Todd Greenberg Appointed NRL CEO

[CowboyFuriousFury]

Phil Gould as CEO would be the worst idea ever, on his twitter feed he want the Melbourne Storm relocated to Brisbane if it was a opportunity. That sums up the insular and self-interest mindset of a rugby league person in charge of the NRL. Last I check Penrith have poor crowds yet no-one ask them to be relocated but instead is given a free pass like the majority of the 'heartland' clubs.

Who time and time again clubs are run incompetently, then run and blame the NRL admin by strong-arming it to get more cash instead of being proactive in getting together financially after decades. There the reason the NRL couldn't expand so long being incompetent. If anything it shows, 'rugby league' people shouldn't be in charge of a business operation as they do not have the acumen to run it as seen by the debt of the clubs and constant bail-outs.

The reason NRL failed to expand is due to the small-minded of the likes of Gould, etc who just want a small competition and have no real ambitions to take a chance and expand.

 

[DiegoNT]

Weather or not we have a fta deal or not the fact that he has hid V8's away on Fox for short term gain says hes not our guy.

Ratings for V8's Super cars has dropped dramatically ever since.

This guy does not have the vision needed for our game.

V8s were unwanted by the fta networks. The fta networks only wanted to cover the 6 big events - adelaide, Townsville. . Sandown, bathurst, gold Coast and sydney.
He was able to seal a decent deal for fox to do the whole season while still keeping those 6 events on free to air tv

 

[BlueandGold]

Phil Gould as CEO would be the worst idea ever, on his twitter feed he want the Melbourne Storm relocated to Brisbane if it was a opportunity. That sums up the insular and self-interest mindset of a rugby league person in charge of the NRL. Last I check Penrith have poor crowds yet no-one ask them to be relocated but instead is given a free pass like the majority of the 'heartland' clubs.

Who time and time again are run incompetently, then run and blame the NRL admin by strong-arming it to get more cash instead of being proactive in getting together financially after decades. There the reason the NRL couldn't expand so long being incompetent. If anything it shows, 'rugby league' people shouldn't be in charge of a business operation as they do not have the acumen to run it as seen by the debt of the clubs and constant bail-outs.

The reason NRL failed to expand is due to the small-minded of the likes of Gould, etc who just want a small competition and have no real ambitions to take a chance and expand.

Yeah seen that yesterday, Moving Melbourne Storm would be the worst idea to date.

Gould has that chip on his shoulder just like Eddie Mcguire has for the Northern AFL clubs.

 

[Lockyer4President!]

News Corp tried talking up the V8 boss last time the NRL was headhunting a CEO.

They're boring in how much they repeat themselves.

 

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What about David Leckie? That would be funny, people thought Smith was a hard nut and arrogant, Leckie would make Gallen sound like a choir boy.

 

[betcats]

Phil Gould as CEO would be the worst idea ever, on his twitter feed he want the Melbourne Storm relocated to Brisbane if it was a opportunity. That sums up the insular and self-interest mindset of a rugby league person in charge of the NRL. Last I check Penrith have poor crowds yet no-one ask them to be relocated but instead is given a free pass like the majority of the 'heartland' clubs.

Who time and time again clubs are run incompetently, then run and blame the NRL admin by strong-arming it to get more cash instead of being proactive in getting together financially after decades. There the reason the NRL couldn't expand so long being incompetent. If anything it shows, 'rugby league' people shouldn't be in charge of a business operation as they do not have the acumen to run it as seen by the debt of the clubs and constant bail-outs.

The reason NRL failed to expand is due to the small-minded of the likes of Gould, etc who just want a small competition and have no real ambitions to take a chance and expand.

No one asks about moving penrith because relocating a team from the biggest league nursery in the world is too stupid an idea for even league people to suggest. That being said Gus is not the man to run the game.

 

[betcats]

He is probably a bit too connected to a club now for every ones liking but Warren Wilson would be good.

 

[Dogs Of War]

Weather or not we have a fta deal or not the fact that he has hid V8's away on Fox for short term gain says hes not our guy.

Ratings for V8's Super cars has dropped dramatically ever since.

This guy does not have the vision needed for our game.

