I would say that comment is spot on. Fumbleball has clearly maxed out in the bubble states and has little improvement left there. They haves spent hundreds of millions in the educated northern states for small incremental improvements. They will need to keep spending that sort of money to keep a niche relevance. They tried NZ and got turfed out due to non interest. They have zero international appeal and nil upside there. Yep.....they've maxed out.The_Wookie wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2017 1:14 pmIts amazing how much stock you folks place in Roy Masters when you want to. The only people who think that are in Rugby league.pussycat wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2017 1:11 pm
And the last line of that article said " Rugby League has more upside than any other sport".
RL on the other hand has only recently got close to reaching it's financial potential and getting something resembling professional management. There are massive upsides to be had in the fumble states if managed properly. Even NSW and Qld can be improved in every regard. NZ RL is on the up with even All Blacks saying Auckland is now a RL town. A 2nd team over there is a massive upside. Then there is the Pacific islands where RL is on the rise and regularly supplying flyers for the NRL. Yep....big tick that one.
And of course there is the international game. All that needs is for the Poms to regularly beat us and the Kiwis and hey presto......massive upside on that front.
So yeah.......RL has more upside than any sport.....well said Roy.