Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

[Wb1234]

Las Vegas is a metro.

FMD that’s excellent

 

[Fangs]

Don't make a fuss...just get on the bus.

 

[Wb1234]

Don't make a fuss...just get on the bus.

Is Ivan driving it lmao

 

[Fangs]

Is Ivan driving it lmao

The bus ride in China thing is just hilarious. I want to hear more stories about it.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Origin and audience size is in our favour. And none of what he keeps saying explains why the tv revenue gap is going from an historical 10-15% gap to around 40% gap 2 years time.

instead of wasting time and money in Vegas we should be implementing a 20team expansion strategy covering all 5 metro areas that lands us a $600 mill deal. That’s $200mill a year more than now and puts anything usa will likely deliver in the shade.
but hey what do I know

Hey Know it all .
How do you know what goes on in ARLC HQ ?
Just because they don’t send an email immediately to you after they have a meeting doesn’t mean they are not planning/discussing strategies for more teams .
not everything g has to be made public

 

[Canard]

It's hard to see how this could be anything less then a loss making exercise, and all the excitement about it is from journalists looking to get a free trip to Vegas.

It's not clear how having a game Stateside will suddenly generate any interest, unless we take the arrogant AFL approach and just assume that anyone who watches our game for 5 minutes will suddenly be hooked.

 

[Iamback]

Why throw money at Las Vegas?

To try and double that investment.

Adelaide has the same issue any Australian city has. Too many people after a very small pie

 

[Iamback]

It's hard to see how this could be anything less then a loss making exercise, and all the excitement about it is from journalists looking to get a free trip to Vegas.

It's not clear how having a game Stateside will suddenly generate any interest, unless we take the arrogant AFL approach and just assume that anyone who watches our game for 5 minutes will suddenly be hooked.

Far from it, Again where is anyone saying they will be hooked? It is all part of growing a very small game over there and benefiting the game here

I take someone like a Souths part owner, Who part owns an NBA side's opinion over anyone on here.

There are enough non journos that actually have money invested in the game that see it as a worthwhile excercise.

 

[Iamback]

That depends if you believe in the value of a full 5 metro market reach.

Well what SA based companies are waiting to come on board should a team come in?

 

[Pneuma]

Hey Know it all .
How do you know what goes on in ARLC HQ ?
Just because they don’t send an email immediately to you after they have a meeting doesn’t mean they are not planning/discussing strategies for more teams .
not everything g has to be made public

If it shut the whinging mutt up then I’m in favour of it

 

[Wb1234]

The salt on here for playing two nrl games a year in Vegas is hilarious

 

[MugaB]

My salty detector is reasing off the Charts!!!

 

[Iamback]

The salt on here for playing two nrl games a year in Vegas is hilarious

Finally RL has businessmen on the Commission and running the clubs - improving the game. Much to some people's hatred

 

[Canard]

No-one has been able to identify what $200M in sunk costs is supposed to achieve in the US market.

If it's to raise the profile of the game in the US couldn't be done much more cheaply via advertisement and marketing?

All this ill defined grand plan for the US, and yet all the talk is about expansion locations within inner Brisbane suburbs, and f**k all investment in non RL states or NZ development wise.

 

[Pneuma]

No-one has been able to identify what $200M in sunk costs is supposed to achieve in the US market.

If it's to raise the profile of the game in the US couldn't be done much more cheaply via advertisement and marketing?

All this ill defined grand plan for the US, and yet all the talk is about expansion locations within inner Brisbane suburbs, and f**k all investment in non RL states or NZ development wise.

Happy Sunday!

 

[MugaB]

Happy Sunday!

My salty detector is off the charts again!

 

[AlwaysGreen]

No one expect news limited 'staff writers' has identified $200m at all.

 

[Iamback]

No-one has been able to identify what $200M in sunk costs is supposed to achieve in the US market.

If it's to raise the profile of the game in the US couldn't be done much more cheaply via advertisement and marketing?

All this ill defined grand plan for the US, and yet all the talk is about expansion locations within inner Brisbane suburbs, and f**k all investment in non RL states or NZ development wise.

Using that theory, Why have corporate boxes at the game?

Those areas get what they need.

Pumping $40m into to somewhere like Perth simply makes no sense because you aren't going to get it back

 

[Steel Saints]

Well at the moment, the NRL is going over there to get a slice of the gambling dollar. However potential spin offs could emerge for the game in America, which may be more beneficial over a betting dollar.

 

[King hit]

Colossal waste of time and money. No CBA still, no international calendar, Club18 to be decided, halting the decline in grassroots, far more important things for the game to be focusing on.