Why little mention of the CQ NRL bid?

[Perth Red]

Because A) it is a East coast article and the media over there doesnt know WA is a párt of Australia B) Why would CQ biased article talk about WA C) Ch9 don''t own WA Tv channel so would have little interest in a Perth team D) Benny Eliás wasnt availble for comment. Just at a guess!

He also said expansion was not brought up at all during negotiations for the TV deal

I find this boggling, why the frick wouldnt expansion of the game to include 9 games have been discussed?

 

[Ianc]

To be honest, I am not advocating a CQ team. I think it would have those very issues you have presented. Similar to the issues I believe a Central Coast team would create. It does however fill a hole by playing 2-3 games in that region every year. It might just mean they don't need a team.

We are thinking the same. I agree that they should be playing games there. I think Sydney teams that need to boost their home admittances would do well in Rocky.

Does it work well for teams to take their games to Bluetongue?

 

[El Diablo]

Because A) it is a East coast article and the media over there doesnt know WA is a párt of Australia B) Why would CQ biased article talk about WA C) Ch9 don''t own WA Tv channel so would have little interest in a Perth team D) Benny Eliás wasnt availble for comment. Just at a guess!



I find this boggling, why the frick wouldnt expansion of the game to include 9 games have been discussed?

the ARLC have said it was brought up and all networks said it would add no value to the rights deal if they were to introduce a 9th game

sounds to me like Gyngell wants that extra game but doesn't want to pay more for it

 

[CQ Italia]

A NRL team in CQ would be a disaster imo.

It's not just weekly support that concerns me, it's the corporate sponsorship. A CQ team would be dividing sponsors between NQ & CQ which would kill both teams. The money for CQ might be there now but it's mostly from mining companies.

Can't be more wrong. Corporate support is from CQ companies, won't affect NQ at all and the companies general only want to sponsor a CQ NRL/National Club.
Corporate support is huge for the bid, if anything that will be the least to worry about.

 

[El Diablo]

the ARLC have said it was brought up and all networks said it would add no value to the rights deal if they were to introduce a 9th game

sounds to me like Gyngell wants that extra game but doesn't want to pay more for it

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nr...cast-rights-deal/story-fndujljl-1226455270464

NRL expansion looks to be on hold following billion dollar broadcast rights deal

Christian Nicolussi
The Daily Telegraph
August 22, 2012 12:00AM

IT WAS a simple nod of the head by Channel Nine boss David Gyngell that quickly made it clear expansion was not about to happen in the NRL any time soon.

Despite long-running and spirited campaigns by the Central Coast, Brisbane Bombers Central Queensland and two Perth franchises to be included as the 17th team, Gyngell and ARLC chairman John Grant made it clear they would not see a single dollar from the latest TV deal.

Gyngell said the value in the AFL's ninth game - as a result of the introduction of the Gold Coast and GWS to form an 18-team competition - was "disputable at the moment". And Grant added the TV rights holder was always going to have a say on expansion.

"The proof of this deal is there's not a lot of value placed on that ninth game," said Grant, as Gyngell sat nearby and nodded.

"That doesn't necessarily negate the expansion opportunities, but it certainly forces us to put much more rigour around it in terms of financial analysis and long-term sustainability. Our first commitment is to our existing clubs, and that's where it sits and what we'll work with first."

While the news coming appeared grim for any new-comers, the franchises found plenty to be positive about.

Central Coast Bears chief executive Greg Florimo said: "Given the amount of work and time and effort that expansion has had the past few years, I think it would be pre-emptive to suggest it's dead and buried. We will still charge on."

Now the scheduling and the TV deal have been sorted, Florimo says the "final piece to the puzzle" is "ensuring the grass roots are catered to, and heartlands such as the Central Coast that are key to sustainability into the future".

Central Queensland boss Denis Keeffe said his franchise would need at least until 2016 to be ready to enter the NRL.

so it was mentioned unlike what the CQ mob are saying Gyngell told them

 

[Perth Red]

The ARLC would be crazy to go with another regional heartland team when we have major capital cities with no teams or under represented.

