Is 37 weeks too much football?

[tig_prmz]

30 weeks of home and away where every team verses each other twice

3 weeks of rep football (origin + city country)

4 weeks of finals.

is it too much for the top players to handle??

humphreys did a lot of stupid things whilst here but his idea of a home and away season is the best i've seen to make NRL an even playing field.

thoughts?

 

[greatodensraven]

I think it's the only fair way to move forward but it should also involve having a bigger squad to choose from so that you can rotate players throughout the season, say 30 instead of 25\. I'd also make the semis between the top 6 instead of top 8.

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[innsaneink]

Its one thing I agreed with him on.

Scrap the trial game period and the mickey mouse 9's & Allstars rubbish….and you have three or four extra weekends immediatley

But oh no ...the Nine$$$ & the All$tar$$ game$ are much more important than a fairer competition

 

[pHyR3]

what happens when the NRL expands to 18 teams in a few years?

the larger issue is dilution of the competition. Playing too many games means crowd averages are likely to drop. But also, player fatigue. The games getting tougher and tougher, and i know the oldies will say "oh we used to play x number of games, play 4 games in a week etc. etc." but injuries and player welfare IS an issue for the NRL.

imo it's better to reduce the number of rounds so each team plays each other ONCE, remove all byes and instead have 3 stand alone weeks for rep footy (incl. state of origin) and remove the rep weekend we have right now.

right now the competition goes for around 31 weeks, plus trials plus international footy at the end of the year.

probably better to have say around 18 rounds of NRL, 3 rounds of rep footy, 5 weeks of finals (extra week before the GF) and normal trials/9s and more international footy at the end of the year. So you reduce the season by about 5 weeks but makes the product more valuable. And in the future with another 2 teams coming in allows room to have an extra 2 rounds if needed.

 

[hobbo]

What ink said !
I also reckon origin should be played after the grand final ..survival if the fittest so to speak
Anzac test should be on Anzac Day .

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[Milky]

37 weeks is fine, we will see some great player retire early though and more players will go for the $$$

 

[Tiger_Watto]

4 Weeks Annual Leave is all most working Australians get?

Bigger squads is the answer and we will also see junior development retained for longer periods if this is the case as the kids will get greater chances of NRL game time.

I personally think they could squeeze SOO over 2 weeks… Play Friday, the following Wednesday and the Sunday/Monday after that. Battle of the fittest! [3 weeks between games is a joke]

Anzac Test - Should be played on Anzac Day every year. Make it an All Star concept with the Fans voting the squads?

 

[happy_tiger]

4 Weeks Annual Leave is all most working Australians get?

Bigger squads is the answer and we will also see junior development retained for longer periods if this is the case as the kids will get greater chances of NRL game time.

I personally think they could squeeze SOO over 2 weeks… Play Friday, the following Wednesday and the Sunday/Monday after that. Battle of the fittest! [3 weeks between games is a joke]

Anzac Test - Should be played on Anzac Day every year. Make it an All Star concept with the Fans voting the squads?

53 weeks for this rugby league nut might be just right

I watched either NRL 360 or Sterlo probably 2 weeks ago and they asked the players whether they thought they could back up for three SOO games back to back and all the players said no Too hard physically and mentally

 

[tig_prmz]

throw in 4 weeks MAX of pre season and that's 41 weeks overall.

is 11 weeks enough recovery time?

 

[Blake93]

throw in 4 weeks MAX of pre season and that's 41 weeks overall.

is 11 weeks enough recovery time?

Can't tell if you're serious or not.

11 weeks is a long, long time. Most people would kill to have 11 weeks off a year

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[happy_tiger]

throw in 4 weeks MAX of pre season and that's 41 weeks overall.

is 11 weeks enough recovery time?

Can't tell if you're serious or not.

11 weeks is a long, long time. Most people would kill to have 11 weeks off a year

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Most people don't run into others at speeds of between 25-35kph with players of up to 125kgs

 

[tig_prmz]

throw in 4 weeks MAX of pre season and that's 41 weeks overall.

is 11 weeks enough recovery time?

