Vlandy's will get a sore arm patting himself and the NRL on the back.
he claims that during the pandemic the NRL was 2 months away from being insolvent and now they are making record profits.
there is also the claim that every single NRL club is "in the black"
On a daytime GF, he contradicts himself, proves the NRL only care about NSW and pulls figures out of his ass: he says
“It’s a thing of the past, the 3pm grand-final kick-off,” he said.
“It will not go back to that timeslot.
“I find it ironic that people want us to change the kick-off time. If I consider the fans, we will keep the grand final exactly where it is because our figures show the current timeslot is when the majority of fans watch it.
“The 7.30pm timeslot works because it’s a public holiday the next day in NSW, so kids can stay up later to watch a night grand final.
“There’s no doubt we could consider tweaking the time slightly but, if we put the grand final on in the afternoon, for argument’s sake, the majority of fans can’t watch it.
“They have other things to do during their day on a Sunday.
“Why would you want to lose 50 per cent of your audience going to an afternoon kick-off?”