It's abundantly clear from recent years there are 2 elite teams in the Storm and Panthers followed by Souths, when they're at full strength they could beat any team, the Rorters are still competitive but aren't the team they were a few years back as time catches with them. Cowboys are having a good season but can they keep it up, doubt it. Eels are to inconsistent and don't have the depth of the Storm and Penrith. Broncos have been the most improved team this season while Cronulla are hot and cold and Raiders are playing well enough to make the 8 but are making up the numbers, the rest aren't anywhere near competitive.
Why then do we need to expand the competition when there clearly isn't enough talent to go around 16 clubs let alone 17.
Understand they want to expand the game but they would be better off having a 1st and 2nd division competition like they do in English Football (soccer) or alternatively have conferences like they do in US team sports.
Adding more teams further weakens an already top heavy competition and that was clearly evident prior the Super League war when Quayle and Arthurson thought it was wise to expand the competition from 16 to 20 teams back in 1995 when the Warriors, Cowboys, South Queensland Crushers and Western Reds were included. This was the catalyst for the Super League wars. Crushers, Western Reds didn't last long North Sydney were kicked out in 1999 and Balmain and Wests merged to form the West Tigers from 2000. St George merged with Illawarra in 1998 and the Storm entered the comp the same year.
V'landys is doing the same in the NRL as he has done in horse racing where he just wants more revenue, which is great but not at the expense of the quality of the sport(s). V'landys has a background in wagering and knows the more people bet on sports or racing the more money that makes for them but the game is more the poorer for this. He has saturated Sydney Saturday horse racing by increasing the number of races from 8 to 10 and those extra races are made up of country horses that nobody knows anything about but he knows mugs will bet on 2 flies crawling up a wall so he introduces more races and now NRL games for people to lose their money on.
I believe LESS is MORE! Have the top 12 or 14 (no more) in first division and have a 2nd division where the top two teams are promoted the following year and the below 2 teams are demoted from 1st division. This would make the season more interesting and have more people following if they bring in more teams to make up a 12 team 2nd division competition.
Why then do we need to expand the competition when there clearly isn't enough talent to go around 16 clubs let alone 17.
Understand they want to expand the game but they would be better off having a 1st and 2nd division competition like they do in English Football (soccer) or alternatively have conferences like they do in US team sports.
Adding more teams further weakens an already top heavy competition and that was clearly evident prior the Super League war when Quayle and Arthurson thought it was wise to expand the competition from 16 to 20 teams back in 1995 when the Warriors, Cowboys, South Queensland Crushers and Western Reds were included. This was the catalyst for the Super League wars. Crushers, Western Reds didn't last long North Sydney were kicked out in 1999 and Balmain and Wests merged to form the West Tigers from 2000. St George merged with Illawarra in 1998 and the Storm entered the comp the same year.
V'landys is doing the same in the NRL as he has done in horse racing where he just wants more revenue, which is great but not at the expense of the quality of the sport(s). V'landys has a background in wagering and knows the more people bet on sports or racing the more money that makes for them but the game is more the poorer for this. He has saturated Sydney Saturday horse racing by increasing the number of races from 8 to 10 and those extra races are made up of country horses that nobody knows anything about but he knows mugs will bet on 2 flies crawling up a wall so he introduces more races and now NRL games for people to lose their money on.
I believe LESS is MORE! Have the top 12 or 14 (no more) in first division and have a 2nd division where the top two teams are promoted the following year and the below 2 teams are demoted from 1st division. This would make the season more interesting and have more people following if they bring in more teams to make up a 12 team 2nd division competition.