Ch 9 hammers NRL

[gallagher]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

I think that's what ch9 wants. I wouldn't mind a 15 round comp and an international calender.

 

[Masterton]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

Ha! My news said 15 and that includes the 2 already played.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

Ha! My news said 15 and that includes the 2 already played.

Yeah was going to post probably all speculation. Personally I’d prefer a focus on Telstra Cup and no SOO. But no way that will happen.

 

[cochise]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

 

[Tiger_Steve]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

Ok. Didn’t realise that.

Just saw (by accident) a disgraceful carve up on current affair with ray Hadley- absolutely staying there should be no NRL in 2020. Fair dinkum - this ego maniac owes his whole friggen life to football. If it wasn’t for football he’d still be driving taxis. Ch 9 have made millions out of footy. Now both running it down.
I agree with the pressure being applied to Greenberg but I do not agree with the self serving journalistic crap painting the return of the footy as a bad thing.

 

[WT2K]

Grandstand's @GibsMoore on Channel Nine's accusations of financial "mismanagement" levelled at the League
https://twitter.com/abcgrandstand/status/1248174367600566273?s=19

 

[cochise]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

Ok. Didn’t realise that.

Just saw (by accident) a disgraceful carve up on current affair with ray Hadley- absolutely staying there should be no NRL in 2020. Fair dinkum - this ego maniac owes his whole friggen life to football. If it wasn’t for football he’d still be driving taxis. Ch 9 have made millions out of footy. Now both running it down.
I agree with the pressure being applied to Greenberg but I do not agree with the self serving journalistic crap painting the return of the footy as a bad thing.

Agree 100% mate, ch 9 has no right to question how the NRL has used it's money. They have some agenda going here, I think it is trying to get more power to the clubs as they mentioned that a couple of weeks ago. All I know is the ultimate aim would be to screw the game so they get it for less money!

 

[cochise]

Thinking about this, I think 9 ploy is probably to try and break the simulcast agreement with fox. 9 is losing massive viewers to fox, if they can get exclusive games again it will boost their ratings massively!

 

[momo_amp_medo]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

Ok. Didn’t realise that.

Just saw (by accident) a disgraceful carve up on current affair with ray Hadley- absolutely staying there should be no NRL in 2020. Fair dinkum - this ego maniac owes his whole friggen life to football. If it wasn’t for football he’d still be driving taxis. Ch 9 have made millions out of footy. Now both running it down.
I agree with the pressure being applied to Greenberg but I do not agree with the self serving journalistic crap painting the return of the footy as a bad thing.

Well he may have a valid point ...... if they do return and just one player is tested positive and is hospitalised with serious outcome ..... then the whole house of cards falls down.
And then watch the blame game as to who is responsible for the consequences.

 

[JD Tiger]

Thinking about this, I think 9 ploy is probably to try and break the simulcast agreement with fox. 9 is losing massive viewers to fox, if they can get exclusive games again it will boost their ratings massively!

Maybe Channel 9 could be aiming to put it on their streaming digital channel? They do have one, don't they?

 

[Tiger_Steve]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

Ok. Didn’t realise that.

Just saw (by accident) a disgraceful carve up on current affair with ray Hadley- absolutely staying there should be no NRL in 2020. Fair dinkum - this ego maniac owes his whole friggen life to football. If it wasn’t for football he’d still be driving taxis. Ch 9 have made millions out of footy. Now both running it down.
I agree with the pressure being applied to Greenberg but I do not agree with the self serving journalistic crap painting the return of the footy as a bad thing.

Well he may have a valid point ...... if they do return and just one player is tested positive and is hospitalised with serious outcome ..... then the whole house of cards falls down.
And then watch the blame game as to who is responsible for the consequences.

So just on this:
- General transmission is coming down
- community transmission is almost non existent
- protocols will be incredibly strict
Probability of transmission within NRL is fairly low I’d say.
Also, footy provides huge uplift for hundreds of thousands of people. Huge lift to community if it comes back
And, ch9 is 100% self serving and agenda driven. They don’t give a flying gig about health. They are in an agreement they don’t like and will do anything to get out of it. Opportunism at its greatest.
Hadley agenda - he just got sacked AGAIN from ch9. His agenda is obvious

 

[cochise]

Thinking about this, I think 9 ploy is probably to try and break the simulcast agreement with fox. 9 is losing massive viewers to fox, if they can get exclusive games again it will boost their ratings massively!

Maybe Channel 9 could be aiming to put it on their streaming digital channel? They do have one, don't they?

Yeah 9now is their streaming site. They also launched a new digital channel through the week 9rush

 

[cochise]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

Ok. Didn’t realise that.

Just saw (by accident) a disgraceful carve up on current affair with ray Hadley- absolutely staying there should be no NRL in 2020. Fair dinkum - this ego maniac owes his whole friggen life to football. If it wasn’t for football he’d still be driving taxis. Ch 9 have made millions out of footy. Now both running it down.
I agree with the pressure being applied to Greenberg but I do not agree with the self serving journalistic crap painting the return of the footy as a bad thing.

