The product of League is being ruined by David Gallop and he has to go

[Michelle Leslie]

I just do not understand how this poorly qualified man escapes any public scrutiny for the deterioration of rugby league since he has taken over.

1)the under selling of the television rights

2)there should be no exclusive radio deal fullstop.

3)The politically correct agenda when dealing with the "image" of the game. The changes to the rules that allow video ref scrutiny that is ruining the rhythm of the game.
The judiciary has lost credibility.

4) is without doubt the most "REACTIVE" man in the history of the job.
a)warning about shoulder charges after Craig Wings hit is oh so typical of his knee jerk persona.

5)he lacks a distinct vision. Where is rugby league going??

6) he lacks the corporate skills to generate further income for the good of the game.

7)blames the mess of super league for punctuation in growth.

8)has had a good go and its time to move on.

f#ck off Dave.

 

[Red Bear]

Rugby League is a game not a product

 

[Mr Saab]

Can i get a biscuit please...and i dont mean a Tim Tam

 

[OVP]

I just do not understand how this poorly qualified man escapes any public scrutiny for the deterioration of rugby league since he has taken over.

1)the under selling of the television rights

2)there should be no exclusive radio deal fullstop.

3)The politically correct agenda when dealing with the "image" of the game. The changes to the rules that allow video ref scrutiny that is ruining the rhythm of the game.
The judiciary has lost credibility.

4) is without doubt the most "REACTIVE" man in the history of the job.
a)warning about shoulder charges after Craig Wings hit is oh so typical of his knee jerk persona.

5)he lacks a distinct vision. Where is rugby league going??

6) he lacks the corporate skills to generate further income for the good of the game.

7)blames the mess of super league for punctuation in growth.

8)has had a good go and its time to move on.

f#ck off Dave.

All the points you've raised should be directed at News Limited, not Gallop. He's just a pawn and nothing will change unless we remove News Ltd from our game. Tis very simple.

 

[Knight87]

I have made reference to rugby league "not achieving to its maximum potential" in the Radio Rights thread I posted. And yes Michelle Leslie (even though I know that you're not really Michelle Leslie), you're 100% correct with everything you said.

 

[Timbo]

You know that Gallop isn't some supreme overlord of the game who makes changes on whims, right?

 

[jimmythehand]

i love the concept of the video ref, only fu*cking problem is the video ref doesn't get the calls right. What they need to do is to get a video ref that would make the same calls as me.

Seriously though I'd love for broadcasting restrictions so that only one replay of a controversial incident can be shown. Well some more thought needs to be put into it, but if we didn't have to go through a million angles at different speeds of the ref getting it wrong then we'd get over it so quickly and bad reffing would all of a sudden stop being a problem.

 

[LeagueXIII]

Whilst we know that the game is being undesold etc. The question needs to be asked what the agenda of News is? Where are they trying to position RL? This is what I really want to know.

 

[Jatz Crackers]

Whilst we know that the game is being undesold etc. The question needs to be asked what the agenda of News is? Where are they trying to position RL? This is what I really want to know.

The most likely indicator you can find is buried in the financials.

 

[dallymessenger]

what a load of BS.

gallop has done a really good job taking us from david moffet to today.

the game was s**t because of SL, it was always going to take a while to recover.

off field stuff hasnt helped.

under his watch weve seen :

1. record crowd average for RL ever in australia
2. increases in TV ratings.
3. entry of gold coast titans playing in a $300 million stadium
4. large increase in NRL corporate revenues of around a few million a year
5. rise in the salary cap and the grant to each club.

however if the next TV deal is a poor one vs AFL, questions need to be asked.

the TV deals are simply poor relative to our ratings dominance.

we deliver higher ratings than AFL and get half the amount of money, thats just wrong

 

[Perth Red]

No vision, no balls, no clue

Apart from that, CEO of the year!

 

[Brutus]

I agree with a lot of what Michelle has said.

 

[Hanscholo]

I just do not understand how this poorly qualified man escapes any public scrutiny for the deterioration of rugby league since he has taken over.

1)the under selling of the television rights

2)there should be no exclusive radio deal fullstop.

3)The politically correct agenda when dealing with the "image" of the game. The changes to the rules that allow video ref scrutiny that is ruining the rhythm of the game.
The judiciary has lost credibility.

4) is without doubt the most "REACTIVE" man in the history of the job.
a)warning about shoulder charges after Craig Wings hit is oh so typical of his knee jerk persona.

5)he lacks a distinct vision. Where is rugby league going??

6) he lacks the corporate skills to generate further income for the good of the game.

7)blames the mess of super league for punctuation in growth.

8)has had a good go and its time to move on.

f#ck off Dave.

Thankyou for clearly stating my frustrations with our current CEO. Every single point is spot on. The issue here is that he is there as a watch dog, thats his brief. He was put there to be the peace maker and to broker the game coming back from the war. His time is well and truely up. His lack of vision, business skills and managment acumen are a blight on the game and it will go nowhere that isnt a News Ltd priority until we get control of the game back into the hands of people interested in the game for the games sake, not a single media outlet that has many agenda's most of which clash with RL.

