Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

[westerntiger]

No to mention around 50 AFL players running around the comp from NSW compared to 2-3 from Vic and 4 from WA.

A lot of those players are from down in the Riverina near the Vic border which always played AFL anyway

 

[Iamback]

Not since 1997

Correct, It has been the same areas for 20 years. Despite all the spend

 

[Iamback]

A lot of those players are from down in the Riverina near the Vic border which always played AFL anyway

To be fair, Some know all in Perth can't learn this from Google

 

[SouthsCountry]

A lot of those players are from down in the Riverina near the Vic border which always played AFL anyway

Down in the Riverina, with the exception of the Canola Belt (Ganmain, Grong Grong, Matong, Ardlethan, Ariah Park, Ungarie, Lake Cargelligo, Tullibigeal and Hillston), AFL country ends at the Sturt Highway, with Wagga Wagga, Narrandera and Hay being 50-50. Darlington Point is 100% rugby league (anomaly on the Sturt as it has no AFL team)

Griffith and Leeton have Aussie Rules teams but only because they are big towns. Counting Yanco-Wamoon (basically two suburbs of Leeton), and Yenda (a farming village 15 minutes out of Griffith CBD in Griffith LGA) these towns have 3 and 2 rugby league teams respectively.

Other anomalies include Temora who have the Dragons (RL) and Kangaroos (AF), Cootamundra who have the Bulldogs (RL) and Blues (AF), and West Wyalong who have the Mallee Men (RL) and Bulldogs (AF). Still, rugby league is the dominant code in these towns.

Culturally, the Sturt Highway is the border between New South Wales and Victoria.

Overall, the Northern, Western and Central Riverina is Rugby League country, and the Southern Riverina is Aussie Rules land.

 

[Willie Ray]

Don’t know about you guys but I always rely on AFL fans from Melbourne and Perth telling me what is and isn’t happening in Sydney.

Well...they are absolutely obsessed with our game though....
and Slippery Pete,obsessed with him too...in their heads 100%.

 

[Colk]

Well...they are absolutely obsessed with our game though....
and Slippery Pete,obsessed with him too...in their heads 100%.

Slippery Pete is an idiot costing us money that’s why.

Actually Peter Stormare’s character on Seinfeld would be better handling the negotiations than him.

 

[Maximus]

Don’t know about you guys but I always rely on AFL fans from Melbourne and Perth telling me what is and isn’t happening in Sydney.

Is it really any better to rely on people who hate afl and will downplay anything they do?

For a bunch of people who despise the sport, they certainly seem to be experts on it

I live in Sydney but haven't watched a game in years. I presume that makes me qualified to comment on how well supported the AFL is in Sydney?

 

[Colk]

Is it really any better to rely on people who hate afl and will downplay anything they do?

For a bunch of people who despise the sport, they certainly seem to be experts on it

I live in Sydney but haven't watched a game in years. I presume that makes me qualified to comment on how well supported the AFL is in Sydney?

See I don’t like this cult thinking where you can’t criticise anything. The reason why I have criticised V’Landys of some other things in the game is because I want to see the game reach its potential.

 

[Willie Ray]

Slippery Pete is an idiot costing us money that’s why.

Actually Peter Stormare’s character on Seinfeld would be better handling the negotiations than him.

Penski material?

 

[Colk]

Penski material?

He’s not Penski material

 

[Colk]

He’s not Penski material

 

[Perth Red]

About a year ago, I wrote an article about how I, as a complete outsider, thought rugby league was struggling from administrative and cultural problems.

I believed these would doom it to second-class status behind the AFL without a massive change at all levels of the game.
One year later I’m feeling vindicated, and a lot less hopeful about the future.

The AFL has secured a $4.5 billion broadcast rights deal to start in 2025, leaving the NRL $100 million to $260 million behind per season, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
This is the market reacting to the reality of the two leagues. The way sports leagues succeed is having money to grow the game at a grassroots level and even if the AFL does have more teams to support, they’ve got a lot more money to do it with now.

How, we might wonder, has the chairman of the ARLC been protecting and growing the game he’s there to govern? By making jokes at the expense of the AFL, while his southern counterpart was negotiating the largest broadcast rights deal in Australian sports history.

Gillon McLachlan is an understated media figure, really only making news when he has something to announce, and you’d be forgiven for forgetting he exists when you’re not looking at him.

Peter V’landys is flashy, loud, and loves the spotlight, just like league, that’s why the fans love him and exactly the reason he’s the worst possible person to be in his position.
V’landys would be a great figure of Australian sport if his job was just to promote the sport but he’s inherited the reins at a time when it needs serious reform.
The real danger now is that AFL will continue to outpace league and the ARLC and NRL are doing nothing about it but moan to the broadcasters that they deserve more money because the AFL got more.
Believe it or not, I doubt Rupert Murdoch or Channel Nine are going to be particularly moved by these words.

You know what did move Nine? The AFL. Nine had a bid of $500 million per year to broadcast the AFL on their own (and reports are they upped that bid again to closer to $600 million) – money they were not going to throw at the NRL.
Maybe this is the kick in the proverbial that the NRL needed to seriously consider its place in the Australian media and cultural landscape but unless the attitude that V’landys embodies is abandoned by those who govern the game, we’re all screwed.

The V'landys mentality is everything that's wrong with league

About a year ago, I wrote an article about how I, as a complete outsider, thought rugby league was struggling from administrative and cultural…

www.theroar.com.au

 

[westerntiger]

Nine knew full well Seven would throw everything at the AFL so they put in a dummy bid to get their competitor to pay more. Why would Nine want the AFL and NRL at the same time it was a disaster last time around.

 

[Perth Red]

Nine knew full well Seven would throw everything at the AFL so they put in a dummy bid to get their competitor to pay more. Why would Nine want the AFL and NRL at the same time it was a disaster last time around.

They've only got NRL until end of 2027. This deal doesn't start until 2025. Three years cross over until they drop NRL maybe? No ones putting in $500mill as dummy bid lol. Makes you wonder why NRL didnt give Nine the opportunity to buy it all in 2021 when Vlandys signed with Fox for unders? They are clearly desperate for STAN sports content.

 

[Jamberoo]

Old mate Roy has also been following this thread…

How AFL is poking its tongue out at rugby league heartland

The “Barassi Line” – a divider separating the AFL states of Victoria and the south and west of Australia from the rugby codes – has moved significantly north.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Colk]

Old mate Roy has also been following this thread…

How AFL is poking its tongue out at rugby league heartland

The “Barassi Line” – a divider separating the AFL states of Victoria and the south and west of Australia from the rugby codes – has moved significantly north.

www.smh.com.au

I posted this same article on another thread. Nothing to see here though

 

[Mark B]

Penski material?

Kramer stole his mail order bride.

 

[Mark B]

I was happy with V’Landy’s at the start. Kicked that grub Greengerg to the kerb etc. Not so much now. Seems like a cheap mobster character from The Sopranos these days. His career dissipation light in the NRL is only just flickering.

 

[wittyfan]

PVL will be gone within a year I expect.

 

[Jamberoo]

Last nights TV ratings showed why AFL is worth more to advertisers. They have a much more even spread of viewers. AFL 64k in Sydney and 100k in Brisbane. NRL dominated in Sydney, just beats the AFL in Brisbane but only 35k in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide combined. So, although the overall eyeballs are similar, national advertisers get a better coverage of more markets via AFL on Ch7.