PNG's back.

[docbrown]

With a typical salry of $5k a year and a min wage of $1.50 an hour it wouldnt need to be a lot to have a FT pro league!

We were talking about international broadcast rights…

 

[Perth Red]

We were talking about international broadcast rights…

Yeh so am I, it wouldn’t take much revenue from selling their comp rights to fox or someone else to support a fulltime comp At those wage levels. Maybe even switch season time to help fox fill the nov-March gap they have for rl coverage.

 

[Wb1234]

Plenty beats an NRL side if it's patently obvious that said NRL side isn't sustainable.

Albanese bro

power of the govt

shame raiders have a pro afl govt down there

 

[Perth Red]

shame raiders have a pro afl govt

and there it is again

 

[The Great Dane]

Can you put a rough $$$ estimate on it?

To be honest with you I think there're too many variables to be able to put an accurate estimate on the monetary value of initial interest in the Digicel Cup's broadcasting value in Australia.

However, whatever it would end up being would be a significant source of revenue for the PNGRL, and I'd be willing to bet that it'd grow with supportive broadcast partners, support from the NRL, and government subsidises.

It's not just broadcast standards we could help them with either. Investing in infrastructure, education programs, development officers and skills clinics, assisting them with marketing and merchandising, creating and funding annual combines, etc, etc, all small achievable goals that could have huge impacts, especially collectively and given time.

 

[The Great Dane]

Albanese bro

power of the govt

shame raiders have a pro afl govt down there

Neither Albo nor the Australian government has the power to fix PNG's societal issues I'm afraid.

I guarantee that sooner or later it'll end in tears if PNG is given an NRL side any time soon. They're not ready for it, the NRL isn't ready for it, and the government support will dry up long before it's self-sufficient, and will likely never be enough to begin with.

 

[The Great Dane]

Yeh so am I, it wouldn’t take much revenue from selling their comp rights to fox or someone else to support a fulltime comp At those wage levels. Maybe even switch season time to help fox fill the nov-March gap they have for rl coverage.

Playing RL in the wet season in PNG probably isn't a great idea.

 

[Wb1234]

Neither Albo nor the Australian government has the power to fix PNG's societal issues I'm afraid.

I guarantee that sooner or later it'll end in tears if PNG is given an NRL side any time soon. They're not ready for it, the NRL isn't ready for it, and the government support will dry up long before it's self-sufficient, and will likely never be enough to begin with.

Lucky you aren’t the pm of Australia

 

[The Great Dane]

Lucky you aren’t the pm of Australia

We'll all be wish Albo wasn't either if he's stupid enough to push ahead with vanity projects like a PNG NRL side.

 

[Wb1234]

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We'll all be wish Albo wasn't either if he's stupid enough to push ahead with vanity projects like a PNG NRL side.

Not me and the knowledgeable posters on here support this

 

[jim_57]

To be honest with you I think there're too many variables to be able to put an accurate estimate on the monetary value of initial interest in the Digicel Cup's broadcasting value in Australia.

However, whatever it would end up being would be a significant source of revenue for the PNGRL, and I'd be willing to bet that it'd grow with supportive broadcast partners, support from the NRL, and government subsidises.

It's not just broadcast standards we could help them with either. Investing in infrastructure, education programs, development officers and skills clinics, assisting them with marketing and merchandising, creating and funding annual combines, etc, etc, all small achievable goals that could have huge impacts, especially collectively and given time.

Having Digicel Cup on a level with QLD & NSW Cups one day would be great to see, Ideally with an ‘NZ Cup’ as well and some kind of playoff involving all 4 comps. Obviously a long term goal.

 

[The Great Dane]

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Not me and the knowledgeable posters on here support this

You and the "knowledgeable posters on here" are an extreme minority of the population of Australia.

 

[Wb1234]

You and the "knowledgeable posters on here" are an extreme minority of the population of Australia.

You should run against albanese

 

[The Great Dane]

You should run against albanese

I'm too stubborn and honest to make a good politician.

 

[Wb1234]

I'm too stubborn and honest to make a good politician.

You are one of those that’s for sure

 

[Vee]

Playing RL in the wet season in PNG probably isn't a great idea.

But winter isn't hot enough to play RL in PNG, so play it in summer. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Vee]

You and the "knowledgeable posters on here" are an extreme minority of the population of Australia.

Disagree, how else would Home and Away, Australian Idol et al rate so high if there weren't a lot of people as "knowledgeable" as wb?

 

[The Great Dane]

Disagree, how else would Home and Away, Australian Idol et al rate so high if there weren't a lot of people as "knowledgeable" as wb?

Fair point lol.

 

[MugaB]

 

[Brian potter]

NRL clubs seriously need to take a look at the hunters winger solo wane and rookie fullback moera moera.

The untapped talent in PNG is huge.