Perth Bears Media Watch

[Perth Red]

ARL Commission chair Peter V’landys said. “We haven’t really given PNG any salary cap dispensation. All we’ve asked the [PNG] government for is to give tax relief.

Which means players will have more in their pockets, so a defacto higher salary cap.

Let's call it out for what it is, a sweetener to get players to go to PNG that otherwise wouldn't even think about it.

I did laugh at that comment, no different salary cap, but they will earn 20-40% more salary than any other team lol. Should have given perth a relocation allowance and free reign to sign outside nrl for five years.
dumb Vlandys for buckling to them and dumb clubs for pressuring him.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

I did laugh at that comment, no different salary cap, but they will earn 20-40% more salary than any other team lol. Should have given perth a relocation allowance and free reign to sign outside nrl for five years.
dumb Vlandys for buckling to them and dumb clubs for pressuring him.

The same dumb V’Landys which Perth wouldn’t even have a team without him?

perthwrongs, ding dong

Still failing to see that without V’Landys he wouldn’t have the bears back in Perth. No team in Perth. Lol calling the head of the game dumb and yet perthwrongs can’t even get a simple take right for the life of him. Lol

 

[BuffaloRules]

Let's call it out for what it is, a sweetener to get players to go to PNG that otherwise wouldn't even think about it.

No doubt …

it’s amazing how the negative narrative is changing from “no player will go there “ to “they are getting a bribe to move there” … I mean this has been something connected with the team pretty much since it was first mooted … I think critics thought it still wasn’t going to be enough to sway players to to there - wrong ..

 

[BuffaloRules]

I did laugh at that comment, no different salary cap, but they will earn 20-40% more salary than any other team lol. Should have given perth a relocation allowance and free reign to sign outside nrl for five years.
dumb Vlandys for buckling to them and dumb clubs for pressuring him.

look .. I think Perth should have an allowance… 20-40 percent is ridiculous … more like $1m- $1.2m so they would get a free elite player basically …( if they could attract one lol)

It’s their competition., and the Clubs actually run this game at the end of the day and PVL serves at their pleasure … he has got to do what their consensus says… it’s more like telling him what to do than “pressuring “ him…

The AFL clubs might put up with it .. but their competition is uneven in a lot of ways .. it’s just second nature for them ..basket case Melbourne clubs and NSW and QLD teams get bucket loads of money more than the big teams so they just go along with the boss

 

[Trifili13]

look .. I think Perth should have an allowance… 20-40 percent is ridiculous … more like $1m- $1.2m so they would get a free elite player basically …( if they could attract one

I think your $1m to $1.2m is greatly under estimating the benefit they will get in the cap. Based on say an average wage of 300k, a player would be paying 111k in tax so multiply that by 30 players and its potentially $3m plus extra cap space.

A player on $1m pays $440k tax so you can give them say $600k (player is not paying tax so is over $100k in front in the pocket plus any extras they get as a TPA, etc) and gives PNG $400k extra to spend. So they can almost get 2 elite players for the cost of 1.

 

[nko11]

A bit of Behind the scenes from the setup of a gala day today and what I assume will be the Junior Club Parade. This account also has some good behind the scenes videos of Game Development Officer training in WA. Looks like a big increase of school visits happening going into term 2.

 

[BuffaloRules]

I think your $1m to $1.2m is greatly under estimating the benefit they will get in the cap. Based on say an average wage of 300k, a player would be paying 111k in tax so multiply that by 30 players and its potentially $3m plus extra cap space.

I think you misunderstood my hypothetical point … I was musing about what I would have allowed Perth to have if I was king of the NRL…

 

[Bukowski]

I don't think they should get anything extra. Everyone has to be on a level playing field. The clubs will arc up if PNG put together and keep a quality team

 

[Wb1234]

that’s the owner of the Perth nbl team

the club should be getting him in their box to their first game and for today’s games

 

[BuffaloRules]

that’s the owner of the Perth nbl team

the club should be getting him in their box to their first game and for today’s games

I’m sure the Twitter/X knobs will give him some good advice

 

[Red&BlackBear]

that’s the owner of the Perth nbl team

the club should be getting him in their box to their first game and for today’s games

He is.

He was on the official Bears podcast a fortnight or so ago. There’s a commercial partnership in the works between Bears & Wildcats .

 

[Wb1234]

He is.

He was on the official Bears podcast a fortnight or so ago. There’s a commercial partnership in the works between Bears & Wildcats .

Yeh this kind of stuff is good

 

[Nuke]

He can start by calling it by its proper name: Rugby League.

We need to put a stop to this ignorant trend in WA of calling it 'rugby'.

