Laughable to read this thread and some of the dribble written about the issue of the TV deal when this basic fact was so clearly overlooked.

And that isn't directed at you, Sheldon.

Some people thought the likes of myself, Dally, Oldtimer and a few others were mad with this conflict of interest stuff.

Rupert, do the world a favour .........., your time has passed.

Corporate bastårds.

Seems people here are at last starting to understand this issue. News Ltd.

People are aware geezer. Some have thought the NRL was the dogs bolloçks in a blinkered fashion and ignored it. Now some on here seem to think about it as there's a TV deal coming up having never mentioned it ever.

You seemed to be slow to pick up on the nuances of it given the rubbish in the old att thread. lol

Yeah righto.

Lucky for you it disappeared or I would pick out some of your choice "quotes" on the subject.

lol

Glad you learned something.

Nice one etc. etc.

You now post something smart next. That's how this works isn't it?

WC, you're being very unnecessary. There's no need to goad, intimate others are stupid or ignorant or name call anyone on this forum. We're fed up with people like that. We're hoping to discuss and debate on a forum.

Just glad to have helped raise the level of debate beyond a very basic level.

Something that was clearly missing when I joined...

Thank you then.

It is ok. The other mod already stated the issue was much clearer after I explained it...

I'm sure he'll thank you for your enlightenment also.

WELCOME.

RL is going to be screwed over again, you can see it 10 million miles away as it closes in.

No conflict according to some.

On a very small side note, surely the Israel Folau debacle will put most rugby league players off taking the AFL bait dollars.

The reason most would believe the NFL figures is because of the attendances at the games - virtually every NFL game is close to or a sell out - add to that attendances for college football and logic suggests a high level of interest.

In the UK soccer especially the EPL is no. 1 its attendances show it and they would struggle to get 3m viewers for a game in a country with >3 times the population of Australia

That is not the case with the NRL - there is such a disparity between attendances and alleged viewing figures - 3m seems a huge figure given spectator interest and population demographic. Sydney 4m and Brisbane 2m - you saying 50% of the population including women and children are watching the game? Logic suggests that is not possible - is there something in the dynamic to explain?

Then again viewing figures for Spanish football are huge, yet outside the top few teams the grounds are empty.

Our friends from the SH have really got to ya, ay Sal


Surprised you'd stoop to posting outright falsehoods, or is this another of your Greg Inglis has never played 5/8 moments?


The FA cup final drew 8 million in the uk..
Event games quite often draw big TV audiences...Are you trying to suggest that Origin isnt an event?


Source pls, or is that just your opinion.


...Or NSW 6.9m and Qld 4.3...maybe you just forgot to include the regional areas.


Nope...


Prolly 'cos, as usual, you arent aware of the facts.

Is there some dynamic you'd care to explain Sal?

Sal. lol

The amount of rubbish (almost all from AFL types) written around this subject is quite funny.

Folau is playing warm-up games so discussion of his "AFL career" is a tad premature.

As for Hunt, he has been picked for every game so far and has been far from the worst player in the AFL without any previous knowledge of the game whatsoever.

All this shows is the marvellous capacity of rugby league players to adapt to other sports as our history clearly reveals. Consider the likes of Bill Shankland, Ray Lindwall, Anthony Mundine, SBW et al as rugby league athletes who have excelled in other sports. (A google fest for some I am sure...)

What rugby league needs to understand is the occasional player going to other sports does nothing to damage rugby league but continues to perpetuate the understanding of our players as fantastic athletes.

Big win in the big picture view.

Totally agree.

Totally agree.

Just to clarify...

Shankland played for the Kangaroos; then played every British Open golf tournament between 1937 - 1955, including a second and a number of thirds.

Lindwall is regarded still as one of the best fast bowlers EVER in cricket history; played for St George with his brother in two Grand Finals for St George pre- retiring to focus on cricket.

Mundine wins in multiple world boxing weight divisions.

SBW - really struggling in union. lol

More available on request...

Why are we going to be screwed? And how? That perception would be based on whatever expectation you yourself had of our new deal wouldn't it?

Also Why did you never mention a conflict of interest in the past when you and Dally were going on about how we would get over $1b etc. etc. Is it because you saw what another sport got in their deal and now think we will get shafted? Did you believe that RL would get more than AFL? If so, why?




I think we'll be fine, we always will. In this country RL is very significant on any sporting radar. Even if we get less than AFL. So what, we'll still grow and teams will get a few more quid.

Sorry to answer for another poster but...

The game rates more than AFL.
Ergo it should get paid more.
It probably won't because of the conflict (even with the IC).
Even so, it should still get close to $1 billion because there is almost no reason why it should not get more than the AFL based on the FACTS of ratings.