Is the Victorian govt. paying anything for Origin?
Yeah thats right, keep digging. :crazy:
Is the Victorian govt. paying anything for Origin?
Back to the Op I see Raiders/NRL have three options:
1. Ask Wagga council for similiar
2. Walk away from Wagga in disgust and invest their time elsewhere that is more appreciative
3. Continue to service the area and use this as propoganda to get the locals onside even more and AFL offside.
that is not for the current gameApparently yes
State of Origin rugby league in Queensland amid Victoria's audacious $12.5 million push to stage more interstate matches in Melbourne.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...-victorian-heist/story-e6frepbx-1226359369169
Unforgiven my honest answer would be that yes AFL should really be doing it for free if it is strategically important for the AFL to do so. However in this day and age of sports business I am not surprised they have sought funds to go to Wagga over anyone of a dozen other regional areas they could have chosen, Wagga council feel that having a preseason game and some AFL carnivals during the year will benefit the community and in order to guarantee that Wagga is the region it happens in rather than somewhere else they are willing to pay to snare these events.
Local councils do this all the time for a wide range of events so I am bemused by the outrage shown, and no I still don't see it any different when it comes down to it. Taxpayers money could be spent on a wide range of community benefitting areas wether it be at national, state or local level rather than spending it on SOO, C'Wealth games, NRL/AFL games or other sports related events. Govt's seem to place value on hosting these events and are willing to forgo public spending in other areas to get them. That being the case I have no problem with RL holding out its hand to get a share of the spoils.
Because you don't agree with me.
Damn it I wish they had spell check on here.
Talk about a blown chance. Here we had GWS and the AFL acting like the cold-blooded corporations we all know they truly are, a golden opportunity to really put some PR pressure on them, and we blow it. Rather than simply pointing out that Rugby League has been servicing the area for free for decades, Gallop and Furner come out and attack the council and threaten that we'll be wanting money now too. I know tempers must have been running hot (I know my blood was boiling when I read about it), but these are proffessionals who should have done better with this PR opportunity. The Raiders and the NRL have come off sounding petty and bitter.
Wagga sees where the future lies.
The rest of your diatribe is pointless.
If you don't accept it, then good. Let the butthurt flow through you.
Where would you like the condolences and tissues to be sent to?
Vic Govt want to give us $2.5mill a year for one game, bite their fricking hand off! That money could be pumped into Jnr RL in Victoria and by the end of the 5 years deal we would see massive increase in kids playing the game in Vic. Or is that unethical of the NRL?
Andrew Demetriou backs Ali Fahour in fracas probe
Mark Robinson
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/andr...-1226364946925
- From: Herald Sun
- May 24, 2012 12:00AM
Now chief executive at Australia Post, he is pouring more money into the game through a community inclusion partnership, funding Nic Naitanui, Bachar Houli, Harry O'Brien and others working as AFL multicultural ambassadors.
Comparing the entire Victorian Government to Wagga City Council is lame.
Comparing State of Origin to a stupid f**king fumbleball preseason game with the shittiest AFL team ever conceived and assembled is lame.
Comparing $2.5million and $100k is lame
Are there any current NRL, FFA or ARU players working as multicultural ambassadors and are they being funded by Australia Post?
whoosh, its all part of their strategic plan to market AFL as "The Australian game", get the refugees and immigrants fresh off the plane/boat and convince them that to be fair dinkum Aussie you have to go for the Swans, Bombers or Eagles etc. and own at least one Sherin ball.
Getting Australia Post to pay for it is yet another good business deal.
But hey, it is probably unethical of them right?
whoosh, its all part of their strategic plan to market AFL as "The Australian game", get the refugees and immigrants fresh off the plane/boat and convince them that to be fair dinkum Aussie you have to go for the Swans, Bombers or Eagles etc. and own at least one Sherin ball.