WA BEARS

[rabbitohs]

Bears to WA, Jets to Adelaide.

Fixes everything and nothing at the same time.

So bad it could happen.

 

[The Penguin #6.]

One city stand-alone club in traditionally non-Rugby League territory Melbourne Storm featuring heavily in NRL ratings numbers:

* 24 million viewer games - top 3 involve the Storm;
* 3rd most viewed club on aggregate after Bronco`s 855k ; Souths 738k ; Storm 737k ;
* 8 NRL matches over 300k on Foxtel, 4 involving the Storm ;
* 6 NRL matches over 600k on FTA, 3 involving the Storm.

And on it goes, if a stand-alone Rugby League team in W.A. couldn`t eventually achieve something similar I`d be very, very surprised.

 

[siv]

Bears to WA, Jets to Adelaide.

Fixes everything and nothing at the same time.

So bad it could happen.

Bears to CC
Jets to Ipswich

 

[Colk]

Bears to CC
Jets to Ipswich

You haven’t caught up with the news lately, have you?

 

[Wb1234]

Billy Moore, in the latest episode of the Rad Footy podcast, reckons the Bears have basically got a deal stitched up with the NRL to return as the 18th club. 4 games at North Sydney Oval, including 1 against Manly, a year and they'll go wherever they need to.

Perth, Queensland, New Zealand, they'll go anywhere. Wherever the NRL want them.

Of course Billy might be full of shit, but it's still an interesting idea.

Edit: Just realised I'm repeating the article above

Hahhahaa

this is brilliant

the bears are back

 

[Perth Red]

Billy Moore, in the latest episode of the Rad Footy podcast, reckons the Bears have basically got a deal stitched up with the NRL to return as the 18th club. 4 games at North Sydney Oval, including 1 against Manly, a year and they'll go wherever they need to.

Perth, Queensland, New Zealand, they'll go anywhere. Wherever the NRL want them.

Of course Billy might be full of shit, but it's still an interesting idea.

Edit: Just realised I'm repeating the article above

Did he get it in writing or was it one of Vlandys verbal agreements? Lol

 

[Perth Red]

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[Pippen94]

Bears to CC
Jets to Ipswich

There's already a jets team in Ipswich with already more players & supporters

 

[Pippen94]

Home – Triple M

www.triplem.com.au

Just return them to league playing out of both central coast & ns

 

[Perth Red]

Just return them to league playing out of both central coast & ns

Yep just what the game needs, another NSW club lol. That'll close the tv revenue gap

 

[Pippen94]

Yep just what the game needs, another NSW club lol. That'll close the tv revenue gap

Broadcasters would want north Sydney over Perth anyday

 

[westerntiger]

Although another NSW club isn't ideal it could bring all those ex-Bears fans back from union or AFL.

Ex-Norths fans will not support a Bears team based in Perth.

 

[Perth Red]

Broadcasters would want north Sydney over Perth anyday

must be why AFL put more Victoria teams into their comp when they expanded, clearly thats the strategy to get a $643mill a year media deal lol.

 

[Colk]

Broadcasters would want north Sydney over Perth anyday

Again, how did that go for us last time?

 

[Colk]

Although another NSW club isn't ideal it could bring all those ex-Bears fans back from union or AFL.

Ex-Norths fans will not support a Bears team based in Perth.

Just no. If they want to come back in put it outside of NSW.

 

[Colk]

must be why AFL put more Victoria teams into their comp when they expanded, clearly thats the strategy to get a $643mill a year media deal lol.

It’s ridiculous. Have they not learnt anything?

 

[Perth Red]

Although another NSW club isn't ideal it could bring all those ex-Bears fans back from union or AFL.

Ex-Norths fans will not support a Bears team based in Perth.

You'd be surprised, the chatter on the Bears social media was around 90% positive Id say. A few deluded fools thought they could come back in NSW but most are sensible and realize the only way they would ever get back in was in another city.
The perth fans response was positive to start but quickly turned as NS started to lay out their demands, which clearly was not to be a WA club. Perth fans want a Perth club. It can be the WA, West Coast or Perth Bears, as long as it is a genuine Perth club in same way Lions and Swans did it. Majority WA owned, rebranded, no less than 10 games in Perth, investment in WA pathways. Only way it works.

 

[Perth Red]

It’s ridiculous. Have they not learnt anything?

It would seem not! Either about Vlandys or what the NRL needs to become. Nothing so blind as those that cannot see.

 

[Pippen94]

must be why AFL put more Victoria teams into their comp when they expanded, clearly thats the strategy to get a $643mill a year media deal lol.

Ur theory that broadcasters want Perth was blown out of water when they demanded Brisbane 2 & gave no thoughts to Perth..but keep saying it

 

[Pippen94]

Again, how did that go for us last time?

They paid for Brisbane 2. Didn't want to lose money doing same for perth