Well he may have a valid point ...... if they do return and just one player is tested positive and is hospitalised with serious outcome ..... then the whole house of cards falls down.
And then watch the blame game as to who is responsible for the consequences.

So just on this:
- General transmission is coming down
- community transmission is almost non existent
- protocols will be incredibly strict
Probability of transmission within NRL is fairly low I’d say.
Also, footy provides huge uplift for hundreds of thousands of people. Huge lift to community if it comes back
And, ch9 is 100% self serving and agenda driven. They don’t give a flying gig about health. They are in an agreement they don’t like and will do anything to get out of it. Opportunism at its greatest.
Hadley agenda - he just got sacked AGAIN from ch9. His agenda is obvious

I'm almost certain this would be them not wanting to simulcast as it is destroying their ratings!

 

[Snake]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

Ok. Didn’t realise that.

Just saw (by accident) a disgraceful carve up on current affair with ray Hadley- absolutely staying there should be no NRL in 2020. Fair dinkum - this ego maniac owes his whole friggen life to football. If it wasn’t for football he’d still be driving taxis. Ch 9 have made millions out of footy. Now both running it down.
I agree with the pressure being applied to Greenberg but I do not agree with the self serving journalistic crap painting the return of the footy as a bad thing.

Ch 9 pay Hadley there his employer .. he is a hired gun , League gave Hadley everything the guy is a parasite loud mouthed bully !They own 2 gb ...

 

[momo_amp_medo]

Project Apollo Splutters as Chanel Nine gets out the whacking stick
Tonight’s SMH Article by Andrew Webster

Minutes after news broke on Wednesday night about the NRL's incredible bid to restart its competition on May 21, I received a call from someone on the Project Apollo team.

“Did you know about this?” he asked.

“Did you? You’re on the committee!”


Raelene Castle was close to announcing a rich new broadcast deal with Optus before coronavirus changed everything. Getty
No. He didn’t know. Turns out most of the innovation committee, which was formed less than two weeks ago to carefully and thoroughly explore when the premiership can recommence, didn’t know anything about it, either.

Yet here ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys was about an hour later, talking exclusively to Nine News, confirming that a May 21 or May 28 restart was imminent.

The fact barely anyone on the very committee formed to investigate strategies to restart the competition knew about its own recommendations suggests they are merely puppets. It also suggests they were appointed with a return date and an outcome already determined.

Problem was, nobody got around to telling long-time broadcast partner Channel Nine, which pays the NRL $125 million a year to show its matches, about any of this.

Nine already had its nose firmly out of joint, angered that it hadn't been given a seat at the Project Apollo table.

Sources at Nine — publisher of the Herald — say the media company has become increasingly angered about the way negotiations have played out since the NRL decided to suspend the competition on March 23 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Nine chief executive Hugh Marks has become increasingly hands-on with those discussions — and he hasn’t liked what he’s seen in the past two weeks.

When confidential details from one meeting with NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg and chief commercial officer Andrew Abdo were leaked to the press, it only added to the animosity.

When the Herald broke the story on Wednesday night about the planned May 21 kick-off, it blindsided Nine. It was the final straw. So, at 11am on Thursday, Nine got out the whacking stick — and it whacked hard.

A statement released to Nine News and the Herald said the coronavirus pandemic “has highlighted the mismanagement of the code over many years” and revealed it had “bailed” out the game with a $50m loan in the past, but that “much of that has been squandered by a bloated head office completely ignoring the needs of the clubs, players and supporters”.

Around the same time, the innovation committee was meeting at League Central, discussing the game’s fabulous early return to the field …

Then everyone’s phones start lighting up with messages and phone calls.

Nine’s stunning broadside can be interpreted several ways. The immediate thought was that the company wants out of its broadcast deal, a line that’s been pushed by News Corp for weeks and, in some respects, understandably so after Nine announced to the Australian Stock Exchange it would save $130m if the NRL didn’t play another match this year.

Indeed, News Corp has done a solid job pushing a particular narrative throughout this crisis, highlighting that Nine didn’t make its quarterly broadcast payment on April 1 … while often neglecting to mention that Fox Sports also didn’t make its payment.

The play is understandable: Fox Sports and Kayo rely on subscriptions — and therefore content in the form of matches — to survive. Nine considers the game a “loss leader” — something that is great for its brand and news division despite the heavy costs involved with broadcasting matches.

Many inside Nine’s Willoughby bunker are adamant the long-time broadcaster of rugby league doesn’t want to walk away from the game.

Relax, they say, we haven’t heard commentator Ray Warren screaming “Papenhuyzen!” or “Sivo!” or any other player's name for the last time. Sunday matches leading into the 6pm news bulletin, the State of Origin monolith and the finals series mean too much to Nine.

Rather, the attack on the NRL was seen as purely strategic as Marks plays hardball in renegotiating the broadcast deal. He argues the game is an inferior product if it isn't played before crowds and the season extends into October, November and December.

