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Adam Derpus and others. My post is not about the A-League and you're posts indicate you see it in that light or are saying rugby is better than soccer in Australia. That is / was not the intention. Further its a trap many on this forum fall into, the inability to separate personal bias from...

Don't get me started on rugbies treatment of rugby juniors. My wife will come looking for you with an axe I get very angry about how badly rugby grassroots are run when compared to other codes. Puts on helmet, runs the risk of captain obvious comments, mixed with a lot of bias. So before...

Quick to understand my post you need to appreciate my ranking of various competitions and codes. Level 1] AFL & NRL, both actively involved competition and structural changes. Level 2 ] Cricket by itself, Australia wide and constant changes to formats and competitions. Level 3] V8’s, Rugby...

Rush for tickets going on sale for Tahs game.

How or where did I even imply that. For the love of Mary, if mentioning a word triggers such a reaction . I was talking about how people love their local domestic competition. Further I said if the Central Coast did not have a team then a conversation about soccer I doubt would have taken...

If I look at the broad Australian sporting model, there are IMO 3 levels of professional sport, and then various levels of amateurism in sport. · In tier one for me its Cricket, AFL & NRL. · Tier two is Rugby, Soccer, V8’s, & Tennis. · Tier three is Netball, Basketball, Surfing, Golf...

They still run a rugby show and show the games live and have them on watch in hotels and club contracts. I have bagged fox for close to 20 years, but equally I acknowledge what they do right as well...

Broadcast agreements, need clarity beyond the straight dollars and broadcasting. At either end of the extreme the Nine / Stan could occur. At best, Nine promote the hell out of rugby have lots of cross over stories, make rugby highly visible. Have a weekly rugby program with a combination of...

Very very very astute post

Wallabies ratings are falling. HHHHHMMMMmmm many reasons are put forward. Hidden way on Fox is popular, as is poor RA management practices is another popular theory. I have posted for so so so so so so so so long this was going to happen if we did not establish a local domestic...

RA looking to do a deal with 9 and with 9 using Stan. In part it says. https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/rugby-union/rugby-australia-looks-to-strike-rights-deal-with-nine-20201008-p56386.html Industry sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks are confidential...

opps sorry guys wrong thread. The post is in the broadcast thread.

My belief is RA does not have either the liquid reserves nor the intellectual smarts to get out of the hole they find themselves in. I have for many years preached private equity models, are our solution as the owners should bring both the capital and intellect to move forward. Further I have...

So so so much unclear. Will 7 get out of the cricket or get the cricket at reduced prices, thus allowing 7 to bid. Its Optus playing dead and will they make a one minute to midnight bid. Is Amazon in play and if so at what price. Will Fox also make a one minute to midnight bid after...

If there is a code in a worst position that us it's soccer. A-League & Socceroo rating are in free fall, crowds are down, sponsors are leaving. A three year civil war between key stakeholders, the sacking of Lowy. So so so so so why mention this. Well, hhhmmmm eeerrr gggrrr they have...

Nutter & Dan Pink Floyd sang in “Wish You Were Here” “two lost souls swimming in a fish bowel year after year Going over the same old ground” At the risk of repeating my many many many many times made arguments. The money thing or lack of future money has been used for yonks now as the...

Dan What do you mean by "rugby as a sport would't survive long enough" How is this determined, i.e. by player numbers [real not someone who came for an hour], media, the number of professional teams, Interesting until FFA joined Asia Australia only once made the world cup, moreover the...

Mate for me its always been about expansion and new voices at the table. Central Coast, Newcastle, second Brisbane team, Western Sydney team, plus maybe a sorta Northern Beaches / Northern District team, kinda Eastwood, North Sydney, Gordon, Manly & The Rats forming a team as well. Thats 10...

^^^^^ Dru The combination of the pandemic, Trump, Johnson, China, and the increasing hard right the Murdoch press world wide is pushing, when added to together has me far less interested in rugby issues today. However reading these pages makes me feel many are still in the dark, almost in...

I am uncertain what direction to take, i.e. grab whatever you can when offered, or hold out for what you want, no one knows for sure how we come out of this. I was reading as part of a large medical article not worth linking but the article was looking at the post pandemic and indicating many...