PNG's back.

[Gobsmacked]

How is there "no financial risks" when 1 of the 2 major parties is likely to drop it the next time they are in govt?

Literally just got f**k by government on stadiums.
PVL arse is still sore.

 

[Gobsmacked]

See my post above PVL said as much. Lock in PNG.

Yeah, that could be interpreted multiple ways.
If it was done, there'd be an announcement.

 

[Perth Red]

Yeah, that could be interpreted multiple ways.
If it was done, there'd be an announcement.

It is the strongest statement so far that they are going to be club 18.
Bit batsht crazy but Vlandys is all about the sugar hit.
Going to be interesting to see how tv and the other clubs respond.

 

[Perth Red]

How is there "no financial risks" when 1 of the 2 major parties is likely to drop it the next time they are in govt?

Vlad and Albo will be long gone when the money runs out, then it'll be some other poor buggers job to pick up the pieces and try to figure out what they do with a totally unsustainable club.

 

[Wb1234]

Vlad and Albo will be long gone when the money runs out, then it'll be some other poor buggers job to pick up the pieces and try to figure out what they do with a totally unsustainable club.

You’re right vlad was long gone when the money to fund those lemons gws and gcs is running out

Saint Peter will leave rugby league with at least 20 bud more likely 24 teams with a footprint of close to 50 million people

you can see the jealousy from fans of rival codes how much growth there is in rugby league

 

[RL The greatest game]

How is there "no financial risks" when 1 of the 2 major parties is likely to drop it the next time they are in govt?

Its government money

 

[Maximus]

Its government money

That is only really guaranteed for an election cycle. If the LNP wins the next election and they don't want to fund a foreign professional sporting team, the funding is gone.

 

[Tigerlaird]

You’re right vlad was long gone when the money to fund those lemons gws and gcs is running out

Saint Peter will leave rugby league with at least 20 bud more likely 24 teams with a footprint of close to 50 million people

you can see the jealousy from fans of rival codes how much growth there is in rugby league

The NRL could be the biggest code in Australia if it wanted to be.

It just doesn't want to be.

It's truly pathetic that we haven't expanded to Perth, Adelaide and Tassie, and don't have more teams in Victoria.

 

[Wb1234]

The NRL could be the biggest code in Australia if it wanted to be.

It just doesn't want to be.

It's truly pathetic that we haven't expanded to Perth, Adelaide and Tassie, and don't have more teams in Victoria.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

The flogs on Big Footy must be livid.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

That is only really guaranteed for an election cycle. If the LNP wins the next election and they don't want to fund a foreign professional sporting team, the funding is gone.

You'd imagine this would have been the first objection thrown at Albo when this was floated last year. I'm sure either there will be a long-term financial contract signed or a large upfront sum paid that represents something like 10 years worth of payments. Either that or some other agreement where the NRL funds the team for 10 years min and Albo pays for a new stadium in Canberra and a rectangular Accor.

There will be something in the deal for the NRL for sure that means if the team goes under after the funding period we get left with a legacy (one of which will be talent through the new pathways created).

Albo might have also agreed to put the Aus Govt weight behind our push into the US market (hence the state dinner this week).

 

[Maximus]

You'd imagine this would have been the first objection thrown at Albo when this was floated last year. I'm sure either there will be a long-term financial contract signed or a large upfront sum paid that represents something like 10 years worth of payments. Either that or some other agreement where the NRL funds the team for 10 years min and Albo pays for a new stadium in Canberra and a rectangular Accor.

There will be something in the deal for the NRL for sure that means if the team goes under after the funding period we get left with a legacy (one of which will be talent through the new pathways created).

Albo might have also agreed to put the Aus Govt weight behind our push into the US market (hence the state dinner this week).

You seem to be approaching this with an idea that the NRL has all of the power here. Why would the govt sign a deal that says they have to fund it for 10 years, and build 2 new stadiums?

 

[titoelcolombiano]

You seem to be approaching this with an idea that the NRL has all of the power here. Why would the govt sign a deal that says they have to fund it for 10 years, and build 2 new stadiums?

They kind of do. Albo wants it pretty bad and we don't really need to do it. We could go to Perth, Ipswich or Christchurch and they'd be better options for the game. So I don't really see why we would say yes unless there is an offer on the table we can't walk away from.

 

[Maximus]

They kind of do. Albo wants it pretty bad and we don't really need to do it. We could go to Perth, Ipswich or Christchurch and they'd be better options for the game. So I don't really see why we would say yes unless there is an offer on the table we can't walk away from.

Vlandys wants it because he's a greedy merkin. If the North Korean govt put money on the table he'd take it. The fact he'd take money from anywhere doesn't mean he has any power.

Also, NSW Labor have made the opposition to new stadiums pretty clear, and given the NSW govt own Accor Stadium, how exactly do you think the Federal govt is going to knock down and rebuild it without their support?

 

[Perth Red]

Saying it is so doesn’t make it true lol

 

[Perth Red]

. We could go to Perth, Ipswich or Christchurch and they'd be better options for the game.

pretty much sums vlandys decision up!
bringing in a club with little hope of a long term future seems an incredibly short sighted decision to make.

 

[Colk]

They kind of do. Albo wants it pretty bad and we don't really need to do it. We could go to Perth, Ipswich or Christchurch and they'd be better options for the game. So I don't really see why we would say yes unless there is an offer on the table we can't walk away from.

That doesn’t sound like a good decision does it? At least from a logical standpoint.

Why do something that you don’t need to do or has a higher chance of failure?

 

[Wb1234]

That doesn’t sound like a good decision does it? At least from a logical standpoint.

Why do something that you don’t need to do or has a higher chance of failure?

Because it isn’t actually costing you a cent

 

[Bukowski]

They'll still get the annual grant that every other club gets.

 

[Colk]

Because it isn’t actually costing you a cent

But it will (severely) if the government withdraws funding. If the idea is ‘oh well if the government withdraws funding then we will close up shop’ then that is not real smart.

A PNG side that fails would do more harm than good.