Foxtel $100m Broadcast Deal

[TwinTurbo]

Who has access to the Telegraph articles?

NRL seals $100m broadcast deal with Foxtel for expansion in ...

The NRL has agreed to terms with Foxtel on a new broadcast deal for a 17-team competition in a move poised to deliver an NRL expansion ...

Always a Bulldog

 

[JayBee]

Possibly explains why they gave up and barely put up a fight for the A-league rights.

 

[Wahesh]

How is a second Brisbane team expansion? All they're doing is putting another team in a one-team city. That's not expansion.

If they want expansion, they should consider Perth, Adelaide, Central Coast/North Sydney and even Darwin/Hobart/PNG. This is not expansion.

 

[Malla]

How is a second Brisbane team expansion? All they're doing is putting another team in a one-team city. That's not expansion.

If they want expansion, they should consider Perth, Adelaide, Central Coast/North Sydney and even Darwin/Hobart/PNG. This is not expansion.

Wot

 

[Mal_Z]

How is a second Brisbane team expansion? All they're doing is putting another team in a one-team city. That's not expansion.

If they want expansion, they should consider Perth, Adelaide, Central Coast/North Sydney and even Darwin/Hobart/PNG. This is not expansion.

Honestly we don't have the talent to go around. And if we did in those areas, no one club has the money to unearth it. The NRL are making shitons there's no real incentive to go that far out

 

[TwinTurbo]

How is a second Brisbane team expansion? All they're doing is putting another team in a one-team city. That's not expansion.

If they want expansion, they should consider Perth, Adelaide, Central Coast/North Sydney and even Darwin/Hobart/PNG. This is not expansion.

They have to pay for the expansion and the broadcasters told the NRL that they would pay extra for a 2nd team in SE Qld. That's how the NRL can afford to pay for the expansion. There was absolutely zero interest in Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin or NT with viewing audiences too small to count. Any new teams there would fail as the NRL wouldn't have the funds to support it for the many years it would take to be self sustaining. There was some interest in Perth, but lukewarm at best and the AFL threatened any existing WA based sponsor looking to shift. Personally I have always thought that the Central Coast was a must have, but Newcastle fight it every time it is raised.

The fact is Redcliffe are self sustaining right now and the NRL won't have to contribute ongoing more than they do for any other team. Plus they will have a reasonably competitive team very quickly.

Always a Bulldog

 

[Cappuccino]

Wot

Don't listen to him.
He's strayed away from "The Lounge" again.
Bloke should be barred from all footy conversations

 

[Kempsey Dog]

How is a second Brisbane team expansion? All they're doing is putting another team in a one-team city. That's not expansion.

If they want expansion, they should consider Perth, Adelaide, Central Coast/North Sydney and even Darwin/Hobart/PNG. This is not expansion.

West Coast Pirates should have been the first ones in imo

 

[Dogmonster]

Oh no another qld team to watch, central coast bears would have been better.

 

[KambahOne]

I don't see how this deal benefits Foxtel? There'll still only be 8 games per round as they'll just spread the existing byes out over the season. I'd say most footy supporters in the region of the new expansion club (Brisbane) would already have Foxtel so there's little to no new market? Am I missing something?

 

[Wahesh]

They have to pay for the expansion and the broadcasters told the NRL that they would pay extra for a 2nd team in SE Qld. That's how the NRL can afford to pay for the expansion. There was absolutely zero interest in Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin or NT with viewing audiences too small to count. Any new teams there would fail as the NRL wouldn't have the funds to support it for the many years it would take to be self sustaining. There was some interest in Perth, but lukewarm at best and the AFL threatened any existing WA based sponsor looking to shift. Personally I have always thought that the Central Coast was a must have, but Newcastle fight it every time it is raised.

The fact is Redcliffe are self sustaining right now and the NRL won't have to contribute ongoing more than they do for any other team. Plus they will have a reasonably competitive team very quickly.

Always a Bulldog

I don't know how the Knights have the power to over-rule the NRL with a Central Coast team. The Knights need to understand that Newcastle is a completely DIFFERENT region to the Central Coast, and most of the supporters in the Central Coast do not support them, and their support will most likely stem from Sydney's Northern Beaches/North Shore. Their biggest rivals will be Manly, not the Knights.

 

[B-Train]

They should add two more teams or don't add any at all. A 17 team comp with byes isn't ideal. An extra game per week with 18 teams instead of 17 would have brought in a lot more revenue.

They should add a second Brisbane team and the Central Coast Bears/Perth Pirates..

 

[belmore_utd]

Any format which requires a team to have a bye in round 1 is a joke competition

 

[TwinTurbo]

They should add two more teams or don't add any at all. A 17 team comp with byes isn't ideal. An extra game per week with 18 teams instead of 17 would have brought in a lot more revenue.

They should add a second Brisbane team and the Central Coast Bears/Perth Pirates..

That’s not how the broadcasters see it, twice as many games with SE Qld teams in them is far more attractive than the alternatives. To introduce more teams the NRL needs $millions and the broadcasters offered it for another Brisbane team, they did not offer it for the alternatives. As much as we might not like it the answer is always “money”.

A bonus, anything that diminishes the Donkeys one city advantage is a good thing as far as I’m concerned.

Always a Bulldog

 

[B-Train]

That’s not how the broadcasters see it, twice as many games with SE Qld teams in them is far more attractive than the alternatives. To introduce more teams the NRL needs $millions and the broadcasters offered it for another Brisbane team, they did not offer it for the alternatives. As much as we might not like it the answer is always “money”.

A bonus, anything that diminishes the Donkeys one city advantage is a good thing as far as I’m concerned.

Always a Bulldog

Having a second Brisbane team is certainly a good thing but I can't see how adding a whole new timeslot and market in Perth wouldn't add a lot to the league as well as money for the broadcasters.

Perth has a purpose built stadium as well as a fanbase that supports Rugby League whenever it's played there. They have junior leagues as well. The NRL needs to eventually try and become more national.

 

[Raysie]

I'm fine with Redcliffe joining as they've earned it and have proven they can mostly look after themselves, unlike the majority of our existing NRL clubs. Brisbane needs another club, simple as that.

For the 18th team, there needs to be more discussion and consideration around adding an additional NZ club. The Warriors will never grow anymore than they have on their own, as they'll always be seen as an Auckland club and not representative of all of NZ.

There needs to be a local rivalry here to spark national interest and to me the Christchurch/Canterbury area is a no brainer.

They've got the talent, it's a booming region, it'd be North vs South and the local derbys would instantly become one of the biggest sporting events in NZ overnight.

Pretty sick of how ignorant the NRL have been of NZ. We're a sleeping giant here and deserve more respect.

 

[CroydonDog]

People need to get over Central Coast Bears. Never going to happen.

Next 2 markets in line for a team will be Perth and another NZ team.

 

[CroydonDog]

I don't see how this deal benefits Foxtel? There'll still only be 8 games per round as they'll just spread the existing byes out over the season. I'd say most footy supporters in the region of the new expansion club (Brisbane) would already have Foxtel so there's little to no new market? Am I missing something?

That was my thoughts too. There might be some more people watching games in Redcliffe/Brisbane, but surely the extra number of viewers would be pretty marginal?

 

[KambahOne]

That was my thoughts too. There might be some more people watching games in Redcliffe/Brisbane, but surely the extra number of viewers would be pretty marginal?

Exactly. Maybe this is just Foxtel spending all the jobseeker it managed to suck off the public teat?

 

[TwinTurbo]

Apparently according to their research there was no contest, 2nd team in Brisbane was way ahead on every measure, marketing, viewers, advertisers junior league, funding, existing infrastructure etc. Daylight came second, it was not even close on any of the measures.

Always a Bulldog