No.8
Phil Hardcastle (33)
Id like to see 4 teams from Syd/4 from Qld and 2 from ACT - there is no point starting a comp where we have "rep" sides i.e 2 nsw, 1 act, 2 qld etc - one it makes it way to hard to totally start from scratch and they already tried that and it died in the ass (even though I somewhat think the comp was set up to fail before it started and was only really started because of presure on the aru).
If you have a comp made up of clubs that are already in the Shute Shield, Qld comp, John I dent cup - they already have a following, they already have grounds, they already have players etc etc etc - All that needs to be done is:
1. Market/advertise the shit out of it
2. Get a TV deal - the new ONE channel on free to air would be perfect
3. Give teams/players the ability to go on "loan" to clubs that have made the national comp on short term contracts - from the teams that didnt make it
4. The teams that have made it - give them different jerseys/playing gear, different "look" to their normal club gear - same colours etc - just a different look to seperate the 2 comps - and sell the shit out of this new merchandise
5. Have the inclusion of current Wallabies/Super rugby players and also bring players from over-seas again on "short term" ARU contracts - bring some big names over from New Zealand, South Africa, England, Ireland, France etc - if they had 1-2 big names from over-seas in the comp it would explode...
6. Each teams play eachother twice - in a shortened comp where weekend and mid-week games are played (like ITM cup), simple top 4 make it through - 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3 - winners in the final (could make it top 6 - but if you want to keep it simple top 4)
- These are just a few things they NEED to do - main thing is injecting some money into the advertising/marketing/tv deals
Get some excitment into the game - build it as a fast and furious, sudden death comp
If you have a comp made up of clubs that are already in the Shute Shield, Qld comp, John I dent cup - they already have a following, they already have grounds, they already have players etc etc etc - All that needs to be done is:
1. Market/advertise the shit out of it
2. Get a TV deal - the new ONE channel on free to air would be perfect
3. Give teams/players the ability to go on "loan" to clubs that have made the national comp on short term contracts - from the teams that didnt make it
4. The teams that have made it - give them different jerseys/playing gear, different "look" to their normal club gear - same colours etc - just a different look to seperate the 2 comps - and sell the shit out of this new merchandise
5. Have the inclusion of current Wallabies/Super rugby players and also bring players from over-seas again on "short term" ARU contracts - bring some big names over from New Zealand, South Africa, England, Ireland, France etc - if they had 1-2 big names from over-seas in the comp it would explode...
6. Each teams play eachother twice - in a shortened comp where weekend and mid-week games are played (like ITM cup), simple top 4 make it through - 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3 - winners in the final (could make it top 6 - but if you want to keep it simple top 4)
- These are just a few things they NEED to do - main thing is injecting some money into the advertising/marketing/tv deals
Get some excitment into the game - build it as a fast and furious, sudden death comp