NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RFL? : Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:44 am  

Read this. http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/phil-ro ... e070f10416 I agree with Shane Richardson 100% about expansion, a shorter club season, and the three new teams needed in the NRL. We need to have the same kind of person in the RFL with the same rational expansion vision. At the moment the RFL has no expansion strategy, and has demonstrated no future vision of any kind. The NRL will probably get even more money on its next TV deal. It will be totally rolling in money, and with the expansion of the number of NRL clubs all the best SL players will go to the NRL in 2018. With the current insular, status quo M-62 leadership, and P & R instead of licencing, the RFL will never get the increased funding that the game desperately needs to attract more followers and to flourish. Shane Richardson should be made Head of Strategic Planning at the RLIF, on a part time basis, to complement his NRL function. That would kick Nigel Wood up the bum about the future of the RFL.

Read this. http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/phil-ro ... e070f10416 I agree with Shane Richardson 100% about expansion, a shorter club season, and the three new teams needed in the NRL. We need to have the same kind of person in the RFL with the same rational expansion vision. At the moment the RFL has no expansion strategy, and has demonstrated no future vision of any kind. The NRL will probably get even more money on its next TV deal. It will be totally rolling in money, and with the expansion of the number of NRL clubs all the best SL players will go to the NRL in 2018. With the current insular, status quo M-62 leadership, and P & R instead of licencing, the RFL will never get the increased funding that the game desperately needs to attract more followers and to flourish. Shane Richardson should be made Head of Strategic Planning at the RLIF, on a part time basis, to complement his NRL function. That would kick Nigel Wood up the bum about the future of the RFL.

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Sat Feb 07, 2015 12:51 pm  

Because the RFL is a reactive not proactive body?

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:33 pm  

If it costs money then the SL clubs will want no part of it.

All they want to do is receive money, control who gets the money but that's it.

The RFL has no power at all, unlike the NRL.

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:44 pm  

Rugby league will be dead in Europe within 10 years so what's the point blah blah blah

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:31 pm  

It was decided long ago that rugby league doesn't fit in with European culture, all of our best players will and should go and play in the Southern Hemisphere. I think soccer's a stupid game, but look where most of the best Aussie soccer players work.

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:36 pm  

OzWelsh wrote:

It was decided long ago that rugby league doesn't fit in with European culture, all of our best players will and should go and play in the Southern Hemisphere. I think soccer's a stupid game, but look where most of the best Aussie soccer players work.

In bars?

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:07 pm  

OP you know when people say you're annoying because you start too many threads, this is the kind of thing they're talking about.

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:36 pm  

The RFL does have an expansion strategy. Take a look at Championship One. Unfortunately that should've been done decades ago and then it might be having an effect now.

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:47 am  

Lol NRL has hundreds of millions of $'s to play with. Rfl has none. How do you think SL would pay for expansion? Apparently Richardson was in line for RLIF head honcho but Rfl were concerned as he would be paid by NRL and they don't trust NRL with running international RL. Given smith cancelling the ashes tour and screwing other countries with eligibility rules for u 18's they might have a point?

Re: NRL now has a future strategy specialist. Why not the RF : Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:40 am  

You could bring in the head of marketing from the NBA or NFL, but if they have no budget to spend they wouldn't achieve much.

Also, whilst Richardson has made some noises about the international game, the reality is the top priorities for his position will be the NRL, and NRL clubs will fight tooth and nail against anything that "damages" them even if they can see potential benefit for the game as a whole. Just as SL sides will as well. The only thing that will change minds is a really big international tournament (in terms of crowds in particular) in Australia.