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Reds scrum will be licking their lips with Ned H in the row

Isn't the goss that we may be a Kayo only sport, or at least one that isn't guaranteed to be on Foxsports 1 to 4 for every match. There's still scope for money from Foxtel (and maybe relatively significant money). They are only paying around $25m a year at the moment, which only means 25,000...

Added another. But only if you're very cynical

Interesting stats in Roy Masters Column today on the massive debt issue facing Foxtel and Fox sports. 80% of broadcast funding for sports in Australia comes from Foxtel. Vast majority of that is AFL, NRL and cricket. They need 5 Kayo subscribers to generate as much revenue as 1 Foxtel...

Always been the issue. Work out how many teams you want and multiply by the average wage you want to pay your players. Double that for costs of running the team and the comp

I wouldn't understimate the following these guys have. He's got 350k followers on Instagram, which is probably what you'd expect for a sports star of his magnitude. Quade has about 400k as an example. The have a huge reach and each post gets a lot of visibility in the social media space Up...

And then they could start planning on how they were going to operate without their major sponsor's money, and the board of directors could have a nice meetup with their NSWRU counterparts and exchange stories as to how they sent their organisations into insolvency.

Is Naivalu out too? McGahan and Tela are in the squad and could play 10 or 15 with Hegarty 10/15.

Cutting funding to those sport will make next to no difference to foxtel's bottom line. I'd be surprised if there was even $80m worth of cuts available from those sports a year - especially as the FFA's contract still has years to run. They need $500m a year turn around

Gee I hope Izzy is getting some good advice from somewhere. Reports today that he and his long term manager are estranged. So far that's the RA head of integrity (Barrister) and a QC (Quade Cooper), and 2xSCs that think the contract was breached and the penalty was appropriate. There's obvious questions...

The Reds still have outside backs available for selection though right? They just don't want to play them. There has to be some point to naming a squad. Pick from it unless you can't

I'm talking back on ABC, as reported on these very pages! The way the sample works the difference between 5 and 10 thousand is literally two or four people on the sample watching

Locals must be disappointed with those Shute Shield ratings. Wasn't so long ago they were averaging 35k and up over 50k at times.

QC (Quade Cooper) in talks with English Premiership side Harlequins https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/premiership-rugby-transfer-rumours-news-2863668

Let's not get too carried away. He playing well but isn't even in the top 2 locks at Saracens. Bit like Fardy. When everyone is fit he doesn't start. Do we really want to be sacrificing our super rugby teams for that level of player?

Foxtel probably pay around $25m to RA and around $55m to FFA per year, to put that $400m+ in perspective

Bookies now have Crusaders & Hurricanes there Rebels, Highlanders and Brumbies almost there Jags, Sharks then Bulls with Lions and Stormers very close to 50% Reds are only at 40% with Tahs, Blues then Chiefs very unlikely

$417m loss is a pretty incredible number. They have less than 3m subscribers. That is a pretty massive hole to be in.

Arnold, Coleman, Skelton, Carter, Douglas, Fardy, Dennis I'm pushing a few of them, but it's quite an exodus

Brumbies v Sunwolves didn't make top 20. <32k