What will the NRL look like in 50 years time?

[Timmay]

The year is 2070.

What will the NRL look like?

- I think head gear will be mandatory.
- The Grand Final will be played in other cities beside Sydney.
- 18 teams in the competition.

 

[Nuke]

New jersey designs every single week.

 

[TheDalek079]

Can Smith still playing

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Still no team in Perth but the NRL are promising to think about expansion.

 

[Exsilium]

A final Wikipedia entry stating that Todd Greenberg was ultimately responsible for the decline of the sport until its cessation in 2025.

 

[AJB1102]

I don't know but I'm glad it's unlikely I'll be around to witness it. I think it'll be pretty f**ked to watch in 10 years.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Robots playing on sand in 50 degrees in stadiums imported from Jupiter.

Fulcrum Junior Pearce Junior will have just won his third consecutive Cammy S medal.

Fans will be transported to the ground via slingshot.

The Emperor of Earth Greta Thunberg will own the Broncos who have gone 64 years without a premiership.

Lol@souffs will be a mandatory school subject.

Ricky Stuart will be a head in a tank and head coach of new expansion team the Antarctic Dangerous Weather Conditions.

Perth still won't have a team .

 

[Foreign Legion]

Ball Boys will be replaced by PC gender neutral Cyborgs, Tina Turners head will the be the promo head for simply the best, and Phil Gould will come out of cryogentically frozen retirement to host another State Of Origin series.

 

[This Year?]

The game will.only have 4 clubs with the premiership being decided by whoever gets the signature of Sonny Bill Williams III.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Brookvale oval will still be a dump.
The titans will have a new name for the 10th time.
Expansion will have been postponed for 5 years until the next tv deal.
Still no quality English backs playing in the competition.
The game will resemble the NBA with bona fide 7 foot players.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Still no team in Perth but the NRL are promising to think about expansion.

When the next tv deal is up.

 

[Foreign Legion]

AFL CEO

 

[TheVelourFog]

old wankers complaining that it was better in their day

 

[Mr Angry]

Due to concussion litigation, touch football takes over.

 

[T-Boon]

New jersey designs every single week.

quarterly

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Due to concussion litigation, touch football takes over.

I think this is close to the truth.

 

[Silent Knight]

IBM still won’t know who Jason Smith is.

 

[mozza91]

Ronnie Palmer will still be a trainer.

 

[simmo05]

Due to concussion litigation, touch football takes over.

It will definately be a watered down, steralized version of footy at best

 

[Silent Knight]

Souffs fans will live underground in Old Sydney, huddling over fire barrels and harping on about their teams 21 premierships, most of which were won 150 years ago and how all of the above ground teams in New Sydney are forever in their shadow.