Can't tell if you're serious or not.

11 weeks is a long, long time. Most people would kill to have 11 weeks off a year

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i was only being half serious.

i know they have other commitments to sponsors etc. but still 11 weeks seems like a reasonable time frame to rest unless im missing something.

i've heard complaints about player welfare bla bla but these are supposed to be top athletes who play 80 mins a week (albeit very tough) and get paid more than enough to do so.

they spend 2-3 weeks on average injured/suspended as well.

obviously, i can say all this sitting from this side of the fence but purely speaking on numbers, a complete home and away season with byes, rep period of even 5 weeks can be managed very easily if the scheduling is done right IMO

 

[Tigertigertiger]

Summer series will be on the cards soon

 

[TurnStyle]

From a fan point of view I'd like the season to be as long as the EPL!

An important factor (apart from those mentioned) in extending the length of the season though is the prospect of playing in summer.
I think it's dumb the a-league is played over summer and even super rugby starts too early.

 

[Winnipeg]

It'd be nice to have bigger squads, and a midweek cup or something… So teams hd to manage tHeir squads better to play over an extended season...

Probably wishful thinking though, pretty sure there would be a player strike if the season got any longer

 

[Blake93]

throw in 4 weeks MAX of pre season and that's 41 weeks overall.

is 11 weeks enough recovery time?

Can't tell if you're serious or not.

11 weeks is a long, long time. Most people would kill to have 11 weeks off a year

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Most people don't run into others at speeds of between 25-35kph with players of up to 125kgs

Most people don't get paid the money that they do :wink:

If the RLPA complains about this, they're just being ungrateful. It's the only way to have an entirely fair competition.

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[Cultured_Bogan]

37 weeks of footy is about 15 weeks short of the ideal amount that should be played.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

throw in 4 weeks MAX of pre season and that's 41 weeks overall.

is 11 weeks enough recovery time?

Can't tell if you're serious or not.

11 weeks is a long, long time. Most people would kill to have 11 weeks off a year

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Most people don't run into others at speeds of between 25-35kph with players of up to 125kgs

Perhaps Happy, but there are people out there who have very labour intensive jobs that could do with more than four weeks annually also. As it stands currently representative players are lucky to have 6-8 weeks off if they play through to the finals and then go on international duty at the end of the year. If you ate into the trials period of the year for the extra rounds of footy then it's probably no different to what is already in place. It would also force clubs to be smarter with their squads and look to use games to develop younger talent to stop their stars from burning out with representative duty. Abolish the bye rounds and leave origin where it is. Introduce an NRL reserve grade and lift youth league to U23's to stop late bloomers falling out of the system.

 

[happy_tiger]

throw in 4 weeks MAX of pre season and that's 41 weeks overall.

is 11 weeks enough recovery time?

Can't tell if you're serious or not.

11 weeks is a long, long time. Most people would kill to have 11 weeks off a year

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Most people don't run into others at speeds of between 25-35kph with players of up to 125kgs

Perhaps Happy, but there are people out there who have very labour intensive jobs that could do with more than four weeks annually also. As it stands currently representative players are lucky to have 6-8 weeks off if they play through to the finals and then go on international duty at the end of the year. If you ate into the trials period of the year for the extra rounds of footy then it's probably no different to what is already in place. It would also force clubs to be smarter with their squads and look to use games to develop younger talent to stop their stars from burning out with representative duty. Abolish the bye rounds and leave origin where it is. Introduce an NRL reserve grade and lift youth league to U23's to stop late bloomers falling out of the system.

The problem with this is it all costs money , money that many leagues clubs don't have

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

The game will make more money if anything.

- More rounds = more games = more TV rights money;
- Incentives offered for all Sydney clubs to move half their home games to ANZ/Allianz and take the money on offer from those venues;
- Playing out of larger venues will enable clubs to offer more memberships at a cheaper rate.

The game has to get away from Leagues club funding. It's all well and good that it is tying us over in the interim but every club should actively look to being self sustaining.