 

[Wb1234]

Bears may bring back Monday night footy​

One of the biggest unknowns coming into season 2027 is where the added match caused by the addition of the Perth Bears is going to fit into the TV schedule.

One thing that is certain: the extra game won’t be a freebie for the networks. The NRL will seek to get revenue from it as part of the new rights deal they are negotiating. As it stands, the NRL has ploughed on with expansion without giving the free-to-air and pay TV partners a big say.

RELATED ARTICLE​

• Analysis
• NRL 2026

The Perth Bears enter the NRL in under a year. Rivals are hardly shaking in their boots​

They have been minor players in the decision-making process and there has not been huge consideration given to whether they wanted the Perth and PNG teams, nor how they’d like to execute the additional game.
The value of the extra game is yet to be determined. Right now, the thinking from the NRL is Monday night football. Sunday night at 6.15pm would not be a viable option as another game interfering with the 6pm news would not be welcomed by a free-to-air broadcaster.
The Friday night 6pm game on Fox Sports is off Broadway, but it can impact the news broadcast, which is a pillar for free-to-air networks.

Monday night football would have to land on pay TV, as a show like Married At First Sight on Nine is a ratings juggernaut, and there would be resistance to replacing a show like that in prime time.

Hunt fires back at Flanagan after copping blame for Dragons woes

The Red V coach said during the week the club’s roster issues were down to the former captain walking out on the club in 2024. Ben Hunt isn’t having any of it.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Perth Red]

look .. I think Perth should have an allowance… 20-40 percent is ridiculous … more like $1m- $1.2m so they would get a free elite player basically …( if they could attract one lol)

It’s their competition., and the Clubs actually run this game at the end of the day and PVL serves at their pleasure … he has got to do what their consensus says… it’s more like telling him what to do than “pressuring “ him…

The AFL clubs might put up with it .. but their competition is uneven in a lot of ways .. it’s just second nature for them ..basket case Melbourne clubs and NSW and QLD teams get bucket loads of money more than the big teams so they just go along with the boss

Hang on, havent you been a vlad cheerleader re SL being run by the clubs and how that must end? Now you’re saying the clubs run nrl and vlad had to do what they say?

 

[Perth Red]

He can start by calling it by its proper name: Rugby League.

We need to put a stop to this ignorant trend in WA of calling it 'rugby'.

We have as much right to the use the term rugby as union does!
in north of england you say rugby everyone assumes youre talking about league.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Hang on, havent you been a vlad cheerleader re SL being run by the clubs and how that must end? Now you’re saying the clubs run nrl and vlad had to do what they say?

I’m just speaking the truth mate .. Vlad won’t last a week if the clubs don’t want him too.

I’m dirty on the clubs over there because they have displayed no ambition for the game …they have had a right to run their own game .. but they have done so poorly for decades… I don’t see the point of the NRL giving them more money to potentially squander without their controls

I don’t particularly care about the SL btw beyond how what happens to them might impact on the NRL … like the NRL throwing money at them when there are a lot of question marks over their own broadcast deal … things like that can blow up and the clubs might show your new mate PVL who is really running things

 

[SirPies&Beers]

I’m just speaking the truth mate .. Vlad won’t last a week if the clubs don’t want him too.

I’m dirty on the clubs over there because they have displayed no ambition for the game …they have had a right to run their own game .. but they have done so poorly for decades… I don’t see the point of the NRL giving them more money to potentially squander without their controls

I don’t particularly care about the SL btw beyond how what happens to them might impact on the NRL … like the NRL throwing money at them when there are a lot of question marks over their own broadcast deal … things like that can blow up and the clubs might show your new mate PVL who is really running things

Hang on, havent you been a vlad cheerleader re SL being run by the clubs and how that must end? Now you’re saying the clubs run nrl and vlad had to do what they say?

clubs are voting members of arlc.. which vlandys chairs.

once again he missed the point.
perthwrongs, ding dong.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

Johns: The Giant warning facing the NRL in Perth

"It's a real warning for the NRL"

www.sen.com.au

What Bear Country 🐻 is all about! Huge effort across many teams to give Western Australia a small taste of what is to come when the Perth Bears enter the NRL in 2027. Not long now! | Anthony DeCeglie

What Bear Country 🐻 is all about! Huge effort across many teams to give Western Australia a small taste of what is to come when the Perth Bears enter the NRL in 2027. Not long now!

www.linkedin.com

 

[SirPies&Beers]

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/bulldogs-bite-wests-tigers-chairman-barry-ofarrell-likes-story-outlining-mitch-moses-copping-concerning-act-letter/news-story/d07caf02458e19e3034539b1cb55b105?amp