 

[Perth Red]

"The AFL have published their expansion plans and these plans include another AFL team located in the rugby league heartland of regional Queensland. A CQ NRL team would lock up the east coast of Australia for the NRL for generations and effectively block the AFL in regional Queensland," he said.

What mysterious plans are these? Like the AFL is going to put a team in regional Q'land lol!

 

[CQ Italia]

The ARLC would be crazy to go with another regional heartland team when we have major capital cities with no teams or under represented.

Not when a regional based bid has large fan support, financial support, very strong grassroots/community programs & plans and more bid developments ahead

 

[CQ Italia]

Jump on board and let's get a team

Lisa Maynard | 9th October 2012 8:02 AM

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CQ NRL Bid Gladstone director Peter White urges everyone who wants to see a local team playing in the national league to get online.
Christopher Chan

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THE CQ NRL Bid set a target of 100,000 members, which they hoped to reach by the end of the year.
Membership is just over 40,000, which prompts the question: have you become an online member yet?
Earlier on in the year, bid chief executive Denis Keeffe said he wanted at least 10,000 of those 100,000 members to come from Gladstone.
CQ NRL Bid Gladstone director Peter White encourages the Gladstone public to embrace the project.
White said that apart from the obvious economic and social benefits that having a Central Queensland-based NRL club will have, there would also be an enormous benefit to local junior and senior rugby league players, as they would have a direct path to the best rugby league competition in the world.
"Not only that, but they will be able to remain in their own region with the supporting network of their own family and friends," he said.
"That is a huge plus for our players and something which at the moment is non-existent."
White said support was great at the moment and he knew everyone really wanted to see the CQ NRL bid be granted a licence.
"I think a lot of people, however, are unwilling to allow themselves to believe that it could really happen," he said.
"I understand this.
"However the best way that people can assist in ensuring that it will happen is to get online and become a member. It's free and it is vitally important.
"I urge anyone who really wants to see and experience our own NRL team to take two minutes of their time and show their support."



http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/story/2012/10/09/support-cq-nrl-bid/

 

[CQ Italia]

eep the faith in bid

Lisa Maynard | 9th October 2012 7:42 AM

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CQ NRL Bid chairman Denis Keeffe is confident a new team will be added to the league.
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HAVE faith, it will happen.
That's the message CQ NRL Bid chief executive Denis Keeffe wants to get across.
After Australian Rugby League Commission chairman John Grant's recent comments to The Queensland Times and other outside speculation on NRL expansion after the Nine and Fox Sports recent broadcasting announcement, Keeffe said he wanted to let people know that they should hold the line.
"This thing's not going away," he said.
Keeffe said it was only a week and half ago that he and bid chairman Geoff Murphy spoke to Channel 9 boss David Gyngell and Fox Sports chief executive Patrick Delany in Sydney, at which time neither party had ruled out the advantage of additional teams.
He said Gyngell believed there needed to be another Queensland team in the league sooner rather than later.
Both Gyngell and Delany were on stage when the broadcasting announcement was made, so their support was nothing to shrug off.
"I haven't had anything confirmed by John Grant," Keeffe said.
"I am very confident that we have made a compelling argument. It's business as usual for us."
Keeffe said a team in CQ was likely to prove as popular with the public as the North Queensland Cowboys, and nothing should be assumed until NRL's strategic plan was finalised.
The NRL Commission's board will meet on Friday, when the expansion issue and the strategic plan will be discussed.
ARLC media manager John Brady said he would not pre-empt the meeting's result.
"The strategic plan will be discussed at the meeting and we'll be closer to it at that point, but there is no set time frame for the release of the plan," Mr Brady said.



http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/story/2012/10/09/CQ-NRL-bid-rugby-league-Gladstone/

 

[papabear]

A CQ team in the NRL is a bit....

- Will draw poor poor away crowds in sydney (worse then the cowboys)
- Won't add to TV attendances.

