taste2taste
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10 years ago one of super leagues main selling pionts was that rugby league would have a global competion the envy of all other sports.....so where is it?
I know the SL plans to invite 2 new teams into the comp soon ( probably in France and Wales) which is a great start but i dont see why they cant spread out further.
RL is a great product, fast, skillfull, big hits, 80 mins of non stop action. Im a firm beleiver in if you build the castle the people will come. If you put a team in Italy, Russia, a floating team in South Africa and a floating team in America (by floating i mean the team isnt locked to one city, they could play one week in Durban then the next home game in Joburg) im sure all these large markets will produce profits. They would only need an average crowd of about 15,000 to produce profits, and we just saw an exhibition game in Jacksonville pull a crowd of that size and then there's TV rights which would produce even more revenue.
I may have had one too many beers tonight but i would like to see League branch out before other codes beat us to it (the NBA for example)
It may be pie in the sky stuff but i really dont see why this isnt possible.
I know the SL plans to invite 2 new teams into the comp soon ( probably in France and Wales) which is a great start but i dont see why they cant spread out further.
RL is a great product, fast, skillfull, big hits, 80 mins of non stop action. Im a firm beleiver in if you build the castle the people will come. If you put a team in Italy, Russia, a floating team in South Africa and a floating team in America (by floating i mean the team isnt locked to one city, they could play one week in Durban then the next home game in Joburg) im sure all these large markets will produce profits. They would only need an average crowd of about 15,000 to produce profits, and we just saw an exhibition game in Jacksonville pull a crowd of that size and then there's TV rights which would produce even more revenue.
I may have had one too many beers tonight but i would like to see League branch out before other codes beat us to it (the NBA for example)
It may be pie in the sky stuff but i really dont see why this isnt possible.