You do understand that teams were going broke due to the old broadcast deal. He brought Money into the sport which is what it needed at that time. Making sure the participants are financial is the key to ensuring a sport appeals to fans.

 

[Dodgy]

Lol at the suggestion of Warburton. Flog/merkin.

It would be a good move for Australian motorsport. Not sure about the NRL, or RL generally.

 

[insert.pause]

Clubs should be represented on the commission sub comittee appointing the new CEO, they should own some of the responsibility for the appointment so they haven't got excuses when they inevitably turn on them and try to white ant them. The game desperately needs more unity.

 

[Perth Red]

No one asks about moving penrith because relocating a team from the biggest league nursery in the world is too stupid an idea for even league people to suggest. That being said Gus is not the man to run the game.

Yeh cause all those jnrs love their Penrith Panthers, you can tell by the way the stadium is packed out every home game. Oh hang on.

 

[Last Week]

Clubs should be represented on the commission sub comittee appointing the new CEO, they should own some of the responsibility for the appointment so they haven't got excuses when they inevitably turn on them and try to white ant them. The game desperately needs more unity.

Last thing we need right now is a club appeasing CEO. If anything, we need the opposite. One who wants to focus our funds and resources into junior footy and expansion. Plus more of the same work David Smith was doing with the clubs admin.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Jim Doyle is my No. 1, but i doubt it would happen...

He has said he hated living in sydney and missed NZ.

 

[betcats]

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[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Clubs should be represented on the commission sub comittee appointing the new CEO, they should own some of the responsibility for the appointment so they haven't got excuses when they inevitably turn on them and try to white ant them. The game desperately needs more unity.

I dont think it'll help.

Either they get a pushover that funnels all of the cash into the clubs or they dont get their way and protest from the beginning.

If we really want the clubs and ARLC to get along, the ARLC needs to root out all of the games old feudal lords (Gus, Politis, etc.) that think they know everything and place talented exects with not ties or delusions of self-worth.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Yeh cause all those jnrs love their Penrith Panthers, you can tell by the way the stadium is packed out every home game. Oh hang on.

Yeh, people really overstate this link between the junior nursery and the NRL side.

 

[betcats]

Yeh cause all those jnrs love their Penrith Panthers, you can tell by the way the stadium is packed out every home game. Oh hang on.

The crowds are the clubs failing but what sydney team does fill up there stadium consistently? The roosters have been doing well but their crowds arent good. If penrith had the roosters recent results the stadium would be packed out every week. Moving the panthers would hurt RL in the area massively it would take some sook from perth to not see that. Funding for the junior leagues would dry up for one thing, no point wasting our pokie profits on kids if there is no pro team for them to progress into.

 

[siv]

Clubs need to be fined 1 comp point for every $250k in the red

And relegated to Tier 2 if they show 3 years of running $1 mil in the red

That will fix a few issues in bad management

 

[POPEYE]

The crowds are the clubs failing but what sydney team does fill up there stadium consistently? The roosters have been doing well but their crowds arent good. If penrith had the roosters recent results the stadium would be packed out every week. Moving the panthers would hurt RL in the area massively it would take some sook from perth to not see that. Funding for the junior leagues would dry up for one thing, no point wasting our pokie profits on kids if there is no pro team for them to progress into.

You don't see people lining up outside red phone boxes any more either ol' mate. To attract anyone to anything these days you have to rule out easy alternatives, such is the nature of the social media beast as it brainwashes new generations. Stay at home and watch the footy, before and after there are too many other things to do

In places where the old fashioned day out with the kids, such as in satellite areas, it seems is still sacrosanct. Getting people to actually sacrifice time in motion is the problem, Sydney is too busy to delve into time wasting . . . and forget about how well a team is doing, the Roosters would have easily as many supporters as the Broncos

 

[bobmar28]

I see Warburton gets a lot of hate from v8 supercar fans (who rival nrl and afl fans for passion), but he can handle the pressure. He is not afraid to make unpopular decisions for the benefit of his sport. Going to foxtel and getting a decent deal was good work considering none of the free to air stations wanted to broadcast the whole v8s season, and introducing new manufacturers (and engines v6, .four cylinder coming in the future) was needed as ford and holden are really cutting back in australia and v8s don't sell in dealerships like they used to.

V8 Supercars with 4 cylinder engines?