Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

[mongoose]

Not true. Crowds are the highest and second highest in their respective markets. And FTA ratings become less and less relevant as each year passes - the eyeballs and dollars come from pay TV.

Their crowds, membership and sponsorship revenue is higher than every NRL club besides Broncos.

If you don’t think that the Swans and Lions have done well and add significant value to their code, then there is no point in having NRL teams in Melbourne or Perth, whose clubs would dream of being as big as the Swans or Lions. If not for the success of those clubs, we would not have NRL clubs in Melbourne or Perth.

AFL is obviously never going to dominate Sydney or Queensland, but surely nobody could argue that those clubs have not done well. Storm is on the same trajectory, but a decade or two behind. Perth will probably catch up more quickly as the market is less crowded there.

yep, sometimes its fun to pay out the other code, especially when it engages in hyperbole but it's looney to think the Lions and Swans have made no in roads but the Storm are a big deal in Melbourne

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Not true. Crowds are the highest and second highest in their respective markets. And FTA ratings become less and less relevant as each year passes - the eyeballs and dollars come from pay TV.

Their crowds, membership and sponsorship revenue is higher than every NRL club besides Broncos.

If you don’t think that the Swans and Lions have done well and add significant value to their code, then there is no point in having NRL teams in Melbourne or Perth, whose clubs would dream of being as big as the Swans or Lions. If not for the success of those clubs, we would not have NRL clubs in Melbourne or Perth.

AFL is obviously never going to dominate Sydney or Queensland, but surely nobody could argue that those clubs have not done well. Storm is on the same trajectory, but a decade or two behind. Perth will probably catch up more quickly as the market is less crowded there.

Hahaha TV audiences are not relevant? Hahaha what are the TV ratings for the Lions and Swans on Fox Sports?

Lions crowds were up around the 35k mark in 2005 after their premiership runs, been a while since they've averaged consistently over 30k.

But I guess smaller crowds and pathetic TV ratings don't matter right?

 

[Dark Corner]

The fellas who own oztag are making a fortune. I’m sure they’ll sell it eventually to the ARL as league tag is growing at a rate of knots

Are the rules different ?

 

[Nuke]

Are the rules different ?

Last I knew (7 or 8 years ago), they're almost the same. League Tag had a bonus point zone. I don't recall there being other differences, but I'm sure there were probably another one or two minor ones that I don't remember.