Admission criteria
All clubs had to meet a Basic Criteria based on playing facilities, administration, solvency and development.
To determine which teams survived, clubs were ranked for the 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999 seasons on:
Home crowds (1. Broncos, 2. Knights, 3. Eels);
Away crowds (1. Broncos, 2. Eels. 3. Roosters);
Competition points (1. Storm, 2. Broncos, 3. Bulldogs);
Gate receipts (1. Broncos, 2. Storm, 3. Knights);
Profitability (1. Bulldogs, 2. Panthers, 3. Sharks), and;
Sponsorship (1. Knights, 2. Broncos, 3. Cowboys).
Clubs were also required to have a minimum revenue of $8 million per season, including gate receipts of $1.25m and net sponsorship of $2.5m.
While the three Sydney clubs who had aligned with Super League – Canterbury, Penrith and Cronulla – were considered the most profitable, every non-Sydney club produced larger gate receipts than their Sydney rivals.
The final rankings were:
1 Brisbane, 2 Newcastle, 3 Melbourne, 4 Canterbury, 5 Cronulla, 6 Sydney Roosters, 7 Parramatta, 8 North Queensland, 9 Warriors, 10 Canberra, 11 Manly, 12 Penrith, 13 Balmain, 14 North Sydney 15 Western Suburbs, 16 South Sydney.
St George Illawarra were not included as they had merged at the end of the 1998 season – meaning Norths, Wests and Souths were excluded from the 2000 premiership.
If a team from England is brave enough to relocate to Canada, what will it take for a Sydney club to secure their future by moving to Brisbane or Perth?
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The two criterion that boosted the Bulldogs were a) competition points from 95, 96, 98 and 98 and b) profitability.
The three most "profitable" clubs were the three from Sydney who signed with Super League.
How much money were the Panthers, Bulldogs and Sharks given to sign with News Ltd in 1995?
The key takeaway from the criterion is this line:
Clubs were also required to have a minimum revenue of $8 million per season, including gate receipts of $1.25m and net sponsorship of $2.5m.
In 2019 the Bulldogs failed to meet this criterion. Their revenue from football operations was just $7,832,705.
Why do you continue to lie about the Bulldogs' size?
You've repeated this lie about them being "one of the biggest" teams, despite me showing you that they're a mid-sized team at best.
The Gemba Report ranked them 10th in terms of fans from their survey and listed them as having just 15k members. Only four clubs in the NRL had less than 15k members. The average membership number for "small" teams was 14k.
Don't take my word for it mate.
Go see for yourself on p53 of the Gemba Report.
You have been shown this statistic before, so don't pretend you're unaware of it.
That'll take some work, so I'll collate that when I have time.
