Welcome to the comp, Redcliffe.

[Wb1234]

Dude, there is 9/16 sydney teams, there isnt That many regional teams, cows, raiders, knights... everyone else is a major city

Gong Canberra and Gold Coast

 

[MugaB]

Gong Canberra and Gold Coast

Huh?
Dragons and titans are in major cities,
and i already mentioned the raiders

 

[Wb1234]

Huh?
Dragons and titans are in major cities,
and i already mentioned the raiders

Gong is regional Gold Coast is more regional than a city.

most of it isn’t counted in metro viewers for example

 

[MugaB]

Gong is regional Gold Coast is more regional than a city.

most of it isn’t counted in metro viewers for example

Fair enough, then its Cows, Raiders, Knights, Titans and half the dragons...
Do we throw in the Dolphins too for a few of their Kayo home games

 

[Wb1234]

Fair enough, then its Cows, Raiders, Knights, Titans and half the dragons...
Do we throw in the Dolphins too for a few of their Kayo home games

No but that’s a fair point. The dolphins will mostly be a brisbane side but sure some of their support comes from north of the city and the Sunshine Coast

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Anything 5 kms out of the CBD of a major capital city is a regional.

So 3 team comp it is.

 

[Pippen94]

Pippen's ideal NRL = 9 teams in Sydney and 4 teams in Brisbane and then close up shop. No teams for anywhere else.

Maximize audience in biggest markets. NRL attempting to do this anyway

 

[MugaB]

Anything 5 kms out of the CBD of a major capital city is a regional.

So 3 team comp it is.

So souffs is regional?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So souffs is regional?

Yes.

 

[MugaB]

Yes.

And warriors?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

And warriors?

No. Metrosexual.

 

[MugaB]

No. Metrosexual.

Not sure what that means... then its 4 not 3

 

[taipan]

Do you really think NRL would be getting big broadcast deals with mainly regional teams??

No my point as I've stated, the prime time allocations have been for the city teams in the main.The regionals pull their weight no doubt, but the big companies and sponsors are domiciled around the cities.
eg if you had a Vic NRL team in Geelong instead of Melbourne, obviously the ratings and financial clout are in the city.

 

[The Great Dane]

Manly and Penrith have union sides
Cronulla had Sydney Olympic

None of which are professional or play in major leagues.

why doesn’t Canberra have an afl side ?

Why doesn't Manly, Penrith, or Cronulla?

 

[Wb1234]

None of which are professional or play in major leagues.

Why doesn't Manly, Penrith, or Cronulla?

I help you
Afl don’t think Canberra is important

heck they proved it by paying a Sydney afl team 3 millon dollars to play games there

 

[The Great Dane]

I help you
Afl don’t think Canberra is important

heck they proved it by paying a Sydney afl team 3 millon dollars to play games there

Using your logic they think the individual suburbs of Sydney are even less important than Canberra. What does that say about the suburban markets?!

BTW, the AFL don't pay GWS to play games in Canberra.

 

[Wb1234]

Using your logic they think the individual suburbs of Sydney are even less important than Canberra. What does that say about the suburban markets?!

BTW, the AFL don't pay GWS to play games in Canberra.

the only way Canberra got afl games was paying millions to a Sydney team

maybe the afl is right ?

 

[The Great Dane]

the only way Canberra got afl games was paying millions to a Sydney team

maybe the afl is right ?

The AFL wouldn't play games in the suburban markets in Sydney even if they paid. Shit, Blacktown built them a whole stadium and the AFL went out of their way to make sure that GWS never used it.

I wanna point out that you haven't addressed a single one of my points.

 

[Wb1234]

The AFL wouldn't play games in the suburban markets in Sydney even if they paid. Shit, Blacktown built them a whole stadium and the AFL went out of their way to make sure that GWS never used it.

I wanna point out that you haven't addressed a single one of my points.

Afl have suburban teams in Melbourne

they don’t have them in Sydney bc the sport isn’t popular enough

indeed theisn’t enough support for a second afl side

with the raiders struggling for 20 years and the afl not wanting to put a team there I would suggest it’s the raiders who are holding the game back not the Sydney clubs

 

[Perth Red]

it’s the raiders who are holding the game back not the Sydney clubs

just saying