we have 7 expressions of interest for expansioncooee wrote:The NRL aren't required to fund expansion.
We actually have people and locations that are so desperate to get an NRL team that they are willing to start their own bids and fund them.
You know all those Gold Coast Suns game that were said to be sold-out but still fell short of capacity. The reason why is because they have no corporate support.
No AFL support. No GC Suns. Local businesses and business people are just not interested.
the Central Coast of NSW , Perth Reds , Wellington NZ , PNG ,Brisbane Bombers , Ipswich , Cent QLD
we'll return to Adelaide in the next 10 years too
& as you say cooee ... all self funded
all backed by corporates so they are not a burden on the coffers of our sport
the Reason the NRL is not jumping at expansion is it requires players of a certain quality
you can't just .. start up sides .. & expect them to trott out a team of 1st grade standard ..without it impacting on the rest of the comp
this is where the AFL have F.ucked up their comp
just powered in like Bulls in a China shop ... allowing these 2 sides to rape n pillage the existing clubs with an inflated salary cap
watering the quality of the entire comp down
& turning it into the lop sided uncompetitive bucket of pooh it was in 2011... thats going to get worse in 2012
yep ..the talent pool spread way too far in the AFL
nope ... the NRL has a better attitude
we'll wait til our comp can support an extra 50 1st grade places properly ... so our comp won't loose its current eveness & quality when we do expand
in 2014/15
we'll do it right