My theorie no. Because everyone will be on the same level everyone is gonna be affected financially I think tradies on small businesses may be the best out of this outcome we work in smal groups . Rl will survive it’s media scare tactics
Media scare tactics???
Did the media plunder the golden goose that 25 years of rich broadcast deals reaped?
Did the media employ several questionable consultants who no-one has ever heard of and their work remains unpublished or unactioned?
Did the media strategise that an unholy reliance on broadcast deals would prop the game up in the future at the expense of the fan?
Don't have much time for V'Landys but he's right: the game had to continue this season at the behest of its paylords at 9, Sportsbet and Fox.
What does that tell you about the 'independence' of the NRL?
The AFL can afford to suspend its comp. It squirrelled money away and that rainy day has come. It owns its own stadium, it prioritised itself as a game for fans rather than media barons and betting agencies.
Nup. Rugby League won't die but the NRL will, along with the rampant cronyism, nepotism (think Suttons) and hangers-on that have leached the code dry!!