Agreed, Both Parties had plenty of time, One could not hold there nerve (the other handled it alot better) and it paid off.WookieReturns wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:04 pmneither of them needed to be done during the height of COVID. The AFL proved that while Vlandys shit the bed on this.leeroy*NRL* wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 12:57 pm
the 2 deals (NRL & AFL) will be measured no matter what>> its been nothing but gloating and takedowns towards PVL and NRL about AFL deal
with one being done in height of COVID the other in different circumstances.
The deals will be measured by the same people that always do with assumptions not really based on conclusive evidence - the NRL dont post separate broadcast rights accounts, and NRL folks do like to exclude parts of the media rights deal they dont like while leaving everything in the NRL ones.
But most of all - it wont start until 3 years AFTER the AFL one, with all manner of new things bolted on to get a better deal, it MUST get a better deal than the AFL in 2028.
2028 could be alot different how NRL post its Media TV RIghts as a whole (well i hope they do) they always short change themselves
Combine everything.. i say.
Interesting thing is will NRL go a 5 year deal or longer term deal ( i think a Broadcaster would pay more for a longer DEAL)