Quote ="dally messenger"1. perth made their bed going to news ltd. that they dont have a team is their own fault.'"
And yet Aukland, Brisbane, Canberra, Canterbury, Cronulla, NQ and Penrith do?
That argument doesn't make sense.
Quote 2. cronulla isnt struggling. they get 13,000 crowds, and have lots of assets. sure they arent a massive club but they are doing well enough and plans are they will get better.'"
You've completely ignored the point of the post again.
Quote 3. ive seen what losing clubs in sydney means. sydney is the biggest area in the world where RL is strong, why should that be weakened ?'"
Ideally, it shouldn't, as I said. But, as I said, given the choice between losing one of the weaker Sydney teams to gain the same fan base elsewhere in an untapped market seems a worthwhile exchange.
Sydney would not be lost to RL on the back of one team moving. But that one team could open up a new market elsewhere.
Quote 4. the only way to do it properly (expansion) is to expand the numbers in the the nrl. sure if a sydney team is about to go broke they can move then. but to force a perfectly viable club to move for somewhere like perth would be really dumb.'"
Which is why I haven't suggested doing that.
Quote 5. looking 20 years down the track if we can sustain our position in queensland well be far and away above AFL, so thats where we should focus. queensland NRL clubs are setting the benchmark and they clearly need more teams.'"
I agree, QLD need another team. But I don't agree that the NRL should do merely that, and feel smug. there are other markets which need to be addressed alongside this.
Quote 6. if its 2 teams in 2012 then one will be queensland for sure. the other, take your pick from central coast, wellington or perth. central coast is being left in case a sydney team chooses to go there, but none has taken the $8 million on offer so far so lets see what happens there.'"
I always get slightly nervous when people mention Wellington. NZ produce loads of top players, but I'm not sure they're quite ready for another NRL franchise.
From what I can gather, outside of the heart of RL in NZ (Aukland) Wellington is the next strongest area.
Quote 7. what im saying is we dont really need perth to be the strongest football code in australia. we do need queensland though. so if we have to pick, i can live without perth or adelaide to get more queensland teams, and probably central coast as well.'"
Adelaide, I can understand. Not Perth; you're always going to have less TV cash than the AFL.
"Look! We've got another team in QLD!"
"So what? They were all watching the NRL anyway, it adds no extra value to our TV stations."
Quote 8. id like to see the nrl add in the long term - 2 more teams in queensland, central coast, wellington / southern orcas, perth, PNG.
22 teams, play each other once for 21? rounds.'"
Looks good, but that setup will be a long, [ilong[/i way off.
I'm intrigued by a PNG team, but can't for the life of me see how it would be arranged.
I'm sure a good performance from the Kumuls in the coming weeks would increase the calls for such a team, but unfortunately I don't think the money or the political will is there.
so perth can get in 
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