Quote ="dally messenger"1. the storm lose between 1 - 3 million pa apparently, covered by news ltd. who is to cover those losses?'"
Who would cover the Storm losses?
Oh, wait, someone does.
Quote 2. the queenland teams on the whole are profitable.'"
There's more to life than profit. Should we shut down any NSW or SL teams that don't turn a profit?
Quote 3. the nrl is taking the approach that they want the storm to get their losses down. rather than admit more teams with poor finances from expansion areas, they will go with ones for now that will be strong from day one.'"
This point presupposes that another team would have identical finances to the Storm; I'm not sure that's always going to be reliable, but it's certainly worth thinking about. But we should be thinking long-term for expansion, and a short term loss is worth it, IMO.
Quote look at the titans, a massive success. more queensland teams will copy that.'"
Again, this presupposes that a Perth team, for example, [iwon't[/i be a success.
We could equally look at the performance of the Titans and conclude that RL is Sydney, by comparison, needs a scythe running through it.
I'm not sure that's the case.
Quote population data shows that queensland will be the number 2 state population wise in 20 years, so we need to ensure we keep that as ours.'"
How do new teams in QLD ensure this? Why won't those same fans grow up as fans of the existing teams? This doesn't make sense.
Quote 4. RL areas in australia comprise a majority of the population. thats why afl is so desperate to expand into our areas.'"
Surely you therefore propose another few teams in the Melbourne environs, due to the population there?
Quote west brisbane and the central coast have all been mentioned by the nrl as more important now than perth and i can understand what they mean.'"
I think their ideas have merit in many ways.
Quote 5. you are aware that cronulla actually own their own ground and the land adjoining, worht around $50 million. they are planning more ground improvements and building a hotel which will make them quite wealthy.'"
A straight swap between Cronulla in Sydney and an equivalent club in Perth is a no-brainer; this comment simply reinforces that.
Quote why is losing a part of sydney considered progress.
people said souths should be out of the nrl, and once that happened they realized the mistake.
norths getting kicked out just meant the north shore went to union and AFL.'"
I don't think it should be about "losing a pert of Sydney", I think it should be about widening the representation of the sport at the top level. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to reconcile the current situation with being able to bring more teams in.
Not enough cash, for one thing; something a better TV deal might help.
so perth can get in 
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