blah blah blah ..... this rigged .. manipulated .. contrived sport still has to allow the Swines & Paddle pop lions .. allowances in the salary cap to keep them competitive & win titles that are tainted & in comps of a low standard.Drac wrote:Thing is, expansion is always very hard and financially draining in the short term, but you have to start some time. It will take a few more years untill the AFL is back to normal operations, and probably another 8 or so years before the two new franchises will be able to stand on their own two feet. It doesn't matter when the nRL expands, whether now or in ten years time, the initial negative impact and cost will be the same. By biting the bullet and expanding now, the AFL will be settled, stronger, and much bigger than it already is by the time the nRL decides to think about maybe considering expanding perhaps. Expanding the AFL into Sydney and Brisbane all those decades ago was seen as folly back then, and both clubs went broke several times. The Swans started with average crowds of 3k, and the Bears not much better, but we are now the biggets league in the land because we bit the bullet, weathered the short term pain, focused on the long-term growth of the sport, and we'll do so again. There are over 50 NSW players on AFL lists, and over 50 QLD players on AFL lists, and that number will only grow over the next 20 years with double the teams in those states. The Suns and Giants crowds haven't been good enough by AFL standards, and will grow, but they've been competitive against local nRL rivals (hell the Suns even beat the Titans for attendance in their first year). Those kids who get visits in schools and get given free tickets will grow up with the expansion teams over the next 10 years, all while the nRL waits on expansion, choosing instead to focus their funds on deadbeat teams in Sydney.Raiderdave wrote:wow
this is bad news for the VFL
the NRL is not going to make the same mistake they did by ruining their comp & starting up 2 new waste of space teams that will bleed the coffers dry for decades
no .... as the article points out
new teams if not done properly , add nothing & in fact when they're done poorly , bring down the comp.... look at the thuns & midgits for an example
ruining the VFL .. because the VFL F 'd up
that mistake will take ten years to just get the rest of the comp back to an even keel ... these 2 teams however will be sucking on VFL funds a long time after this
along with many others who will be worse off as well .... VFL yep...its dying
no mill stones around our necks though .... just record TV deal after record TV deal to spend on our existing 16 clubs & the development of our game
nah
the best news for the VFL would have been we were going to expand & tie up a lot of our new found funds to do it
we're now going to instead use these funds to run their silly little game out of NSW & QLD ..... for good
NRL: focused on keeping its head above water.
AFL: short term pain for long term gain.
after 30 F'ing years , 4 GF appearances whilst in Sydney .. 14 finals campaigns in the last 17 years .. they still get unfair advantages wot a crock
50 NSW kids on VFL lists ...but only about 4 from anywhere north of Holbrook
the 50 from QLD .. their parents hailing from somewhere in the Sthn States
the other 2 new basket cases need RL stars to make them rellavent ... after 30 years ... apart from ex pats theres still no rusted on support for this Victorian trash
no more people are watching your sport in NSW & QLD with 4 teams then when they had 2
in fact 360,000 less people watched the VFL this year .. but it had 22 extra games
but Vlad tells brain washed morons like you its all a long term plan & you dopes .. lap it up
brain dead cultists
VFL expansion will send the VFL broke
& good riddance to the egotistical sh.it bags when it does