 

[Hanscholo]

Whilst we know that the game is being undesold etc. The question needs to be asked what the agenda of News is? Where are they trying to position RL? This is what I really want to know.

Long term its Murdoch's vision to merge all rugby codes, this has been well known for many years. I dont so much have an issue with that vision, i do however take issue with a media company driving the agenda. The ARL and ARU should be in control of it, and clearly they are adminstrative bodies that have lost their executive power due to TV money.

On the back of that long term goal, i see both codes suffering as there is no real point in growing either at this point. Both forms of the game exist for one reason only and that is to sell Foxtel subscriptions for the east coast market and international filler.

 

[Michelle Leslie]

Thankyou for clearly stating my frustrations with our current CEO. Every single point is spot on. The issue here is that he is there as a watch dog, thats his brief. He was put there to be the peace maker and to broker the game coming back from the war. His time is well and truely up. His lack of vision, business skills and managment acumen are a blight on the game and it will go nowhere that isnt a News Ltd priority until we get control of the game back into the hands of people interested in the game for the games sake, not a single media outlet that has many agenda's most of which clash with RL.

spot on

 

[Kurt Angle]

I just do not understand how this poorly qualified man escapes any public scrutiny for the deterioration of rugby league since he has taken over.

1)the under selling of the television rights

Idiot comparison.

We get less than the AFL.

I would say the NRL is getting about the proper value, and that the AFL is getting overs.

The NRL annihilates every other sport in terms of television rights

2)there should be no exclusive radio deal fullstop.

A blemish to his name yes.

3)The politically correct agenda when dealing with the "image" of the game. The changes to the rules that allow video ref scrutiny that is ruining the rhythm of the game.

That's not David Gallop sitting in a caesers box and giving and thumbs up or thumbs down to changes in the game.

Things like this actually are more to do with 16 NRL coaches having a get together and fiddling the rules.

The judiciary has lost credibility.

You must have a short memory. The judiciary has NEVER had a great deal of credibility, I can remember the playing days of Les Boyd and Dallas Donnely and nothing has changed.

4) is without doubt the most "REACTIVE" man in the history of the job.
a)warning about shoulder charges after Craig Wings hit is oh so typical of his knee jerk persona.

It's a common feature of PR.. it's called damage control.

He doesn't bad mouth anything before it happens, and he has to make the appearance of being concerned afterwards to joe public.

He is paying "NRL executive lip service" until it dies over, and he'll be 'reactive' again in the future.

5)he lacks a distinct vision. Where is rugby league going??

Records crowds.
The most 2nd successful expansion team after the broncos ever on the gold coast.
Record TV ratings.

That's where it's going.

6) he lacks the corporate skills to generate further income for the good of the game.

He has generated more income than any other leader in the past.

He has also led to income rises greater than the rate of inflation under his watch.

7)blames the mess of super league for punctuation in growth.

Yes, losing support of generations of fans, losing RL infrastructure in Perth, merging teams. Splitting of hairs really.... should be forgotten in 72 hours.

8)has had a good go and its time to move on.

He has had a fantastic time from where the game was to where it is now. His skills were exactly what were needed to bringing the game to where it is now.

That said, I am starting to think we need fresh blood.

The types of Waldron and PHaC have add new energy to the game, but this also harks back to Gallop.

Guys like an ex-AFL administrator or private ownership from PHaC would never have got off the ground under the likes of Arko. The fact they're in our game is because of the leadership of Gallop.

f#ck off Dave.

If you decide to go Dave, thank you for everything you've done. RL is a stronger game than from when you found it.

 

[Brycey]

It's a common feature of PR.. it's called damage control.

He doesn't bad mouth anything before it happens, and he has to make the appearance of being concerned afterwards to joe public.

Thats the thing though he shouldnt be making those comments. It portrays he is scared of public scrutiny, it portrays weakness. A leader is somebody who sometimes knows a good thing and does not budge no matter what the public cry out for.

Our CEO should be untouchable to the media, ffs get in a spokesperson, let him do the job of being a CEO, and it sure as hell isnt getting done infront of a camera.

 

[Michelle Leslie]

Thats the thing though he shouldnt be making those comments. It portrays he is scared of public scrutiny, it portrays weakness. A leader is somebody who sometimes knows a good thing and does not budge no matter what the public cry out for.

Our CEO should be untouchable to the media, ffs get in a spokesperson, let him do the job of being a CEO, and it sure as hell isnt getting done infront of a camera.

you beat me to it!!

 

[Razor]

I just do not understand how this poorly qualified man escapes any public scrutiny for the deterioration of rugby league since he has taken over.

1)the under selling of the television rights

That was the boards decision not his. And more precisely it was the 3 News Ltd reps decision.

 

[The Brain]

Michelle -your not a bad sort -ya wanna root?