anyone find it funny that news ltd yes man gallop is now talking the talk and fighting the fight eg; tv deals and expansion?
when for years said did nothing to get league on tv at decent hour outside of nsw,qld,act, northern territory! Now he mention nrl cant get a loan to buy headquaters cause theres nothing in the bank 1/2 goes to news ltd and 1/2 is grants to the clubs! could have mentioned that 5 years ago buddy and startd saving a 1% nowd = a decent amount.

in victoria, s.a, w.a, tasmania you often cant even whatch game on pay tv? and have to wait til midnight for the game on channel 9. i whatch 2009 anzac test live on justintv because no free to air coverage till midnight( with ads your going to be up till 2.30am an if you have to work in morning!!!) and not on pay tv! friday night nrl coverage is the same in victoria!

anyway i wont be believing anything gallop says till he actually does something! i personally think with his new limited masters leaving the game hes been let off the chain from being thier yes man! and his angle is a high ranking well payed spot on new idependant commision. well he better pull off a mega deal, get better coverage to the rest of oz states, as for saving money well they can only start now!

"Palmer eventually handed over matchday operations to the FFA, who subsequently invested more than $1 million in marketing and promotion without any discernible benefit. Crowds steadfastly remained the lowest in the competition [average 5392 - a lack of community support which seems to have convinced the FFA that the situation on the ground cannot be remedied with a quick fix."

jeeze the FFA is wasting money like the aru did, when will these guys learn?

Yet more confirmation rugby league is driving the expansion agenda in Australian sport.

It wasn't exactly rocket science that these areas weren't crying out for teams.

Identical to GWS and GCFC in the AFL expansion plans...

More money to be flushed down the drain before this saga ends.

I thought N.Queensland Fury had gone pop. I heard that was the reason for Robbie Fowler moving to Sydney FC.

the ffa saved them but they released fowler cause they dont have money to keep him

at $750k a year I'm not surprised! Soccer needs to realise it can't afford to be paying the wages it is on the income it has.