2024 NRL General Discussion Thread

[BroncsFan]

And with this one move, politics has officially entered another facet of our lives ... The NRL is now another political tool.

Hell, the press conference to announce their entry to the NRL was held by the Prime Minister's of both countries

Will be interested to see how their recruitment goes, but I just can't see them putting together a competitive roster... can see them being bottom 4 and numerous spoons until the Federal bank of Australia cuts its funding and they get culled.

 

[BroncsFan]

Lol... NRL already have a get out clause

 

[Waynesaurus]

Do the PNG have a $150mil to contribute? I'm sure China would be happy to stump up the cash.

 

[Mustafur]

The NRL have just bought the Ibis Styles Hotel in Port Macquarie for $15.5 million and a Mantra Hotel in Brisbane for around $22 million. They now have 5 hotels.

Mercure Kawana Waters in Sunshine Coast ($20 million).
Quest Hotel in Woolooware ($20 million).
Beetson Hotel (formerly Gambaro Hotel) in Brisbane ($30 million).
Ibis Styles Hotel in Port Macquarie ($15.5 million).
Mantra Hotel in Brisbane ($22 million).

The aim is to have $300 million in revenue-generating assets.

Although the era when it was affordable has long gone, it would be nice if NRL buys or makes it's own stadium eventually, like AFL who own Marvel stadium.

 

[Sproj]

What happens if the opposition gets elected soon and pulls the plug on this? Is there any clause in around that? $600 million to PNG of tax payer money with a large chunk going to boofhead football players who don't contribute much to society may not go down well in non-league areas.

 

[BRC088]

Yeah, I think I'm done with the NRL now, back to grass roots for me.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Will be interested to see how their recruitment goes, but I just can't see them putting together a competitive roster... can see them being bottom 4 and numerous spoons until the Federal bank of Australia cuts its funding and they get culled.

Agreed.......no NRL player will want to live fulltime in PNG.

 

[mitch222]

Agreed.......no NRL player will want to live fulltime in PNG.

If that tax exemption is in place then it will attract players. If your on a mill now, your basically paying 450K in tax at the moment and that 450K can go along way.

 

[Renegade]

Well i reckon its pretty cool, politics aside.

 

[Sproj]

Given there will now be two international teams, does the N in NRL need to change?

 

[Gaz]

Given there will now be two international teams, does the N in NRL need to change?

Change it to Q

 

[Reds2011]

If that tax exemption is in place then it will attract players. If your on a mill now, your basically paying 450K in tax at the moment and that 450K can go along way.

Speaking as someone who lived in Port Moresby for a while... Nowhere near enough. I don't think a lot of you blokes realise just what a dangerous place it is, and that's fair enough without having spent time working there.

I know, compounds, security guards, etc etc. Reality is that security advice when I was there if someone got in, was to grab your shotgun from under the bed, blow them away, then put a round into the ceiling as a warning shot so you could tell the cops you fired one.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Speaking as someone who lived in Port Moresby for a while... Nowhere near enough. I don't think a lot of you blokes realise just what a dangerous place it is,

Exactly......

 

[Cult]

Agreed.......no NRL player will want to live fulltime in PNG.

I'm not sure they'll have to. They'd really only have to spend 12 weeks there a year wouldn't they? They'd be like a FIFO footy player.

 

[Waynesaurus]

Reality is that security advice when I was there if someone got in, was to grab your shotgun from under the bed, blow them away, then put a round into the ceiling as a warning shot so you could tell the cops you fired one.

I'm sure the NRL could find a firearms company sponsorship with Vlando's connections in Vegas.

 

[Mr Fourex]

I'm not sure they'll have to. They'd really only have to spend 12 weeks there a year wouldn't they? They'd be like a FIFO footy player.

Are NRL players only involved with their club for 3 months of the year....I don't think so.

 

[Cult]

Are NRL players only involved with their club for 3 months of the year....I don't think so.

Do NRL players spend the entirety of the year in the city their club is from... I don't think so.

They'd be able to schedule it so they spend most of their time in Australia or NZ. Game on Saturday in Brisbane or Sydney? Lets fly in Monday and train in Cairns or Logan all week. In Sydney the next week? Let's stay here. Game in PNG the next week? Time to jump on the plane and head to the compound.

 

[Harry Sack]

Speaking as someone who lived in Port Moresby for a while... Nowhere near enough. I don't think a lot of you blokes realise just what a dangerous place it is, and that's fair enough without having spent time working there.

I know, compounds, security guards, etc etc. Reality is that security advice when I was there if someone got in, was to grab your shotgun from under the bed, blow them away, then put a round into the ceiling as a warning shot so you could tell the cops you fired one.

Yep. Have never lived there but I used to keep in contact with a guy I worked with at Coles and when he finished Uni, his job sent him to PNG. The pictures of the compound he was staying in were intense.

I know a guy who's a geologist...kind of part time? It's a long story but he used to do it full time and would get jobs in PNG for a set period of time. Some of the stories he tells are real eye openers. Life was basically meaningless in some of the areas that he worked.