PNG's back.

[Brian potter]

Again right on. Wasn’t he proposing to bring the Bears back as a NSW country side? You know just from that where his interests are

Exactly.

it would be like me saying that @Vlad59 is a sociable and agreeable person whose post I await with bated breath.

 

[Brian potter]

I suggested the other day expansion teams should pay for their license

but the Australian taxpayers will be paying the licence fee of PNG.

 

[Brian potter]

if true it’s a Genius move by PVL by getting $50 million for the other 17 NRL clubs gratis paid for by the Australian taxpayers.

 

[MugaB]

but the Australian taxpayers will be paying the licence fee of PNG.

f**k you are unbelievablely slow...


If you value the esl, this it exactly what they should be doing...

FIJI,FIJI, FIJI, FIJI!!!

Get on board the NRL gravey train!!!!

 

[Maximus]

Imagine if the Australian government directly funded a pro comp in Pacific with this money...
6 PNG clubs, 2 Fiji clubs, 1 Tonga, 1 Samoa
6 million grants with a 4 million cap spend.
Administered by the NRL, all night games on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday- TV deal with fox fills the week.
After gate takes, merch and tv deal, it'll be self sustainable after 10 years or even making a profit and if it wasn’t surly that would be something that the government would be happy to continue to tip in.
All those players and trainers in those countries have a direct effect on their community and their economies.
Not a few washed up Aussies and kiwis but 300 players within those countries directly lifted out of poverty playing Rugby league.

Why would fox not only pay for a tv deal, but also have all the related costs to broadcast some minor comp in a bunch of 3rd world countries?

Oh and you think 6 PNG clubs are going to get a combined 36m per year in gate takings and merch in one of the poorest countries on the planet?

 

[MugaB]

Why would fox not only pay for a tv deal, but also have all the related costs to broadcast some minor comp in a bunch of 3rd world countries?

Oh and you think 6 PNG clubs are going to get a combined 36m per year in gate takings and merch in one of the poorest countries on the planet?

Don't worry this would never happen, one 1st grade team is enough

 

[Canard]

PNG league team is a great idea – but why should we pay for it?

Albo’s mob is talking about putting in $60 million annually for 10 years to sustain the Port Moresby team. Something does not add up here.

www.smh.com.au

Even fitzstupid who hates league thinks it’s a great idea

You'd have to be thick as pigshit to consider that article anything other than a massive shit canning of RL, the Vegas experiment and PNG.

Remember he was the ring leader in getting the NSW stadium funding withdrawn, he clearly has PNG funding in his sights now.

(Like most of us predicted)

 

[Canard]

Imagine if the Australian government directly funded a pro comp in Pacific with this money...
6 PNG clubs, 2 Fiji clubs, 1 Tonga, 1 Samoa
6 million grants with a 4 million cap spend.
Administered by the NRL, all night games on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday- TV deal with fox fills the week.
After gate takes, merch and tv deal, it'll be self sustainable after 10 years or even making a profit and if it wasn’t surly that would be something that the government would be happy to continue to tip in.
All those players and trainers in those countries have a direct effect on their community and their economies.
Not a few washed up Aussies and kiwis but 300 players within those countries directly lifted out of poverty playing Rugby league.

Why is every post a troll now?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

but the Australian taxpayers will be paying the licence fee of PNG.

I'll be putting Labor last on every ballot I fill in until I die.

 

[docbrown]

You'd have to be thick as pigshit to consider that article anything other than a massive shit canning of RL, the Vegas experiment and PNG.

Remember he was the ring leader in getting the NSW stadium funding withdrawn, he clearly has PNG funding in his sights now.

(Like most of us predicted)

I've always suspected that Fitzsimmons likes to collect his own bodily juices in a decanter, then sniff them, swirl them around in his mouth and spit them out like a wine tasting.

 

[Wb1234]

From that article the 600 million investment will be allocated as follows

1. png nrl team 300 million
2. Nrl license fee 50 million
3. Rugby league pathways schools etc 250 million.

that’s going to be a very strong nrl team

 

[Canard]

From that article the 600 million investment will be allocated as follows

1. png nrl team 300 million
2. Nrl license fee 50 million
3. Rugby league pathways schools etc 250 million.

that’s going to be a very strong nrl team

That article you posted says nothing about funding.

You would have to be stoned off your head if you think the Feds are going to spend $250M on RL development in PNG.

 

[MugaB]

That article you posted says nothing about funding.

You would have to be stoned off your head if you think the Feds are going to spend $250M on RL development in PNG.

Most of it will be a token "entry fee" for expansion bids to bribe the current clubs with

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So of that Australian taxpayer money:
$100 million for a compound.
$100 million for private jets/first class travel for PNG officials to go on fact finding tours
$50 million for licence
$50 million for 'consultation' fees.

That leaves only $300 million for the PNG politicians and league officials to skim off the top.

Is that going to be enough?

 

[ayatollah_murdoch]

From that article the 600 million investment will be allocated as follows

1. png nrl team 300 million
2. Nrl license fee 50 million
3. Rugby league pathways schools etc 250 million.

that’s going to be a very strong nrl team

Don't underestimate third world corruption to line the pockets of politicians for item 3. Other than that, I personally suspect that once the tap runs dry, the team will fold.

 

[Colk]

Don't underestimate third world corruption to line the pockets of politicians for item 3. Other than that, I personally suspect that once the tap runs dry, the team will fold.

C’mon mate players left right and centre will want to go to this compound instead of going to Brisbane or Sydney

 

[Wb1234]

C’mon mate players left right and centre will want to go to this compound instead of going to Brisbane or Sydney

Bet they find it easier to sign players than Canberra

even Pommie don’t want to play there

 

[Colk]

Bet they find it easier to sign players than Canberra

even Pommie don’t want to play there

Is that the best you can come up with? A red herring. It’s a dumb idea and the only argument for it is that we are getting some government money

 

[Wb1234]

Is that the best you can come up with? A red herring. It’s a dumb idea and the only argument for it is that we are getting some government money

So you agree?

makes you wonder whether Canberra should be in the comp then

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So you agree?

makes you wonder whether Canberra should be in the comp then

Well we are.

I've never worked out why dopes think someone's support for a team that hasn't done well is a bad thing. It shows loyalty, an ability to stick out the bad times.

Unlike pelicans that run off and support the swans at a drop of the hat.