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Perth Red

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The tv deal has gone down in half whilst clubs like Leigh have been added and London kicked out

You think sky wants clubs from the suburbs of Wigan in there ?

Just pretend it’s Australia and London are the Melbourne storm

And super league is the nswrl in 1930
I think sky wants clubs that bring viewers. Be it in Leigh or London I doubt they care. Without a picture of viewing figures per Sl game (which we dont have) its impossible to know what clubs bring the most and least viewers to SL. What i do know is cutting 3 British clubs from SL isnt going to increase Skys SL audience.
 

Perth Red

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It's called talent mate.
How many boxing bouts happen every week?
How many draw an audience?
You pay for the best talent, you get the best show, the better the show, the bigger the audience. Right now SL is shit but if you up the grant and cap...
The 10 teams could all be fielding more talent than the RU clubs do across Europe.
They'll be the biggest show.
That's a fair argument, though where that money comes from and if it $'s translates to audience is debatable. I think the quality of the top 6-8 in Sl is pretty good and games are entertaining. In fact without the constant 6 agains I'm watching more SL games than NRL games these days now they are all on Kayo.
 

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I think sky wants clubs that bring viewers. Be it in Leigh or London I doubt they care. Without a picture of viewing figures per Sl game (which we dont have) its impossible to know what clubs bring the most and least viewers to SL. What i do know is cutting 3 British clubs from SL isnt going to increase Skys SL audience.
I told you a minimum of 30 percent of sky viewers are from the south

Leigh would be like most small super league clubs

They would bring basically no new viewers
 

Perth Red

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I told you a minimum of 30 percent of sky viewers are from the south

Leigh would be like most small super league clubs

They would bring basically no new viewers
Bit old data but heres an idea of most watched Rl games on Sky in 2019. A year London were in Sl I might add.

 

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That's a fair argument, though where that money comes from and if it $'s translates to audience is debatable. I think the quality of the top 6-8 in Sl is pretty good and games are entertaining. In fact without the constant 6 agains I'm watching more SL games than NRL games these days now they are all on Kayo.
The money is in the form of initial investment from the NRL.
Yeah it can be entertaining but there's many more entertaining bouts then the pay per views but there's something special about watching the best of the best.
 

Perth Red

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You’re using tv ratings for the biggest super league clubs as evidence ?

lol


Stop being such a Luddite
Im showing which clubs drew the biggest audiences in 2019. We dont have much data to go off, this is an example. You can red the data how you see fit. What it shows me is that even the so called small town teams can draw some of the biggest audiences.
 

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"Gould, who described Super League’s broadcast deal as ‘very poor’, also insisted that London thriving would be central to the NRL’s plans: perhaps hinting that they will be a key part of a newly-created competition."
 

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Can anyone explain why the NRL would suddenly be able to negotiate a better TV deal?

Do Australians realise that League is firmly a 2nd tier sport in England?
 

Perth Red

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Can anyone explain why the NRL would suddenly be able to negotiate a better TV deal?

Do Australians realise that League is firmly a 2nd tier sport in England?
Vegas baby vegas. it seems any question of the NRL's ability these days brings up vegas as the answer lol
 

Wb1234

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Vegas baby vegas. it seems any question of the NRL's ability these days brings up vegas as the answer lol
The current mob who want to influence the future of the game think crowd funding new flood lights is a good way to spend their time

Aussie leadership will kick out the English clubs that bring nothing to the game and give their tv grant to more valuable clubs

Whether hull should have two clubs is also a question that should be asked if you want to grow tv ratings
 

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Vegas baby vegas. it seems any question of the NRL's ability these days brings up vegas as the answer lol
For a man who is soooo desperate to be part of NRL! Absolutely desperate! Desperate to be part of this comp!
Can't see its appeal...
 

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The current mob who want to influence the future of the game think crowd funding new flood lights is a good way to spend their time

Aussie leadership will kick out the English clubs that bring nothing to the game and give their tv grant to more valuable clubs

Whether hull should have two clubs is also a question that should be asked if you want to grow tv ratings
Why do they need the NRL to do that?
 

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Can anyone explain why the NRL would suddenly be able to negotiate a better TV deal?

Do Australians realise that League is firmly a 2nd tier sport in England?

Because we've been so successful at it over here. Oh wait....
 

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Why do they need the NRL to do that?
The SL needs an independent board to make decisions for the benefit of the game. Currently the clubs run the competition they act out of self interest and are running the sport into the ground, just as AFL and NRL clubs were before the Independent Commissions.

The top clubs in the SL feel the NRL should be the independent commission, get the game in shape and get the best tv deal.
 

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The 3 conferences:
NSW. Pacific. Europe

Tigers. PNG. Wigan
Parramatta. Perth. Warrington
Newcastle. Melbourne. Leeds
Manly. Brisbane. Toulouse
Bulldogs. Warriors. St Helens
Roosters. Canberra. Catalans
Rabbitohs. Cowboys. London
Penrith. Dolphins. Hull fc
Cronulla. Titans. Hull kr
Dragons. Christchurch. Bradford

?
A man can dream.

GRL. Global rugby league
The idea is to include 2 french teams
And a Italian team. And Greece team
And Canada's Wolfpack team
Then continue USA league development
 
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