Warriors vs Bunnies * Spoilers

[rnabokov]

Whoa - 12 all at half time.

 

[mck62]

Come on the bunnies

 

[rnabokov]

Come on the bunnies

Sack the Bunnies ha ha ha

C'mon Hammo - let's get another of your long winded rants. [icon_evillaugh

 

[Hamm.0]

Come on the bunnies

Sack the Bunnies ha ha ha

C'mon Hammo - let's get another of your long winded rants. [icon_evillaugh

Hmmmm.

How do you feel about Gasnier and the "exodus". Now I have to go work, don't have time to troll, however I'm pretty sure you are one of the posters who think we need to increase revenue to pay players more?

If so, like I have said before; if you are a fan of NRL growth, you can't be a fan of Souths in their current entity.

Is that enough of a bite? [icon_wink

 

[Playboy Bunny]

yiippeeee...happy happy joy joy

 

[rnabokov]

Come on the bunnies

Sack the Bunnies ha ha ha

C'mon Hammo - let's get another of your long winded rants. [icon_evillaugh

Hmmmm.

How do you feel about Gasnier and the "exodus". Now I have to go work, don't have time to troll, however I'm pretty sure you are one of the posters who think we need to increase revenue to pay players more?

If so, like I have said before; if you are a fan of NRL growth, you can't be a fan of Souths in their current entity.

Is that enough of a bite? [icon_wink

Chomp :P

I have posted about the "exodus" and I can't recall ever saying "we need to increase revenue to pay players more". However my friend - troll away. I always cop it sweet if I am wrong.

What I have posted is that that the market gets what the market wants, and that the NRL in my opinion will never be able to compete financially against ESL and ARU/other Yawnion.

As for players leaving for bigger paycheques, for me the issue is more the profiteering of what is no longer sport, but revenue raising spectacles. The players are just pawns in this - and we the fans of our code suffer.

And part of that suffering may well be that we have to sacrifice club loyalty, history and tradition which has sustained much of our culture for a 100 years.

And can you imagine the day when it won't be the Brisbane Broncos but the South East Qld Jumbucks?

So for as long as it's possible - Go the Bunnies! icon_smile

 

[Coxy]

In most areas of the world there is but 1 football code that is played. Hence there is enough money to support the necessary traditions.

That isn't the case in Australia. We're split into 4 different codes, and 12-16 different "traditions" in each one. And despite our relatively strong economy, the money overall is much smaller than in other nations.

Tradition is lovely. It makes you feel warm and fuzzy. But it doesn't pay the bills. The options we have are to retain our tradition and have 5-10000 people at games each week watching average players run around.

Or we bite the bullet and modernise our game and our code and attract new people to it.

I know what I'd prefer.

 

[rnabokov]

In most areas of the world there is but 1 football code that is played. Hence there is enough money to support the necessary traditions.

That isn't the case in Australia. We're split into 4 different codes, and 12-16 different "traditions" in each one. And despite our relatively strong economy, the money overall is much smaller than in other nations.

Tradition is lovely. It makes you feel warm and fuzzy. But it doesn't pay the bills. The options we have are to retain our tradition and have 5-10000 people at games each week watching average players run around.

Or we bite the bullet and modernise our game and our code and attract new people to it.

I know what I'd prefer.

I agree with you about the forced need to what effectively is, rationalizing League - I just don't like to see it happening.

I however disagree with you about your statement: "In most areas of the world there is but 1 football code that is played. Hence there is enough money to support the necessary traditions."

For example - the UK has soccer (the world game), Yawnion, and League, as does France, NZ, Sooth Efrica, and even the USA.

Fact is as you say (in other words), we are a pimple on the bum of the International Economy, and we are getting squeezed - and I'd hate to speculate what things will look like in 20 years.

Losing a club like the Bunnies will be for me, just another of a long string of tragedies that looks inevitable.

 

[Coxy]

The UK you could argue has soccer and rugby union, but the ESL is a minor competition there, just as the NRL is considered here.

In South Africa their soccer competition is tiny by comparison to its obsession with rugby.

NZ - league is a pimple compared to Union, and there's nothing else really.
France - Soccer would still be far ahead of Union, but yes, two codes there.
USA - American football dwarfs absolutely EVERYTHING else, despite the attempts to get soccer a following.

Australia is unique in that AFL, Union, League and now soccer all have pretty good followings, hence why they're so competitive for dollars. There's no doubt AFL continues to have the greatest capacity for revenue being nation wide with strong following at the highest level at least.

 

[rnabokov]

The UK you could argue has soccer and rugby union, but the ESL is a minor competition there, just as the NRL is considered here.

In South Africa their soccer competition is tiny by comparison to its obsession with rugby.

NZ - league is a pimple compared to Union, and there's nothing else really.
France - Soccer would still be far ahead of Union, but yes, two codes there.
USA - American football dwarfs absolutely EVERYTHING else, despite the attempts to get soccer a following.

Australia is unique in that AFL, Union, League and now soccer all have pretty good followings, hence why they're so competitive for dollars. There's no doubt AFL continues to have the greatest capacity for revenue being nation wide with strong following at the highest level at least.

Of course there is cricket ... icon_smile

Interestingly, Australia has a generally prosperous, Western-style mixed economy, with a per capita GDP slightly higher than that of the UK, Germany, and France in terms of purchasing power parity.

So maybe it IS the fact that NRL is really nationally and internationally, too small to attract big dollars.

Anyway - I'm going off topic... :shock: