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Brent Read From: The Australian July 20, 2011 12:00AM
STRUGGLING NRL clubs are set to receive the kiss of life tomorrow when chief executive David Gallop outlines plans to use money from the the game's next television deal to dramatically increase the size of the grant from 2013.
.Gallop and broadcasting consultant Colin Smith are scheduled to make presentations as part of a summit on the game's future, which will be attended by chief executives and chairmen from all 16 clubs.
The most significant issues are the season schedule from 2013 and negotiations over the next broadcasting deal.
The Australian understands the NRL will outline a series of scenarios for the TV rights, which some optimistic officials hope could generate as much as $1 billion over five years, from 2013.
The NRL is expected to propose significant increases in the amount of money it dispenses to the clubs each year.
That should appease the concerns of club chairmen, who will hold their own meeting before the summit to discuss where they think the game should head under an independent commission.
Central to their concerns is the financial future of their clubs. With the clubs appeased, the focus will switch to the players, who are hoping for a significant increase in their own pay when the broadcasting deal comes to fruition.
However, the NRL's desire to improve the lot of its clubs could come at the expense of the players. Rugby League Professionals Association chief executive David Garnsey met the NRL yesterday and was taken through the proposed structure of the competition from 2013.
It is understood that proposal, which one official described
as revolutionary yesterday, includes the scrapping of City-Country, shifting State of Origin games to Monday nights and the remainder of the representative calendar moved to the end of the year.
It is also understood there will be greater protection of clubs with a high number of representatives, a move designed to ease the load on the game's elite players.
Yet the NRL did not disclose its plans for the salary cap at the meeting, perhaps wary of alienating the players before the TV deal is completed.
"The purpose of the meeting is to drill down into a couple of key issues rather than trying to look at everything in the game at this stage of the season," Gallop said.
"Those issues are the future structure of the broadcasting rights and the impact of the broadcasting rights on the level of the salary cap and the grant.
"We have had a long-held view that we wanted the grant to equal, if not exceed, the cap to provide financial stability to the clubs and certainly the scenarios we are looking at are going to to do that."
South Sydney chairman Nick Pappas will also address the meeting and announce the game's inaugural eight independent commissioners, who were confirmed at a meeting of stakeholders on Monday.
Meanwhile, officials are optimistic the NRL's legal stoush with Queensland coach Mal Meninga could be resolved by the end of the week as talks continue.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...nts-to-its-clubs/story-e6frg7mf-1226097854496
STRUGGLING NRL clubs are set to receive the kiss of life tomorrow when chief executive David Gallop outlines plans to use money from the the game's next television deal to dramatically increase the size of the grant from 2013.
.Gallop and broadcasting consultant Colin Smith are scheduled to make presentations as part of a summit on the game's future, which will be attended by chief executives and chairmen from all 16 clubs.
The most significant issues are the season schedule from 2013 and negotiations over the next broadcasting deal.
The Australian understands the NRL will outline a series of scenarios for the TV rights, which some optimistic officials hope could generate as much as $1 billion over five years, from 2013.
The NRL is expected to propose significant increases in the amount of money it dispenses to the clubs each year.
That should appease the concerns of club chairmen, who will hold their own meeting before the summit to discuss where they think the game should head under an independent commission.
Central to their concerns is the financial future of their clubs. With the clubs appeased, the focus will switch to the players, who are hoping for a significant increase in their own pay when the broadcasting deal comes to fruition.
However, the NRL's desire to improve the lot of its clubs could come at the expense of the players. Rugby League Professionals Association chief executive David Garnsey met the NRL yesterday and was taken through the proposed structure of the competition from 2013.
It is understood that proposal, which one official described
as revolutionary yesterday, includes the scrapping of City-Country, shifting State of Origin games to Monday nights and the remainder of the representative calendar moved to the end of the year.
It is also understood there will be greater protection of clubs with a high number of representatives, a move designed to ease the load on the game's elite players.
Yet the NRL did not disclose its plans for the salary cap at the meeting, perhaps wary of alienating the players before the TV deal is completed.
"The purpose of the meeting is to drill down into a couple of key issues rather than trying to look at everything in the game at this stage of the season," Gallop said.
"Those issues are the future structure of the broadcasting rights and the impact of the broadcasting rights on the level of the salary cap and the grant.
"We have had a long-held view that we wanted the grant to equal, if not exceed, the cap to provide financial stability to the clubs and certainly the scenarios we are looking at are going to to do that."
South Sydney chairman Nick Pappas will also address the meeting and announce the game's inaugural eight independent commissioners, who were confirmed at a meeting of stakeholders on Monday.
Meanwhile, officials are optimistic the NRL's legal stoush with Queensland coach Mal Meninga could be resolved by the end of the week as talks continue.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...nts-to-its-clubs/story-e6frg7mf-1226097854496
