They agreed on a deal where the Storm would take Ryan Matterson off their hands for 2026, saving $400k in CAP, plus $300k compoensation...The only problem was Matterson said NO to moving to the Storm
100%…the Americans are not and never will be interested in NRL…TV are not interested in it, betting aren’t interested, Americans in Vegas would rather be eating at the buffets in the casinos than go to Allegiant, as someone pointed out this is all an ego journey for PVL and Abdo…
The Vegas experiement IMO has failed on the key outcomes it set out to achieve.
1) Capture the US betting market - they are NOT interested.
2) Capture the US TV market - FTA TV was not interested in showing the game on FTA this year after last years ratings were dismal. Even FOX weren't...