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Nasheed here,
I think about this a lot and I think there's at least 2 too many teams in the nrl.
on talent alone I actually think we should have ten teams, but I got to be real. If we go the reduction route. It needs to be a small cut otherwise the fans will go cray cray.
In the NFL there's a team per 15 million people but in the nrl it's a team per 400000 (can't count south and west states). Half the teams are broke and it's a players market with how scarce the talent is. Just look at our fight for Cotric.with balance I'd expect that to be a player on Cherry Evans level but we are fighting for a fringe origin player.
It's ok when RL was community and urban but now it's pro and national, yet if you're a Samoan who's aggressive who can catch a ball you are in the system.
just look at the quality difference between origin and nrl and how much better the game was when it was reduced from 22 to 14 in the late nineties.
And teams that are profitable aren't even from the footy. It's from gambling or rich friends or apartments- not the product.
only thing is who do we punt?
Cronulla is the obvious because it's at George territory and small.
I'd like to think the titans because no one likes them and they are shit. But there's an argument they are needed for the SEQ footprint.
If they survive then I think it has to be us. Shambolic club. In a territory that's easily gangbanged from three ends in Parra, tigers and saints. We have a decent supporter base but it's a bad rep supporter base and it's dwindling.
I think we are the next Nth Sydney. Once were Warriors.
however the leagues club backing probably helps in real terms. Nasheed.
I think about this a lot and I think there's at least 2 too many teams in the nrl.
on talent alone I actually think we should have ten teams, but I got to be real. If we go the reduction route. It needs to be a small cut otherwise the fans will go cray cray.
In the NFL there's a team per 15 million people but in the nrl it's a team per 400000 (can't count south and west states). Half the teams are broke and it's a players market with how scarce the talent is. Just look at our fight for Cotric.with balance I'd expect that to be a player on Cherry Evans level but we are fighting for a fringe origin player.
It's ok when RL was community and urban but now it's pro and national, yet if you're a Samoan who's aggressive who can catch a ball you are in the system.
just look at the quality difference between origin and nrl and how much better the game was when it was reduced from 22 to 14 in the late nineties.
And teams that are profitable aren't even from the footy. It's from gambling or rich friends or apartments- not the product.
only thing is who do we punt?
Cronulla is the obvious because it's at George territory and small.
I'd like to think the titans because no one likes them and they are shit. But there's an argument they are needed for the SEQ footprint.
If they survive then I think it has to be us. Shambolic club. In a territory that's easily gangbanged from three ends in Parra, tigers and saints. We have a decent supporter base but it's a bad rep supporter base and it's dwindling.
I think we are the next Nth Sydney. Once were Warriors.
however the leagues club backing probably helps in real terms. Nasheed.