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Wb1234

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That’s
Bears connection may make bid more enticing to TV with potential manly match up & fan engagement in North Sydney.
NRL & TV haven't mentioned Perth yet.
that’s actually a really good point I hadn’t considered.

a Perth bears bid could then be very appealing to Australian broadcasters
 
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Mate, we've been through this a million times. All struggling clubs most recently have been the regional ones.
Gold Coast Titans, Newcastle Knights, St George Illawarra Dragons, Wests Tigers, Cronulla Sutherland Sharks and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have either needed bailing out or been close to it.
 

Colk

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Great, that's build game around 30 year old report which doesn't take into account media rights exploding, as well as population growth in NSW & qld mainly being around Sydney & Brisbane

Why do you think that happened?
 
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Colk

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You guys just want super league with plastic clubs & no traditions & rivalry. It was tried & failed.

No we don’t. No Sydney club is dying (unless something very drastic happens) but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to expand.

Also how are you defining a plastic club? Are they clubs that don’t come from Sydney perhaps? If so, you might want all the supporters of those clubs that they don’t follow a real club (whatever that means)
 

Colk

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TV viewership is dying & live sports still draw audience so value has gone up. Anything other than that is wrong.

Are you really suggesting that RL would have secured media rights equivalent to what they have now if it was a Sydney based competition or the NSW Cup?
 

Menaiduck

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Are you really suggesting that RL would have secured media rights equivalent to what they have now if it was a Sydney based competition or the NSW Cup?
I don’t think he knows what he’s saying or why he’s saying it.
 

Colk

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I don’t think he knows what he’s saying or why he’s saying it.

It’s funny isn’t it. It’s not like it is a complex idea. You wouldn’t have the rights deal you have without teams outside of NSW and having new markets to advertise to or bringing in new supporters.

That doesn’t mean you don’t keep the Sydney teams for their history and tradition which is great but increased money comes from new markets
 

Menaiduck

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It’s funny isn’t it. It’s not like it is a complex idea. You wouldn’t have the rights deal you have without teams outside of NSW and having new markets to advertise to or bringing in new supporters.

That doesn’t mean you don’t keep the Sydney teams for their history and tradition which is great but increased money comes from new markets
That’s exactly right
 

Pippen94

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No we don’t. No Sydney club is dying (unless something very drastic happens) but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to expand.

Also how are you defining a plastic club? Are they clubs that don’t come from Sydney perhaps? If so, you might want all the supporters of those clubs that they don’t follow a real club (whatever that
Are you really suggesting that RL would have secured media rights equivalent to what they have now if it was a Sydney based competition or the NSW Cup?

No. You're putting words into my mouth cause ur losing argument.
 

Pippen94

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It’s funny isn’t it. It’s not like it is a complex idea. You wouldn’t have the rights deal you have without teams outside of NSW and having new markets to advertise to or bringing in new supporters.

That doesn’t mean you don’t keep the Sydney teams for their history and tradition which is great but increased money comes from new markets

What markets have they added in last 30 years?! One, Melbourne & nine & fox didn't even want Perth.
Ppl think they know better than broadcasters themselves.
 

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