So pretty much a nope.

If the ARLC takes a measured approach
- perth /CC
If it goes aggresive
- perth / adelaide
If it goes for TV attendances
- either perth/CC and another SEQ/brisbane side

Either way I just can not see an argument for CQ over other clubs.

 

[CQ Italia]

A CQ team in the NRL is a bit....

- Will draw poor poor away crowds in sydney (worse then the cowboys)
- Won't add to TV attendances.

So pretty much a nope.

If the ARLC takes a measured approach
- perth /CC
If it goes aggresive
- perth / adelaide
If it goes for TV attendances
- either perth/CC and another SEQ/brisbane side

Either way I just can not see an argument for CQ over other clubs.

Up to Sydney clubs to promote their games better than.
The Sydney clubs would have good crowds up here, so should be no different.
CQ will increase TV audiences like every other heartland team like research suggests (alot of Perth, CC and Brisbane people would already possess Pay TV subscription.. but I'm sure the Bears factor would have to come into it).

CC Bears have already lost two major sponsors and have ongoing legal problems. CQ would be no risk option with massive backing, low start up costs (stadium/academy government funded & already possess HQ/leagues club) and more developments to come.
The bids will have to be very strong financially and require little funding.

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Up to Sydney clubs to promote their games better than.
The Sydney clubs would have good crowds up here, so should be no different.
CQ will increase TV audiences like every other heartland team like research suggests (alot of Perth, CC and Brisbane people would already possess Pay TV subscription.. but I'm sure the Bears factor would have to come into it).

CC Bears have already lost two major sponsors and have ongoing legal problems. CQ would be no risk option with massive backing, low start up costs (stadium/academy government funded & already possess HQ/leagues club) and more developments to come.
The bids will have to be very strong financially and require little funding.

What ongoing legal problems are you making up? And what are the two sponsors? Mortage house left but were only contracted for 3 years and still paid in full in their commitments.

Also while we're at it all other bids have more tv pull power due to bigger catchement populations.

 

[Perth Red]

You say no risk but A) the major backer and driver of the bid is an old man and not going to be around forever, B) the strong majority of their backing is from resources and we know what boom and bust cycles they have C) You have a small immediate population suggesting that the odds of drawing big crowds is slim and D) you are living on the promise of a new $150mill stadium from a financially broke State Govt. I would suggest there is plenty of risk involved in the CQ bid.

 

[CQ Italia]

CQ NRL bid on the agenda


TICK tock. Tick tock.
Decisions at a NRL Commission board meeting today could bring a timeline and criteria for expansion of the league.
However, don't hold your breath for an announcement by the end of the day.
That is how CQ NRL Bid chief executive officer Denis Keeffe thinks.
The board meeting today will discuss the NRL Commission's strategic plan, of which any future expansion would be part.
"Some of the things in the strategic plan have already been implemented," Keeffe said.
He said any decision at the meeting could be weeks before being announced publicly as there were a number of bodies to report to.
"I think they will set some criteria and timelines," Keeffe said.
Meanwhile, the bid's development squads will head to Brisbane on Wednesday to play against Marsden State High School.



http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/cq-bid-on-nrl-agenda/1579856/

 

[WayneBennett]

Will it be the CQ Bulls? CQ Comets? Cutters? Crushers? merkins?

What will it be ?

 

[CQ Italia]

Murphy green with envy Wowed by NFL fans


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• Michelle Curran
• 11th Oct 2012 6:28 PM

