agree with those comments but that is the problem it has been well known over the years that Rugby Union and AFL have always had the bigger end of town on their side, and hence the bigger deals with endorsements and so forth. No matter how popular it is on TV in NSW and QLD it struggles to pull in corporate deals the same way they do in AFL and Rugby Union. The clubs are always saying (even the more well off) they could do with more sponsorship deals and most rely on the Leagues club to put in a couple of million dolaars or so a year to help balance it up.
Comparing it the overseas competitions it is not really relevant as teh competitions are bigger with greater populations viewing them so organisations will naturally pay more to get that exposure.
I do totally agree though on that better concessions need to made for long serving players or for players that have come through the junior development of the club.