: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:49 am  

Rooster Booster wrote:

Hasn't Singos sale of the marketing rights to the Mariners in effect made it very hard or atleast very, very expensive for a club to go to the Central Coast now?

North Sydney still own a share in the stadium iirc.

: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:52 am  

Lockyer4President! wrote:

North Sydney still own a share in the stadium iirc.

Believe the NS Leagues Club owned 20%. Though no-one seems to have mentioned it in the last couple of years.

: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:20 am  

look here . these are the teams gone from queensland . gold coast GIANTS.GLADIATORS.SEAGULLS.brisbane - QUEENSLAND CRUSHERS so that is 4 teams. thanyou very much broncos for fiucking it up . go too hell broncos

: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:44 am  

Rooster Booster wrote:

Believe the NS Leagues Club owned 20%. Though no-one seems to have mentioned it in the last couple of years.

I wouldn't worry tbh, any stadium management worth their salt want as many events as possible.

: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:47 am  

fredie wrote:

look here . these are the teams gone from queensland . gold coast GIANTS.GLADIATORS.SEAGULLS.brisbane - QUEENSLAND CRUSHERS so that is 4 teams. thanyou very much broncos for fiucking it up . go too hell broncos

To be fair most people class the Gold Coast Giants/Seagulls/Chargers as one team because it was always the Gold Coast ARL team and all it ever did was change ownership a couple of times.

It's be like saying Souths/Manly/Auckland etc all are different teams because they are now privately owned.

: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:15 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

you live in australia and dont have much clue.

queensland will in a couple of decades become the 2nd most populated state in australia behind nsw.

with RL dominant in those no other sport will match RL, not even your beloved AFL.

queensland is a RL heartland, and we dont have enough clubs to service them.

more nrl teams in brisbane will also have the advantage of making it tougher for AFL, and could well send the brisbane lions broke.

queensland will be where the AFL as a so called national code fails very badly.

wakey wakey, RL has been dominant in NSW and Q'land for 100 years and is still a decade behind AFL on teh National stage!

Another Brisabane team IS NOT EXPANSION. It is simply shoring up the heartlands. After 100 years you would think we would have our only two cities secure by now!

N(ATIONAL)RL. The clues in the name!

: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:30 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

wakey wakey, RL has been dominant in NSW and Q'land for 100 years and is still a decade behind AFL on teh National stage!

Another Brisabane team IS NOT EXPANSION. It is simply shoring up the heartlands. After 100 years you would think we would have our only two cities secure by now!

N(ATIONAL)RL. The clues in the name!

how is RL behind AFL when its season has 40 million more viewers on TV than AFL every year.

we are far and away the bigger sport when you look at all fans combined.

being in a state where AFL is dominant has addled your thoughts.

you need to spend some time in queensland & nsw where people dont give a s**t about AFL.

as these states represent the majority of australia, RL is in a very strong position.

another club on the central coast and another in queensland will be massive for the game

: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:55 pm  

no thank too the figkin dronco broncos . evil bacdtards

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:22 am  

dally messenger wrote:

how is RL behind AFL when its season has 40 million more viewers on TV than AFL every year.

NRL has its TV viewers due to being popular in the two most regionally populous states. After that we are light years behind!
The AFL trounce us in:
Media coverage
Individual club revenues
Individual Club profits
Bums on seats
Club sponsorship $'s
Code sponsorship $'s
Members
Expansion into non heartlands
Future plans for expansion

FFS in my city that is half the size of Brisane the two AFL teams are bigger than the Broncos, who have the advantage of a whole city to themselves. When the Broncos are selling out every game then it is clearly time for another Brisbane team.

If we had teams in Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne that were as popular and well supported as the Swans and Lions you might have a point.

I take no joy in seeing the NRL be so insular and losing ground year on year but not living in Sydney gives a clearer picture of what is happening on the National stage and at the moment the NRL is being left way behind.

: Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:37 am  

yes when you include both crowds and TV ratings RL does come out well in front of AFL.

you've even mentioned the reason, its popular with a majority of the population.

as long as we maintain number 1 spot, im not fussed about the sports that trail in our wake.

the queensland RL clubs all get the highest crowds in the NRL. with the population of queensland booming, the state needs more teams, probably two.

another team in west brisbane circa 2012 will further enhance our hold on queensland.

with the population booming, we will take advantage of this.

it will also make life much more difficult for the brisbane lions as well, another positive.

anyway mate, rather than spending most of your time talking up AFL, why not try and get out to some NRL games, and actually watch more of the NRL yourself.