Quote ="JB Down Under"NRL's problems are not just down to TV money. AFL gets just under $50mill a year more in TV deal money than the NRL. They also have over $100million on top of that beyond NRL's revenue. Even on the same TV deal the NRL would still be $100mill less revenue a year than AFL. Our failings are at the top and the scary thing about the supposed IC is it is fundamentally the same people in the positions of power as now.
And this isn;t just at Code level, at club level it is the same with the majority of AFL clubs having revenues way in excess of what NRL clubs are bringing in.
Our problems go far far deeper than a poor TV deal but everyone seems to see that as the panacea that will allow us to catch up to AFL.'"
league gives the impression of still being in the chook raffle days run by booze hounds from the local rsl club.
the afl will always have more money cos it gets at least 3 times as many fans thru the gate and much more sponsorship... it has a much better reputation in society than league and its players are welcomed in polite society unlike league players who are thought of as bogans and knuckle heads.
this big pay day at the next tv contract is no certainty.
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