Yeah, but will he still be PM when the time comes? They seem to change PMs as often as NS change bids.
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Yeah, but will he still be PM when the time comes? They seem to change PMs as often as NS change bids.
Hmm.. wonder how many merchandise sales, season memberships & pay TV subscriptions the NRL can get out of that fanbase?
Average Salary in Papua New Guinea 2024 - The Complete Guide
www.salaryexplorer.com
Average Salary is PGK$49300 (AUD$19,000) per annum
The average income is more than what I uncovered, so maybe there is growth, but it is still too low to house a professional sporting team.
but they love their rl? Some of the Poor buggers don’t have house water but I’m sure they’ll find $300 for an nrl membership and another. $150for,a jersey.
You all focus on the NRL treating this bid as purely a business decision, where NRL need to get monetary rewards from merch/memberships, how much do you think redcliffe or "THE" is going to bring in? I can tell you f**k all, this bid (IF they go down this path) will be 2 fold, increase of player pool, and adding a noche on the belt between Gafl and league, those not realising how far PVL lengths wil go to put shit on those from the fumbleball states and vic racing.. he'd make sure it was profitable, to the point where he'd be asking why we either didnt do it earlier or why ALF (snork) never bothered to try.... most posters here laugh at the thought, due to it third world status, but it has everything that an team needs... yes we would like a perth dot on the map, but where are the players... oh theyre in PNG, well f**k why are in contention then.
Look if the NRL was the AFL Id say PNG would be an awesome choice. But it isnt and doesnt have the same mindset as AFL when it comes to expansion. If NRL was willing to throw GWS sums of money at PNG and give them massive concessions like AFL does then yeh it'd be amazing to have PNG in the NRL. But it isn't, its a super conservative org that wants to expand without investing anything. That puts PNG at the bottom of the list for expansion, which is sad as it would be amazing if done right. Maybe when the NRL is more financially secure and its clubs equally so it can look at such a risky choice.
Even if they had that kind of money just lying about, and were willing to throw it at a long term expansion project, would you throw it at PNG, or would you throw it at another market where you're likely to see a larger return in a much smaller timeframe?
There's only one member on here who pushes for PNG as an expansion team. It doesn't matter how many facts you throw at him, he'll keep on pushing this fanciful idea.
Its better than pushing a wonderfully dumb idea as a "singapore" based team, which again you just did.... dumb
How much PNG's adoration for RL warms the heart is, and always has been, irrelevant to the discussion.
The timezone is an interesting aspect - two teams in that timezone would mean you could potentially schedule a late slot (say 9pm Eastern Time on Saturday night) far more frequently than with one team based in that timezone.
You make some relevant points but how is the fan base in PNG and also their huge popularity amongst Aussies irrelevant? That's a great marketing and PR tool. Good PR = money.
A side from the fact that it would be completely unviable economically.
