NRL will not buy into AFL money war in Blacktown

[Calixte]

This guy should be run out the door immediately by his constituents.

It probably ranks with Howard's (canned) $25 million Ballymore redevelopment as the most ordinary attempt to grease up to a sport seen in recent times.

 

[Man_of_Steel_1982]

What a jibberer that old guy was on the news last night - league already has 2 wetsern Sydney academies. League set up in Penrith, rather than Blacktown, so he has the tom tits. Blacktown, Penrith, can't see a great difference myself.
Even Demetriou himself is quoted in the SMH as saying they will never surpase league in western sydney. Roy Masters article a few days ago alluded to the rubbery figures afl puts out (which include all kicks who participate in Auskick clinics, even though they don't actually play the game - ARL do not quote development clinic kids in junior numbers). In this he suggested that the numbers currently are poor, and the eight clubs out there have trouble fielding teams, and have to resort to regularly amalgamating teams to get them on the park. I was also interested to see the numbers of registered league players in Victoria was just below 1000.
What annoys me is that someone from the top in RL does not come out and pour water on the AFL fire by putting these positives forward, instead leaving it up to decent journos from SMH to research it all.

You're absolutely right!

The easiest thing our administrators could do is just talk - just tell the thruth! Say how much better we are! Instead they're silent. Makes you wonder if they even care at all.

The NRL should employ someone to see what competitors are doing / saying and always strategise, reply etc.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Thats what we thought on the GC with Clark, but he was re-elected.

Much like Rudd i can never find anyone to put there hand up and say "i voted for him" but there must be heaps of them i guess.

We need to stop worrying about what they are doing, and start fixing our own product. McDonalds dont have good food, but they provide great marketing, cheap product, appeal to kids, and there is one on every corner. So the place is always packed. This is what the AFL are doing imo.

Us on the other hand, who are we marketing to? Nearly all night games, expensive tickets, crap stadiums, and a constant barrage from our own media about sex scandals, drinking, over rated, garbage. Its pub talk not marketing. Before we can start to move forward we need to define our market, and move it from 18-35 males to families.

Who would want to admit to such a thing?

No-one would take you seriously ever again.

 

[dubby]

I bet the mayor of Blacktown is receiving $$ from the AFL.

 

[paulyt]

Unless Kelly is retiring there is no way he won't be re-elected. No chance of ever getting rid of a Labor majority in Blacktown.

 

[mightybears]

Example Number:236 of Dangerous Dave Gallop having nothing to offer.
FFS Fight back!

 

[MuleEel]

I voted for Rudd. For heaps of reasons, mainly I wanted to see Howard humiliated, which he was.
Back to the league. I hope this new term "footprint" does not become part of the rugby league language. I hate it already. "We dont have a national footprint" I can sort of visualise an Eastern seaboard footprint (which we do have), but a national footprint would be a fairly mutant foot. Why dont we refer to it as, say, a national "chicken wing tackle"?