In doing so, though, the statement is an extraordinary smackdown of the NRL’s culture, and in particular Greenberg, who was claiming only days ago talks with Nine had been quite “positive” and “productive”.

Meanwhile, V’landys has been rather effusive in his praise of Marks in recent days, telling the Herald earlier this week: “Hugh is a good man. He’s a very good CEO. He’s looking after Channel Nine’s interests …”

Marks was approached for comment for this piece but declined.

Playing hardball is one thing, but some have seen the play as opportunistic. Nine might broadcast the game, it might pay the NRL handsomely, but it doesn’t own the game.

And who is Nine to tell the NRL how to waste its money anyway?

Houston, we have a problem

Is Project Apollo going to look more like Apollo 11 (which reached the Moon) or Apollo 13 (which didn’t and became a Tom Hanks movie)?

After a meeting-a-thon on Thursday, club bosses were left feeling that June 4 was a more realistic start date than May 28, which the NRL announced it is now aiming for.

“It was a waste of time,” huffed one chief executive. “We’d read it all in the paper already.”

What’s clear is that the idea of players locking down in a “bubble” has been burst. The only thing that really matters now is working out how the NRL can get around border issues with Queensland and New Zealand.

You can bet a whole lot of Kiwis on either side of the Tasman will be watching with interest to see if the Warriors get preferential treatment in coming into the country.

 

[jadtiger]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

Ok. Didn’t realise that.

Just saw (by accident) a disgraceful carve up on current affair with ray Hadley- absolutely staying there should be no NRL in 2020. Fair dinkum - this ego maniac owes his whole friggen life to football. If it wasn’t for football he’d still be driving taxis. Ch 9 have made millions out of footy. Now both running it down.
I agree with the pressure being applied to Greenberg but I do not agree with the self serving journalistic crap painting the return of the footy as a bad thing.

Mate if Turdberg and channel 9 get the flick 2020 will be the best year of football since 2005 even with a truncated season.Both parasites need to be surgicaly removed from the game.

 

[happy_tiger]

Ch 9 are using this all as an excuse ..they don't like it that Fox is the preferred viewing Channel and are losing money BECAUSE THEIR IDIOT EXECUTIVES PAID FAR TOO MUCH for the FTA rights

Greenburg is a tool , but they have just decided to jump on that to try and get out of the deal

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Ch 9 are using this all as an excuse ..they don't like it that Fox is the preferred viewing Channel and are losing money BECAUSE THEIR IDIOT EXECUTIVES PAID FAR TOO MUCH for the FTA rights

Greenburg is a tool , but they have just decided to jump on that to try and get out of the deal

Well if they employed commentators who were more likable, they wouldn’t have to worry about Foxtel. Says a lot when people would rather watch a game on pay tv instead of free to air.

 

[diedpretty]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Not if they keep the points from the first 2 rounds already played.

Why would that make any difference?

How would it be fair to take any 2 rounds out of context of a whole season, and use the points to tack onto another different season? It would be like taking the first minute of the game (or the 23rd minute of a game) and using only the points scored in that minute.

The teams whingeing about it not being fair to exclude it, I think have a valid point, but it's just ridiculous to include it in another season, so sorry but too bad.

How lucky were Parra getting Dogs and titans in the first 2 rounds.

Or Canberra getting titans and warriors. Sharks got rabbits and storm. - Seems fair to include those games. Not.

 

[diedpretty]

I’d rather see the comp suspended till 2021, then some stupid little modified Mickey Mouse season cos the NRL are too skint to scrap 2020.

If they can play 15 rounds I wouldn't see that as a mickey mouse season!

I don’t see how it would be anything but. Traditionally, round 15 is the mark where the season is just warming up.

I would argue it would be the fairest comp we have had in a long long time with every team playing the other teams in the comp the same amount of times! In a 15 round comp every game is important so the season wouldn't need to warm up as every game would be crucial.

Agree with you Cochise. Maybe that lull we get around the middle of the season is because it is so long? Or because Origin takes the steam out of it?
Who knows what the intensity or lack thereof will look like throughout a 15 rd season.

I believe our season is too long, I think 15 is too short as a regular season, but something between 20-22 would make each game so much more important. I think a 15 week season during this time would be exciting and interesting to see. I would probably still like the full season to progress though!

I just heard on the news that 22 rounds is the preferred option at the moment.

That's 22 more rounds so would be the full planned season!

Ok. Didn’t realise that.

Just saw (by accident) a disgraceful carve up on current affair with ray Hadley- absolutely staying there should be no NRL in 2020. Fair dinkum - this ego maniac owes his whole friggen life to football. If it wasn’t for football he’d still be driving taxis. Ch 9 have made millions out of footy. Now both running it down.
I agree with the pressure being applied to Greenberg but I do not agree with the self serving journalistic crap painting the return of the footy as a bad thing.

Could be because Hadley was dropped from 9s commentators and doesn't have a gig for this year. The guy is such a self centred egomaniac he would rather see the whole thing stopped rather than go ahead without him being included.