Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

[The_Wookie]

And it’s greeted with appropriate mirth

well apparently here it is at least. Good for you. Laughter is healthy.

 

[Vlad59]

well apparently here it is at least. Good for you. Laughter is healthy.

Best medicine? Or is that beer?

 

[The_Wookie]

Best medicine? Or is that beer?

bourbon for mine

 

[Chief_Chujo]

It wouldn't cop shit if they just called it the team of the year. They deliberately try to latch on to the prestige of representing Australia when the players never actually put the work in and play against other countries.

 

[Bukowski]

Can the American who plays for Collingwood be an 'all Australian'

 

[Vlad59]

It wouldn't cop shit if they just called it the team of the year. They deliberately try to latch on to the prestige of representing Australia when the players never actually put the work in and play against other countries.

That’s exactly the point. They are a pack of wankers.

 

[The_Wookie]

It wouldn't cop shit if they just called it the team of the year. They deliberately try to latch on to the prestige of representing Australia when the players never actually put the work in and play against other countries.

Its a legacy from back when the team was picked from the state championships and origin sides

 

[Vlad59]

Its a legacy from back when the team was picked from the state championships and origin sides

Interesting then that the international rules team and the all Australian teams had so few of the same players in them. It’s a publicity stunt.

 

[The_Wookie]

Interesting then that the international rules team and the all Australian teams had so few of the same players in them. It’s a publicity stunt.

The international rules sides were picked for the specific game most of the time, or the players werent made available through injury or club politics. International rules sides arent exactly the same as an AFL lineup

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Its a legacy from back when the team was picked from the state championships and origin sides

Do they make a big stink of it in the wasteland states? Having never lived in one I'm wondering if its like Origin/Country selection up here where we all wait on the teams and argue selections. Or is it just named and nobody cares.

 

[The_Wookie]

Do they make a big stink of it in the wasteland states? Having never lived in one I'm wondering if its like Origin/Country selection up here where we all wait on the teams and argue selections. Or is it just named and nobody cares.

just another thing in a long season of things to chat about. No real skin in it for anyone

 

[Chief_Chujo]

just another thing in a long season of things to chat about. No real skin in it for anyone

Fair enough. Why not just do team of the year at the awards night like we do with the Dally M then?

 

[The_Wookie]

Fair enough. Why not just do team of the year at the awards night like we do with the Dally M then?

You might get more media mileage out of separate events. So you get the AFLCA medal, the AFLPA medal, the Coleman medal, the rising star and the AA anouncement on Fox, and then the Brownlow is a separate event on Seven.

When you dont have internationals, or a post season, you try to make everything bigger that you can. See also Trade Week and the draft.

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Vlad59]

Gotta love this man

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

I'll love him when he doesn't f**k over our broadcasting rights again. This is where we'll see whether he's a News stooge or not

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

I'll love him when he doesn't f**k over our broadcasting rights again. This is where we'll see whether he's a News stooge or not

Yeah, the key to that statement is " the right to buy the NRL FTA rights", what does that mean, Foxtel keep their STB and streaming rights.

 

[Iamback]

Yeah, the key to that statement is " the right to buy the NRL FTA rights", what does that mean, Foxtel keep their STB and streaming rights.

Not sure Stan will just let Fox keep them but no doubt they know where they stand with them.

Ch10 has issues so getting that cleared up 1st is key before you can bring Paramount plus in

 

[The_Wookie]

Its his son that owns skydance. Vlandys is going for the wrong dude.

 

[Iamback]

Its his son that owns skydance. Vlandys is going for the wrong dude.

Not sure he can get ch10 shown in Mildura either... That is 1st step to them getting the rights