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The stats I quoted above are from an article by Roy Masters. It would seem that the actions of a few are not going to ruin it for the majority who do right by their club, code and community.
It will be interesting to see whats offered when the new contracts come up.
Cheers.
Double or nothing: Why the NRL TV rights are worth $1 billion
http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/exp...worth-1-billion/2009/05/15/1242335881328.html
Hi Spooly
LOL
If you enjoy his writing, take a look at his article titled....."AFL's Growth Plan a Code Violation", written 15 Feb 2009. Unfortunately all the good words he has spun in your story start to unravel when you read into his hidden agenda.
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/ne...-code-violation/2008/02/15/1202760600565.html
Makes interesting reading in conjunction with your piece - at least he is trying to promote rugby league, even if he is being liberal with the truth. He is using the old Duckman line ........its not a lie if you truely believe it yourself. When it comes down to it - Roy wants to get the message out there that the value of the broadcast rights should be equal, because he knows that once Sydney and Gold Coast come on line and be successful - the NRL will NEVER, EVER be in a position again to even suggest such a thing. He is, in essence fighting for survival - and you can see that in his writings. He has positioned himself as a war correspondent!!!!
The problem I have with Roy these days is that he is more of a Anti-AFL mouthpiece than a Pro-NRL mouthpiece. Spends more time shouting down AFL and trying to put up the barriers in Sydney than praising the NRL.
Spooly you need to look behind the hidden agendas. Take the last Qld Election. Wasn't it amazing to see the LNP come out and be furiously against the redevelopment of the Gold Coast stadium for the AFL. The LNP were not going to have a bar of it. I wonder why that was? Maybe because the President of the Gold Coast soccer club is none other than Clive Palmer - yes the same Clive Palmer who is the biggest single contributor to the LNP coffers!!
Anyway we are getting way off topic sorry - maybe we should start a new thread if either of us was so inclined.
Regards
Duckman