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Only so much you can trust the media last Friday they were in administration now they are inching towards it

Spot on, while the state based T20 comp was working unlike super rugby they almost need to blow it up and start again like they did with the BBL

Because if you get 0.5% of the city on board that’s 25k members

The problem is the AFL has been trying to support and grow the game in NSW and Queensland for over 100 years now and through the Swans and Lions they are starting to see a ROI. Rugby Australia still just thinks of the heartland

Most comps have a rule about a minimum spend. Also with the super rugby cap being 4.4 to now 5.5m you can’t be sitting 2m below it. You wouldn’t get within 50 points ever. It’s up to Rugby Australia to fund the player payments

lol yeah so we should just sit millions below the salary cap it’s nonsensical

It’s RA fault. You can’t set a salary cap and then not fund the cap. Every cent paid to an AFL player comes from the AFL the club doesn’t fund any of that

They will play League. Storm have finally looked to grow League here as a participation sport. I went down to the Harmony cup last year at the new centre of excellence they are building in Broadmeadows all the pitches are made but the rooms aren’t yet. If the Rebels fold all the good kids will...

Nobody, no Rebel’s no support for the game in Aus full stop. Honestly if the rebels are gone I wouldn’t even consider getting the kids into rugby, you’d take them to play Aussie rules are League Where are the likes of Leota going to go without the Rebels? The Melbourne Storm Academy

Well the report seems to be the 50m is contingent on the Rebels remaining. Not enough money is spent on grass roots because the game is short of money without a cash injection this will not change

Re-read the article, forgive me I raced through it yesterday. It does say “nine would likey seek”

Taking the 50m is by far a better decision, when no other state has put money on the table. RA is better off with that money, that they can then spend on grass roots development in all states. If NSW wants the final for Sydney than out bid Vic it is simple

Na let’s go play it in Sydney and get nothing for it. Great idea. It’s myopic thinking like that, that is hurting the game

Nine has said they will be seeking a reduction in the rights if the Rebels aren’t in

I can’t see how the club isn’t around next year. If the reports are true that the state government is offering 50m plus to host the finals and semi’s and that is contingent upon a Melbourne side. As was printed in the same article about the debt and entering administration then Rugby Australia...

One thing they have to fix up, the rare time you lose two hookers to a HIA. They are ruled out by an independent doctor, so you aren’t going to uncontested to gain a tactical advantage

I’d worry about your own finances champ

Lol rugby Aus does nothing for the game down here. The reason we get premium tests is because the state government pays for them. The reason we stand a chance to get the World Cup final is because the state government has 50m on the table for it, while no other state is offering anything

Buying a second lotto ticket it tonight. Thank me later when I win. I’ll give the Rebels 20m to keep them alive

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