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The Las Vegas Thread

RedVee

RedVee

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i0Nic said:
“Manoa, 25, has not yet made his NFL debut but played 54 games in his collegiate career between UCLA and the University of Arizona.”

This is a bit of a missed opportunity to get a celebrity, any celebrity that might draw a bit of media attention. This guy won’t generate any interest at all. Even a non football related celebrity, some B grade actor, would’ve been better.

The best person to do this would’ve been The Rock.
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Shoulda got Thor
 
Jetka100

Jetka100

Juniors
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Munky said:
The only other cities viable for a one off event IMO are Miami and New Orleans.

Nola has an artificial playing surface.

Unless you think people want to go to Glendale...

The rest of the stadiums with grass don't have roofs and are I cities which do not have tourist friendly weather in early March.
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Not too sure about logistics and time zones, but Nashville might be all right once the new stadium is done. Bring a bit of country flavour to proceedings. Has become quite a popular tourist destination. Weather should hopefully be all right in March.
 
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Maximus

Coach
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Iamback said:
I know you have to be negative with everything NRL related. But use your brain

But Canberra having just gone door knocking on every players door asking them to do them a favour.

What has likely happened here is through the Stadium or a 3rd party they would of put the request to the Raiders.

Given the time of year and a fee being paid. LV Raiders would of put requests in via the player agents. Who then found someone.

In some cases the player agent will go with the player, which now brings awareness to someone who has and will have players missing out on being drafting or losing a Practice squad position.

With the combine that makes it possible to get an NRL deal
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I know how it would have happened. And some nobody blowing a horn isn't going to do anything to make college players try NRL.

I'm not sure how much help that agent is going to be, considering he has a current total of 2 players on his books.

www.spotrac.com

2025 NFL Agents

Agencies/agents by active NFL players.
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Iamback

Iamback

Referee
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i0Nic said:
They could’ve been a bit better planned and not just cross their fingers and hope gronk or Dana white would do it.
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I am sure they had more then just a ' I will do' handshake agreement.

If you can't get a celebrity then a potential networking opportunity is a better result than an NRL offical doing it
 
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i0Nic

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Some great coverage there with that local news tv station. Though still can’t help but worry we’re giving free publicity to ‘rugby’.

they should focus on ‘NRL’ as opposed to rugby or national rugby league as key terms to repeat.
 
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i0Nic

Juniors
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Iamback said:
I am sure they had more then just a ' I will do' handshake agreement.

If you can't get a celebrity then a potential networking opportunity is a better result than an NRL offical doing it
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It is what it is, not a big deal either way hopefully they get something out of it.
 
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Gobsmacked

Bench
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Iamback said:
That is how I see it, There is no shortage of ex players and officials etc there.

They haven't got 1 of them so that is a positive
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It's not even an ex player thing by itself. How many don't make it because they aren't simply the biggest or the fastest? How many miss out on the NFL because they're a mix of attributes ( more of what Rugby league wants) as opposed to pure speed or size indicative of NFL defined roles?
Pretty fast..nah
Pretty big.. nah
Pretty strong..nah
Pretty agile..nah
Pretty skilled.. meh
Strong stanima..pass.
Rugby league: " YES PLEASE!!"

The NFL and college football will have all their states logged through try outs. We should be working with these organisations, tell them what we're looking for. There's a ton of players that they've passed on that fit our game.
 
Iamback

Iamback

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Gobsmacked said:
It's not even an ex player thing by itself. How many don't make it because they aren't simply the biggest or the fastest? How many miss out on the NFL because they're a mix of attributes ( more of what Rugby league wants) as opposed to pure speed or size indicative of NFL defined roles?
Pretty fast..nah
Pretty big.. nah
Pretty strong..nah
Pretty agile..nah
Pretty skilled.. meh
Strong stanima..pass.
Rugby league: " YES PLEASE!!"

The NFL and college football will have all their states logged through try outs. We should be working with these organisations, tell them what we're looking for. There's a ton of players that they've passed on that fit our game.
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Ideally his agent or someone from the agency tags along too. Brings awareness for those in that position that the option is there
 
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