You said the Sydney clubs were broke And that’s why they expanded
Do you even read the drivel you write
little wonder you can’t fathom how strong the game is now under our current bosses. But I’m sure you will rush in to tell us how much better the fumblers do it
re the nswrl it’s covered in Sean Fagans book rugby rebellion. By 1910 the nswrl had basically decimated the mru and nswru and has been the dominant code ever since
it was so successful it expanded to other states and nations
Why the hell you talking about 1910? Haha the broncos commenced in 1988.
Mergers of Sydney clubs had been floated since the early 70s with the plan being to have teams in Canberra wagga Newcastle and Brisbane. All because the code with so many Sydney clubs was unsustainable.
Wests and Newtown were booted out the comp in 1983.
Arthurson had floated a type of “super league” in 86. QRL pulled out for the licence for a Brisbane club. Then AFL started the Bears in 87. A direct result of panicking that AFL got into Queensland market first, NSWRL and sydney clubs allowed the creation of the Broncos - a privately owned club with restriction in place to be the only Queensland club in return for the $500,000 licence fee which surprise surprise was distributed to Sydney clubs.
Then NSWRL announced the Gold Coast Giants would play in Tweed to avoid the exclusivity agreement in place with Broncos. From that point on, the relationship between Broncos and NSWRL only deteriorated due to Sydney centric decision making.
1992 - Bradley report - recommends culling, merging and relocating Sydney clubs. Then by 95 the broncos, the only real profit making club, is told they have to meet the same criteria as Sydney clubs and will only be invited to join the ARL on a year to year basis and things like having to share merchandise revenue with Sydney clubs continue. ARL completely lit the fuse for a Super League. But yeah sure, talk about 1910 all ya like.
How strong the game is under our current bosses?
In 2016-17 they dipped into the sustainability fund to prop up poor performing clubs - Sydney Clubs again. This lead to Graeme Samuel quitting the Commission.
By 2020, covid came along they had no assets or “sustainability fund” to help fund the game. So knowing the comp is on its knees, PVL decides to get his head on TV every two seconds and claim the NRL is gonna go broke, which just allowed Foxtel and Nine to know they had positions of power and took to tv rights agreements like vultures picking at the bones.
The decision to go ahead with renegotiation on tv rights, which Greenberg and Abdo recommended the Commission not to do, has ended up costing the NRL, clubs and players at least $500m in comparison to the rival code.
Now they can’t get the CBA done and players are openly disparaging the code in media.
Clubs are pissed cause they can’t get any transparency on financials of things like magic round and tv rights deals.
You know the AFL CBA is up this year too? Don’t hear any talk of rebel leagues or clubs getting the administration of the game sacked.
If you think this game is well run under the current administration you’ve got rocks in ya head
