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There was a time, not long ago, when NRL reporting in the Sydney Morning Herald, was balanced, fair and unemotional. This was in stark…
I just read comments suggesting that he didn’t fess up to the video because nobody at the NRL “asked him about it”. Perhaps a more appropriate response would have been “you think the photos were bad? You should have seen the video!” At the very least he would have killed two birds with one stone. And dare I say, young Nathan might be best to take this one on the chin because there’s a fair chance the chin would win on points. Just sayin’…
Players partying and going camping risk blowing it for all of us
With nary a word; “kaboom”… 😂
Players partying and going camping risk blowing it for all of us
Soon to be a Tik Tok plank; he’ll be walking it.
Players partying and going camping risk blowing it for all of us
Eloquence. Facts. Next! 👍
Players partying and going camping risk blowing it for all of us
Spruce, the math is not unrealistic because it’s affordable for one thing. Second, individual households, irrespective of family members in them, total over 8.5 million dwellings in NSW, VIC, ACT, QLD and NZ alone. Then there are other overseas markets and already tens of thousands of expats like me scattered all over the world. The UK market would be potentially strong and the US market, if properly marketed, is enormous. The collision of American football, whether NFL or college, runs mid-August through January and there’s a huge window there to educate people about what they call “rugby”.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
Pickett, I agree. People will still get games on FTA because networks need the content. Some won’t want to subscribe and others won’t be able to afford it. So, they’ll get games to watch, just with ads.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
Thanks Birdy. I know it’s largely speculative but geez I think V’Landys is the right guy to have in the chair.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
Paul, appreciate your feedback. V’Landys has got the players covered with agreed salary levels through next season so the NRL has a window. If the player managers are switched on, they would likely encourage clients to take the pain of 2020 knowing that the salary cap is potentially way higher afterwards. Rather than have teams contract, it is likely the game could expand if it wishes to do so because revenue off the subscriber base would allow it.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
Marty, not at all. One or a few of the FTA networks could show the games under license from the NRL. People who do not wish to subscribe would watch as they do now; with ads during play. The FTA netowrks need the content and the NRL will take the revenue.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
JB, it would be easy enough for one of the FTA channels to broadcast a few games each week as that would generate a licence fee for the NRL. The hook for people subscribing is no ads in play, no ads during replays and lots of league related content on demand.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
JH…the NRL, in partnership with Fox, is doing this for us overseas. You’d think that watching old games would be boring but current commentators are actually calling these games adding a fresh slant. So, old games, new commentary while watching the games again.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
BD…I choose to pay yearly because it works out cheaper than other subscription types. Weekly and monthly subscription plans are also available. In season, I also get access to NRL360, The Fan, the Matty Johns shows, League Life etc. There is a mass of content to go with games.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
RB, the pool in the nominated countries to grab 2 million is large and if pursued aggressively, it’s a reasonable target. Also, www.nrl.com already has its own subscriber base which probably has some overlap with membership bases at the 16 clubs. It’s reasonable to suspect that the NRL could have close to 0.5 million in its orbit with those two groups combined (then add in Facebook etc.).
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
Appreciate your feedback Paul. Among a few things I do, or have done in the US, I run a gourmet coffee truck in the Scottsdale area. Americans are genuinely interested in what they call “rugby” and are always fascinated to learn more about it and they love the collision aspect of the game. If the NRL gets going before US sports, there’s a large vacuum waiting to be filled. I heard earlier today that the MLB is making overtures to get back playing and in the past few days, two prominent college football coaches want the season to start on time in August.
Does the next NRL broadcast deal spell curtains for Nine and Fox?
On the whole, I think Greg’s article is accurate and well-argued but there’s little success to be shown for a club that should have been a powerhouse in the last twenty years (post-merger). Isolating one year of McGregor’s five year reign hardly excuses the other four, each of which were characterized by various levels of mismanagement and/or incompetence. Further, it’s not coincidental that the Club’s only premiership and a few minor premierships occurred under the stewardship of Bennett, an outsider who kept the Board in its place and sent McGregor packing as “water boy” because he didn’t rate his motivational or on-field assessment skills. McGregor’s mishandling of the de Belin situation was manifest in one of the all-time season clangers after the Dragon’s went close to rolling the Roosters in a great ANZAC Day clash; “we were counting on Jack being able to play.” Rather than commenting on something that McGregor had zero control over, he should have focused on how Ben Hunt (yet again) executed a try-line fumble (or a bad kick, or a seven-tackle restart) as he has done during his time at the Club. McGregor’s focus on de Belin, as emotional as he may have been, simply made it easy on his team because it excused failure. Good coaches excel at good man-management, exhibit appropriate empathy but don’t tolerate or encourage excuses. That Flannagan occupies the assistant role is the reason the Dragons will perform better in 2020 and a whole lot better when he assumes the head-coaching role in 2021.
Why your team will do better in 2020: St George Illawarra Dragons
Nice article. It’s a shame that we don’t seem to have journalists (in press conferences) who will direct these hard questions at McGregor. There’s at least one additional question that I would ask; why didn’t McGregor send de Belin packing after he was charged by the police? This had nothing to do with de Belin’s innocence or guilt but rather the negative impact his “predicament” was having on the team. If you think back to the ANZAC Day match against the Roosters in April, the Dragons were traveling reasonably well and but for another classic Ben Hunt error close to the Roosters line near full time, the Dragons season may have kicked on. Then McGregor waltzes into the press-conference and announces that he had expected de Belin be allowed to play in that game (the appeals court ruled otherwise). I was stunned that he offered up the comment and wondered what impact even mentioning it had on his team. The players gave their all that day and then the coach effectively suggested that they would have won if only de Belin had been on the field. At that moment, in my opinion, McGregor lost enough of the dressing room to destroy the season.
The brutal questions Paul McGregor has to answer
You’ve nicely summarized the situation leading into 2020 and I’ve been mystified about the “McGregor” circumstance in the light of Brian Johnston’s exit as CEO. Gould’s “external” review, if it could even be called that, seems now to have been self-serving because of its pre-set boundaries and was likely engaged then tabled to cover a few asses (board members and Johnston). Anyway, McGregor’s finally out and while I agree the Dragons should recruit externally, I was nevertheless very impressed with Young’s presser. That, on top of obviously improved on-field discipline, suggests his voice is strong and people listen to it. Having been a Dragons fan since the (then) Berries beat them in the 1967 final, I’ve experienced the good, the bad and the ugly. In the ten years since Bennett left, apart from 2018, it’s really been the latter. With the polarizing Doust on the board now and his relationship with Bennett, and Bennett’s admiration for Young, and with rumours about Bennett leaving Souths continuing to swirl, I wonder whether Bennett’s coming back as a director of coaching? If that is the case, Young has another five games to show that he has instilled grit into the team and if he stays on, and Bennett does arrive, I’d speculate that Millward will be on his way out the door too. With all its money, playing talent and center of excellence, Brisbane remains a focal point of aggravation for Bennett and if he wants to keep proving a point, he could be the right guy to sit over the second-coming of the Dragons as a powerhouse. With the changed stadiums policy at NSW Government level, get some development money to turn WIN Stadium into a 25,000 seated fan cauldron and forget about playing home games anywhere but there. This will cause aggravation for Kogarah “fans”, and I did once walk to games from home, but the “brand” needs to fuse properly with the Illawarra juggernaut. Penrith, still effectively remote from Sydney, has surely hinted at what is possible.
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