Talking Footy

At the risk of sounding like someone we all know;
ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU JERK!!

American Football more popular than RL in WA. Hahaha

To think the NRL is apparently considering WA for expansion.

It'll fall flat on it's face like it did before.

No response from the rl set.
Superbowl on Monday.

So it's safe to say American Football is more popular than Rugby League in WA yeah?

The superbowl received a lot of attention here. No sign of rl.

cos789 wrote:

The superbowl received a lot of attention here. No sign of rl.

Hang on a sec. News Ltd/NRL CEO David Gallop tells us Perth is being contemplated for future expansion. Clearly they didn't learn from their fuck up last time when the people of Perth said overwhelmingly... "WE"RE NOT INTERESTED IN RUGBY LEAGUE".

And they won't have the money to make it work after they only get $600 million in their TV rights deal.

NSWAFL wrote:

And they won't have the money to make it work after they only get $600 million in their TV rights deal.

That'd probably just cover present debts.

cos789 wrote:

NSWAFL wrote:

And they won't have the money to make it work after they only get $600 million in their TV rights deal.

That'd probably just cover present debts.

Yep.

The fact remains all AFL clubs have significantly greater incomes than NRL clubs due to great crowds and membership numbers. The crowds increase exposure that results in far greater money from sponsorship.

The NRL miss out on all these advantages because their fans believe the game is better on TV. Well then they better make the most of their TV rights because they will need it to come within a whiff of the AFL financially. Funny thing is, the AFL still has the far superior TV deal despite dominating the other revenue streams by miles!