause of carrying constant bumps/bruises/strains etc that they don't get over.

Also don't come at me with the "but they get paid a lot of money" as it is a crap argument. I wonder how you would react if your boss told you that you would have to work a few extra hours EVERY week of the year and you would get no additional remuneration and that it would cut into your leave time? Most of us would hate it, and I dare say most us don't have jobs that put the physical strain on our bodies like those put on a professional rugby league player's.

I agree that they shouldn't play more matches, there should be less NRL rounds, I've bn saying that for yrs. I'm just saying what Magic Weekend is, it's an extra game in Europe that's all. Maybe Greenberg is thinking of cutting the no. of NRL rounds to 10 home and away, with a MW on top, so that would obv. be 21 rounds of the NRL. Maybe then we cud see Origin on the weekend with no NRL matches those weekends.

Personally I would like to see 19 regular season rounds with some weekends free mid-season for Origin and international matches.

 

[bluey]

Can you imagine the screams from north of the border if it was held in Sydney wow, the sky would be falling

 

[Card Shark]

Can you imagine the screams from north of the border if it was held in Sydney wow, the sky would be falling

Could be 4 games in Brisbane ( 3 qld teams & say, bulldogs having home "games") & 4 in Sydney.


Anyway, it's a dumb idea really. An occasional double header is enough.