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CQ NRL BID: Central Queensland NRL Bid chairman Geoff Murphy is still reeling from an incredible experience that would cause sports fans to turn green with envy.
Murphy returned to Rockhampton on Monday following a trip to the United States, where he caught up with Mark Murphy, chief executive and president of the Green Bay Packers' franchise.
"Mark (Murphy) invited me to sit in the executive box at Lambeau Field to watch the fourth round match against the Saints.
The executive committee are a really nice bunch of people and they really lay it on for you in the box," Murphy said.
While the crowds piled into fill the 73, 094 capacity stadium in Green Bay, people dressed in Packers' memorabilia partied in the streets surrounding the Green Bay venue, which was closed off to traffic.
"They keep partying until well after midnight...it was only early on in the season - football is like religion to the Green Bay fans," Murphy said.
"Before kick off, four air force jets flew overhead, and the 300 piece Wisconsin Brass Band performed - they also played at halftime and again at fulltime. They say they are the best brass band in the States, and they were magnificent."
The game was a close one, with the Green Bay Packers narrowly defeating the New Orleans Saints by a point - thrilling the droves of fans that had flocked to the Packers' home ground.
While Murphy prefers watching rugby league, he was starting to understand gridiron, especially after one of the executive members spent some time explaining the rules to him.
Earlier this year, Murphy met the Packer's CEO/President in Wisconsin, where he clinched a "sister club" agreement with the NFL's most successful franchise.
During that visit, Mark Murphy agreed to come to Rockhampton for Central Queensland's first match in the NRL.
Last month's visit to Wisconsin was to develop the relationship established in January and the opportunity to attend the Packers' game and experience the passion of NFL fans, was the highlight of his trip, Geoff Murphy said.
He added the Packers' franchise was inspirational, and one of his major aims was to duplicate what the Green Bay Packers had done to become so successful.
"The similarities with Green Bay and Rockhampton is amazing - meat packing is the major industry, Green Bay have a population of around 100,000 - Rockhampton has 120,000 people...even our surnames are the same which is ironic," Geoff Murphy said referring to the Packer's CEO.
"We could learn a lot from them."
During Murphy's visit to America, he also took a tour of Cowboys Stadium, the impressive home ground for the Dallas Cowboys, in Arlington, Texas. The stadium, which seats 80,000, opened in 2009 and cost US$1.3 billion to complete.
"The four sided TV screen was worth US$40 million alone...when you compare the stadium to the one we would build here in CQ, which would seat 20000 people for AU$150-160 million, it is absolutely mind-boggling."
Meanwhile, Murphy and the CQ NRL Bid team are waiting for the NRL Strategic Plan to be released before February, when they will learn if NRL expansion will go ahead.



http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/murphy-green-with-envy-wowed-by-nfl-fans/1579420/

 

[CQ Italia]

The CQ NRL Bid's South-East Junior Development tour begins on Wednesday, the two squads fly down early Wednesday morning than leave Saturday afternoon (having the opportunity to do a recovery session and tour at GC Titans Centre of Excellence).

Match Times:

Thursday, 18th October, 2012

1.30pm – U/13s CQ NRL Bid v Marsden SHS
2.30pm – U/14s CQ NRL Bid v Marsden SHS

Friday, 19th October, 2012

2.00pm – U/13s CQ NRL Bid v Keebra Park SHS
3.00pm – U/14s CQ NRL Bid v Keebra Park SHS

For non-Qlders (Keebra Park are probably the strongest rugby league school in QLD and obviously GC Titans territory, while Marsden are one of the stronger Brisbane schools and in Logan so "Western Corridor bid" but atm anyone's area really)

 

[CQ Italia]

A good day for CQ rugby league products, Rockhampton junior & Intrust Super Cup star with WM Seagulls, 23 year old Jake Granville signs with the Broncos, while former NQ Cowboys U20s captain & currently with Norths Devils in the ISC, 21 year old Clermont junior Chris Mclean will join the Broncos for the off-season

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/n...g-jake-granville/story-e6frfgbo-1226495409487

 

[CQ Italia]

>RUGBY LEAGUE: Young Mackay rugby league player Jacob Gagai is about to get a brotherly introduction to the world of top-class football.
Gagai, 17, is close to signing a three-year contract with the Newcastle Knights, where his brother Dane has been playing in the NRL since June this year. The two brothers plan to share a house with Knights lock Alex McKinnon"

http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/jacob-gagai-rugby-league-mackay-player/1583488/