Goddo
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Doesn't surprise me. I have said several times that expansion probably won't happen in 2013.
The NRL will probably want a year under the new TV deal to give the current clubs a bit of a financial "booster" to stabilise the comp as it is. I'd expect expansion to occur in 2014, and the impact on current clubs along with financial return from media/Sponsorship will be the two most important conciderations in issuing any new licence.
This is why the Bears seem so unlikely; but these are not things they can control. It will be Perth and a Queensland side in 2014, or nothing.
The NRL will probably want a year under the new TV deal to give the current clubs a bit of a financial "booster" to stabilise the comp as it is. I'd expect expansion to occur in 2014, and the impact on current clubs along with financial return from media/Sponsorship will be the two most important conciderations in issuing any new licence.
This is why the Bears seem so unlikely; but these are not things they can control. It will be Perth and a Queensland side in 2014, or nothing.