Webcke's vision

[davidsos]

Perth and Adelaide should be in the comp.... but not until the new TV rights deal is done in 2013. 5 years to build some support for the code either by taking existing games there or but getting the community involved al la Gold Coast. It makes the game truly national and also doesn't give the TV networks any free product.

Pay TV recently stated that the reason that they payed more for the AFL (even though NRL had twice as may games in the top100) was because they wanted more subsciptions from outside of Qld and NSW. Given then that the next time the TV deal is done the NRL would have teams in VIC, SA and WA, surely we could get far more dollars to support these new teams anyway.

 

[Coxy]

Media commentators suggest that by 2012 Foxtel will be just about reaching saturation point of subscribers in Australia (ie, as many people who can afford it will be signed up already), and while attracting the "leftovers" would be important to them the big money will go to things that can retain subscribers.

Remember most are on 1 or 2 year contracts to stay, and so they will be looking at what entices them to continue beyond the initial contract phase.

If the NRL continues having good ratings on Pay TV, they will have greater bargaining power.

 

[Hamm.0]

People listen!

Have any of you been to Adelaide? I have, let me tell you something;

Adelaide doesn't even have a RL article in the sports pages, on a Monday. They honestly don't even know what RL is.

To float (and that is all that would happen, as no matter how much $$ you pumped into it, you wouldn't get more than 3000 ppl to games on a regular basis) a team there would be a useless financial drain on the code.

The NRL would be better off wasting their money somewhere else. Honestly, there would be as much success in Adelaide, as there would be in Tasmania.

 

[Fozz]

Rams attracted an average crowd of 15,000 in 1997, it did drop to 7,000 in 1998 though.

IMO it would be worth a go as long as they were in it for the long haul not 2 years like last time.