Which NRL club do you reckon will go broke in the next 10 years??

[hutch]

didnt vote as there isnt an option for no clubs, which is the correct number.

 

[Talanexor]

There's plenty of potential revenue up for grabs in the NRL - its just that Gallop is completely and utterly useless as an administrator. That said, the Sharks would appear to be on pretty shaky ground at the moment, moreso than any other clubs.

Want to boost club memberships? Offer live online streaming videos of matches to all paid members, for free and without counting against download quotas. Not the sh*t currently offered through the NRL website.

Get rid of small suburban stadia, especially in Sydney. I'm not suggesting playing games at ANZ - that place is deviod of atmosphere - but one specifically designed for rugby league. The best thing you could do for sydney teams would be 2 or 3 Suncorp Stadia.

On top of that, you either need to make the game LESS appealing on tv, or MORE appealing at the grounds. Maybe free headphones for members, like on aeroplanes, that let you listen to the commentary as well?

Just need some good ideas and some good people. Right now we have bugger all of either.

 

[petetheileet]

ROFL at the scum

 

[adamkungl]

There's plenty of potential revenue up for grabs in the NRL - its just that Gallop is completely and utterly useless as an administrator. That said, the Sharks would appear to be on pretty shaky ground at the moment, moreso than any other clubs.

Want to boost club memberships? Offer live online streaming videos of matches to all paid members, for free and without counting against download quotas. Not the sh*t currently offered through the NRL website.

Get rid of small suburban stadia, especially in Sydney. I'm not suggesting playing games at ANZ - that place is deviod of atmosphere - but one specifically designed for rugby league. The best thing you could do for sydney teams would be 2 or 3 Suncorp Stadia.

On top of that, you either need to make the game LESS appealing on tv, or MORE appealing at the grounds. Maybe free headphones for members, like on aeroplanes, that let you listen to the commentary as well?

Just need some good ideas and some good people. Right now we have bugger all of either.

Meh. I don't think centralised big stadiums would be a good thing. Personally I enjoy places like Penrith, Shark Park. Sure get corproate facilities and toilets up to scratch, but other than that, no issue. The kids love the hill, the atmosphere kills anything you'll ever get at ANZ, and the food usually sh*ts all over the bigger grounds in both price and quality. Decently priced kebabs and bacon and egg rolls, nothing beats it.

What clubs should be doing imo is trying to maximise revenue of their surburban grounds. Rather than paying for canteens and food outlets (If this is the case, i'm not sure), provide their own, or get someone else to pay to sell their food there, surely there's a profit to be made here for both club and food retailers. Imo if the NRL was competently run they would start trying to buy stadiums from councils, and leasing them out for other uses. It's pathetic that playing at a place like Leichardt actually has Tigers running at a loss.

 

[mik01]

Why the hell are people still trying to compare the NRL to the EPL?

So what if Souths are surviving on emotion? Do you want to cull them because they aren't performing? .

ummm yes...

they are the worst team in the league and have been consistently so for years. they lower the standard of the game, and only exist thanks to a legal battle and a rich sugar daddy.
I'd rather see the Bears come back in.

Souths are my bet to go broke first, followed by Penrith and Cronulla. (maybe even Parra?)

in the premier league, the standard is higher (read - the best in the world) because the bad teams go down and the better teams from the lower division go up. most of the best players in the world want to play in that league - its prestigious.

now we face our players defecting to Union or ESL for more coin - hardly promotes the NRL as the most prestigious RL comp in the world does it? and thats what our game should be - we have the best players in the world, why isn't every other player desperate to come over here and play?

why are our clubs even possibly going broke? a healthy comp thats the pinnacle of world RL would have all profitable clubs and a high standard of competition that would retain and attract talent.

 

[Go Nulla]

The skid marked filth Stains.

 

[Perth Red]

Meh. I don't think centralised big stadiums would be a good thing. Personally I enjoy places like Penrith, Shark Park. Sure get corproate facilities and toilets up to scratch, but other than that, no issue. The kids love the hill, the atmosphere kills anything you'll ever get at ANZ, and the food usually sh*ts all over the bigger grounds in both price and quality. Decently priced kebabs and bacon and egg rolls, nothing beats it.

What clubs should be doing imo is trying to maximise revenue of their surburban grounds. Rather than paying for canteens and food outlets (If this is the case, i'm not sure), provide their own, or get someone else to pay to sell their food there, surely there's a profit to be made here for both club and food retailers. Imo if the NRL was competently run they would start trying to buy stadiums from councils, and leasing them out for other uses. It's pathetic that playing at a place like Leichardt actually has Tigers running at a loss.

You seem to be in a minority though and without some serious expenditure on existing grounds, corporate facilities (which lets face it brings in more than fans) are just not going to be good enough to financially sustain clubs. Some decent undercover stands would be a start so we don't see crowds half when it rains.

 

[perverse]

just as macavity did, i have to vote for my own club - the knights. i think privitisation is the only answer for the club and it is only a matter of time before it occurs. i just hope that it is the right owner.

i'm afraid the day of the chook raffle has come and gone, and that most clubs in the league will eventually be privately owned.

 

[Fibroman]

Roosters.....as soon as I put things on paper.

 

[Jubileeboy]

Many great insights here with some interesting ideas.

I hope that the competition expands and we don't go through the heart-ache of losing any clubs (even the Scum).

Without wanting to change the subject....IMO why don't we look at divisions and promotion/relegation !
Why not?

Without stating the obvious, the 'richer' clubs would survive.

But it doesn't mean the end of clubs that don't make first division !!

It will become all about club supporters(membership) and major sponsors.

All of the QRL and NSWRL (Jim Beam AliveCups....whatever...Redcliffe, Rockhampton, Wentworthville, Cabramatta...etc. etc.)
Forget any affiliations....
It will become all about sponsorship and supporters!

 

[Southern Rooster]

Wow, Tigers and Titans yet to get a vote.

Wests Ashfield I believe have cut some of there support of the Tigers as well. I know they are behind and supporting a current State League side this year and will be even more so next season when that club wears a new black and white strip.

 

[Nemesis]

It will become all about club supporters(membership) and major sponsors.

Considering that most people would agree with you on that point, it's a bit strange that many people here are predicting that Souths will be one of the first to go broke, even though they have the largest membership base and corporate sponsorship deals out of all the Sydney clubs... go figure.

 

[drake]

I wish I could say Melbourne, but the rest of the clubs will still have to keep propping that abortion up for years to come.

I think the Sharks are going to keep running into financial difficulties; nothing will change after 42 years of mismanagement and constant bail outs.

 

[krudmonk]

Without wanting to change the subject....IMO why don't we look at divisions and promotion/relegation !
Why not?

Without stating the obvious, the 'richer' clubs would survive.

But it doesn't mean the end of clubs that don't make first division !!

It will become all about club supporters(membership) and major sponsors.

All of the QRL and NSWRL (Jim Beam AliveCups....whatever...Redcliffe, Rockhampton, Wentworthville, Cabramatta...etc. etc.)
Forget any affiliations....
It will become all about sponsorship and supporters!

You will have much opposition from the investors of NRL clubs who may lose on their big investment if their team goes down and provides little return. With an issue like Sydney, though, you have several top-tier clubs who may support it because relegation is a much better fate (financially and otherwise) than simply being booted from the comp.

 

[Perth Red]

After 40 odd years they have just realised in the UK that P&R no longer works as the gap between top division and next is so huge. It works in soccer due to A) the nature of the game where lesser teams can still beat much better teams due to low point scoring opportunities and B) the money in the 2nd divison is huge.

In Oz you'd basically have 2nd divison clubs operating on $1-2mill budgets and NRL clubs on $15-20mill. How on earth would they be competitive in their promotion year? I'm all for a National NRL second division but don't belive P&R needs to be part of it.

 

[fightingirish69]

I can see the Broncos crashing and burning on 8 straight years of poor performance.

we can only hope

 

[fatshark]

I think the Sharks are going to keep running into financial difficulties; nothing will change after 42 years of mismanagement and constant bail outs.

St George Illawarra is under financial pressure after the St George Leagues Club lost $1.6 million last year, but executives still believe they can come up with enough money to attract Bennett to the joint-venture club.

Your club could fall over because it cant even pay the coach FFS!

And do St George have any assets besides a hideous run down leagues club? NO.
The question should read which club would you like to see broke.
Sharks are in trouble for the meantime, but once the land starts making money, they will be one of the richest clubs in the WORLD.

 

[adamkungl]

Any sharks or stain fan who wants the other dead is an idiot. Why would you wish death on your closest rivalry? imo Sharks v queens is always a top game to be at

 

[runatme]

stain george illwarra dragqueens

 

[badav]

Any sharks or stain fan who wants the other dead is an idiot. Why would you wish death on your closest rivalry?

so you can take over their territory?