Already half a dozen teams are all but out of contention to make the finals, yet the NRL could still expand a competition that only a handful can win.
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“When you look at the successful clubs, the common element is not just the roster; it’s the program they have to bring players through,” he said.
LOL., Roosters all bought Teddy, Keary, Cronk, SBW, Morris twins, JWH, Crighton etc etc.
The man is living a complete fantasy.
“Rather than talking about lopsided games, let’s look at the teams that are models to be looked at for success.
LOL, he thinks the NRL will achieve some sort of utopia where clubs will all end up being like the Melbourne Storm or something like that.
The guy shows his corporate naivety with thus thinking and lack of respect for the NRL supporters of the bottom 8 teams.
Us supporters didn't make the dumb decisions re retention and recruitment. We didn't sign duds to silly backended, inflated contracts. We aren't the ones letting our juniors wither on the vine.
Yet Vlad says tough luck, run your club like Rorters and Storm do.
Half of his bread and butter supporters in those 8 clubs, have had club officials ruin their clubs, or not cheated or "incentivised" or plucked the eyes out of the talent available.
So what does the great white hope of rugba leeg promote?
Making the comp more competitive by stoppping the gross advantages the top 6? clubs recurringly enjoy? No he tells over half the league supporting population what their clubs aren't run as good.
The non-performing, disadvanted team supporters, f#ing already know that.
What have we to look forward to as supporters of these low teams when the heirachy offer up crap like that to us.
We don't have any influence in our teams success, except continue to support our beloved team, whether it be Manly, Bulldogs, Cowboys, Broncs, Tigers, Dragons, Titans, Warriors, Knights...all recent perennial losers who's supporters know it takes 10 years to rebuild a club who has been badly managed...and the dumb head of the NRLol offers up platitudes to the long suffering supporters of poor performing teams that "they won't reward mediocrity".
Offers no hope to those supporters except to say your club has to be better.
Mate that statement sounds great but doesn't help fix 50% of your stakeholders! Yes 50% of the NRLol teams are not competitive and have new rules, introduced by you Vlad, that reinforce this lopsidedness.
Extremely poor governance from a corporate shyster controlling the game.
