I for one fear for the future of our game it is under attack from afl and soccer like never before they are both growing faster. the game is in the hands people that are great business brains but I don't think they are putting the game first. for example take racing last Saturday Canterbury they say there was only 3ooo people there so it looks like tv has killed people attending race meetings, i can see happening to league next.
Rugby league is it in good hands
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happy_tiger
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@spearby said:
Yeah probably not a great time of year for racing being around Xmas and not many of the top horses running
When the quality races come around and the quality horses are back things will change
AmericanHistoryX
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thats why we need to advance the game forward. Americanize it. Bring in the 4 quarters, time out - all that jazz. That way people can come & go as they like - as it would be an all dayer - less injuries possibly - & better for parking as fans would be coming & going intermittently throughout the day or just having a bbq in the carpark.
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Largest tv deal in history
Origin worth $100m
Highest rating tv audience vs AFL by far
Yep, it's in a bad shape.
AFL is a game better suited for those at the ground as the action is happening everywhere, while league is better suited for Tv as the action is generally isolated to one area, so zoomed in camera shots work best.
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Origin worth $100m
Highest rating tv audience vs AFL by far
Yep, it's in a bad shape.
AFL is a game better suited for those at the ground as the action is happening everywhere, while league is better suited for Tv as the action is generally isolated to one area, so zoomed in camera shots work best.
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The fan that attends the games does seem to be overlooked by the NRL
Less and less family friendly games, pretty much only one day game per round once winter begins.
The game day experience is crud….nothing but amateur rubbish between 20s and NRL, at half time etc....scheduling not in synch with traffic problems, ticket prices and food prices at games also steep
Its becoming more and more attractive to watch from the comfort of home....
.....because its a tv product, a business
Less and less family friendly games, pretty much only one day game per round once winter begins.
The game day experience is crud….nothing but amateur rubbish between 20s and NRL, at half time etc....scheduling not in synch with traffic problems, ticket prices and food prices at games also steep
Its becoming more and more attractive to watch from the comfort of home....
.....because its a tv product, a business
AmericanHistoryX
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@innsaneink said:
thats what im talking about - 4 quarter football. Make it a family day.
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@Newtown said:
The aim is to get the majority of games to the big stadiums
AmericanHistoryX
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through 4 quarter football. Tweaking the game as well as stadium upgrades. Havent you guys heard this addressed. Be open to change. Its the only way to go.
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AmericanHistoryX
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change = growth
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AmericanHistoryX
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does anybody agree
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Tim Sheens
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A big no for me X.
I want to see attrition back in the game, not more breaks that allow the rotation of giants to control things.
I want to see attrition back in the game, not more breaks that allow the rotation of giants to control things.
diedpretty
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@formerguest said:
I'm with you - also it punishes teams that build momentum - teams under the pump know they can waste a bit of time and hang out until the next break and all momentum is lost.
AmericanHistoryX
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not if you're lining up for a hotdog or 2\. You dont miss anything. Only the commercials
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AmericanHistoryX
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& how many times are you in the dunny when you miss a try! Doesnt have to be like that anymore.
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AmericanHistoryX
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looks like it Newtown. I dont fancy my chances of prom king.
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@Newtown said:
Absolutely correct. What is worse is that tv control what games are played and when. The AFL did a big money deal with tv but retained the rights to schedule their games as they saw fit. We (Rugby League) was sucked in big time. So much for the all conquering clever businessmen of the NRL Commission. Another League Joke!!!! They could not organise a nookie in as brothel on a free night IMHO!
goldcoast_tiger
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@diedpretty said:
I'm with both of you, and for the same reasons, we have enough massive forwards clogging up the field now and smashing the creativity out of the game .
Most people agree that we need more ways of reintroducing the fatigue factor for these big forwards, not giving them more breaks , Andrew Johns was dead right when he blamed the ridiculous number of interchanges that we now have , for the lack of good halfbacks /five eights coming into first grade.
I definetly agree about the breaks in momentum caused by two more breaks being a pain in the butt. Time wasting WILL be the next scourge in the game as teams run down time whenever they are in trouble late in all four quarters. If a side is good enough tokeep pressure for up to 20 minutes in a game then they deserve to get the rewards for that , not have to troop off the field and let the other side regroup.
we have too many breaks now, and there's much more pressing things to change ( such as too many people in tackles trying to hold players up instead of putting them on the ground, wrestling) etc.
And as for the league big bosses who say that we can't stop the wrestling, What a load of cr@p!!!!!!!
CALL HELD earlier ,and penalise anyone who holds up the play the ball, and keep doing that as long as it takes( not just the usual 4to 5 weeks)
When teams continually get penalised , the Coaches will soon stop it
This is Rugby League , not Gridiron,
It doesn't need massive changes . All it needs is for referees to start to referee to the existing rules ,and not their so called interpretations,
And especially stop them from "coaching "players on the field
@AmericanHistoryX said:
When this was first muted I thought they have to be kidding,after thinking about it more I see the true worth of this proposal.
For the game to progress and flourish there will have to be change…probable the biggest factor in this is the player welfare and the burn out factor ..as much as we would like to think the game has not changed much it certainly has and the players are under the pump .
I think 4 quarters of footy would defiantly be more intense and interesting , the game is run on $$$ and the extra break for ads etc would probable propel the game to be the number one rated game in the country and the networks would pay for the privileged and this certainly is not a bad thing for the code in general!.
I see the game being played at a faster pace and could see more bums on seats as fans are not restricted to be seated for 40 mins.
As far as the original question things are never perfect but the code is being run by professional business people with the $ being the bottom line ..I think it will gradually progress so that more league types are involved which at the moment it needs.But all in all I think that there is defiantly thought for the future and the progression of the code is on the radar which IMO is not a bad thing all things change and the progression of the code is no different.I do not get the notion that the TV network can not pick and choose what they want because without there money the code reverts back to the past and mediocrity ,I have no problem with this scenario I want the game to be bigger and better , he who pays gets the choices pretty simple really..
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