flippikat
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Nope, but the clubs got their $5mill grant increase as it was tied into the start of the new tv deal. The problem with what the nrl is trying to do is bring in clubs mid tv contract So unless tv are willing to renegotiate they don’t have the extra revenue if clubs are demanding a backhander to say yes.
If the incumbant clubs are demanding a bonus for mid-tv deal expansion that cranks up the entry fee to ridiculously "high bar" levels, then just add the teams when the new TV deal starts, rather than trying to expedite their entry.
That way a boost in TV money can be used to ease the expectations for entry fees - making them less daunting for the bids.
It's time the NRL grew a pair and told clubs to back-off wanting to milk this for bonuses.
I agree! Shifting the goalposts when it comes to business case requirements is amateurish at best, and verges on dishonest. Why is this such an issue at this late stage when requirements should have been clearly set down - and stuck to - when bids were called into the first place?They should have sorted that out before we got this far into the process. To now say clubs need to offer more when it wasn’t in the criteria for submission is pathetic. It wouldn’t happen elsewhere in business I can tell you.
unlike afl who has the revenue and can invest $300mill in their next expansion club nrl doesnt and can’t and now finds itself at the whim of the other clubs, yet again.