WHAT SHOULD THE NEW CHAIRMAN DO FIRST

[gallagher]

I’d like to suggest 5 things:
1. Sack Greenberg
2. Watch him clear out his desk
3. Give him $10 for a bus home
4. Walk him out of NRL headquarters
5. Make sure the door clearly slams his useless arse as he walks out

After 1, take him to the roof of NRL headquarters and push.

 

[2005magic]

Also- do something about the consistency of referrals to judiciary and their outcomes. A farce that keeps giving.

 

[hobbo1]

I can’t stand when a player gets hold up in goal they get to go back to the 10 metre line and have another go ...
Should be a turnover all day long !

Reduce the interchange and once a player goes off they should stay off !

Oh ...and bring back a PROPER scrum so the hooker can actually hook for the ball

hobbo in his element :dog:

I’m angry boss ... I’m angry ?

 

[Russell]

1/ Annual reviews of clubs, publicly presented via the NRL against set criteria inc juniors development, membership, crowd attendance and finances.
2/ Consider taking junior development and competition, country league and feeder clubs away from the NRL clubs and run separately within the ARL, and then-
3/ Introduce player draft.
4/ If junior competition and development remains in clubs hands introduce compensation for development club if player signed by another club. This can only happen once.
5/ Publish salary cap spending by the clubs on a rolling year to year summation with the top 6 paid players of each club identified and a rounded out salary noted for each of these 6 as well as the bottom 6 players.
6/ TPA’s are to cease- any commercial arrangement made is between player, agent and commercial entity. As such players, agents and commercial entity are reporting to the ATO for any query.
7/ Enforcible code of conduct specifically regarding negotiations around player contracts- value and extra benefits- to be held against club CEO’s and their delegated cap managers / coach, player managers and the players themselves.
8/ No club can sign a player unless they already have cap space. No more signing a player and then having to shed already signed players.
9/ A clear policy is to be put in place for club grounds and they have 3 years to work towards it. Outlining public transport access to, seating numbers and standards, minimum corporate boxes, catering standards, ground lighting, media facilities etc. Encourage the Sydney clubs to share facilities by saying Sydney will be allowed no more than 5 x NRL approved grounds (excluding the Olympic Stadium).
10/ Refereeing- return to 1 x referee and 2 x line officials per match and make use of the video and other technology to assist. No more referrals to bunker for decision, referee can ask bunker what they see but final decision is referee’s.
11/ Consider limiting the number of current / recent internationals and SOO players in each clubs roster- maybe 6-8 out of 30.
12/ Look to expanding NRL clubs to include a further Brisbane team, a second NZ team, a Perth team, a Adelaide team, a Pacific Islands team (inc PNG). Using the above criteria in points 1 thru 5 Sydney based clubs will have the opportunity to move out should they desire. If all clubs are attaining the minimum standards then expand without the need to shift.
13/ Introduce ‘best practice’ in club administration where clubs present how they do things and if they are later found to be cheating it is one strike and you’re out. The club is kicked out of the competition.
14/ The draw for the following season must reflect the position of the team in the preceding season. Convene a conference of all clubs to determine best way to include SOO games in the season without making them standalone events disrupting the normal draw. Stick to decisions made- no tinkering for life of agreement.
15/ Reduce interchange to 3 players, making the game slightly more of a test of endurance.
16/ Introduce compulsory head gear to be seen to try to reduce HIA.
17/ Reduce trainers running on the field unless player injured.
18/ Introduce a challenge system where teams are allowed 2 occasions per game where the captain can challenge outcome of a play. Can only be within the immediate period prior to the formal challenge.
19/ Referee’s and other officials are to explain their reasoning post match for contentious calls. This can be the next day. They can live or die by their decisions and be held accountable. The ref’s boss should not have to go into contortions to find ways to justify referee decisions,

Agree with a lot of your ideas but not 3, 9, 12 and 16

 

[hobbo1]

Also- do something about the consistency of referrals to judiciary and their outcomes. A farce that keeps giving.

Hargreaves says hi 👋

 

[WT2K]

Not sure what but something needs to be done about the match review committee and the judiciary process. Seems like it's a lottery at the moment.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Get the flipping slow mo cam right..... i dont care if a player has got the slightest finger to it... if it looks good in real time... and when played back still looks good.... no need to go do stupid slo mo.... really is annoying

2- Find Bwaith a nice job working in the sewers or something

 

[Russell]

I can’t stand when a player gets hold up in goal they get to go back to the 10 metre line and have another go ...
Should be a turnover all day long !

Reduce the interchange and once a player goes off they should stay off !

Oh ...and bring back a PROPER scrum so the hooker can actually hook for the ball

That would be the end of old mate - can't have that.

 

[hobbo1]

I can’t stand when a player gets hold up in goal they get to go back to the 10 metre line and have another go ...
Should be a turnover all day long !

Reduce the interchange and once a player goes off they should stay off !

Oh ...and bring back a PROPER scrum so the hooker can actually hook for the ball

That would be the end of old mate - can't have that.

There are more intelligent posters on this forum who’d do a better job than old mate !
Oh ... and piss the bunker off !

 

[Tiger_Steve]

I’d like to suggest 5 things:
1. Sack Greenberg
2. Watch him clear out his desk
3. Give him $10 for a bus home
4. Walk him out of NRL headquarters
5. Make sure the door clearly slams his useless arse as he walks out

After 1, take him to the roof of NRL headquarters and push.

You win! Please report to NRL headquarters and begin work on the commission’s strategic direction!

 

[jadtiger]

I’d like to suggest 5 things:
1. Sack Greenberg
2. Watch him clear out his desk
3. Give him $10 for a bus home
4. Walk him out of NRL headquarters
5. Make sure the door clearly slams his useless arse as he walks out

You forgot
6 Public whipping and having the public throw rotten eggs and tomatos at him while in the stocks

 

[BalmainJnr]

- Take the staple gun to Greenberg’s melon Mick De Vere style at his first press conference then turf him
- Abolish TPAs
- Get serious about junior and country rugby league
- Sort out the match review committee and make referees accountable for horrendous decisions
- Address game day costs for punters to get more bums on seats and
- Bring back the lower grades on game day
- In doing the above start treating each of the clubs the same and take steps to address the actual and perceived bias in the competition.

 

[TheDaBoss]

I’d like to suggest 5 things:
1. Sack Greenberg
2. Watch him clear out his desk
3. Give him $10 for a bus home
4. Walk him out of NRL headquarters
5. Make sure the door clearly slams his useless arse as he walks out

You forgot
6 Public whipping and having the public throw rotten eggs and tomatos at him while in the stocks

Make him face Taumalolo one on one.. then let him face a few sessions in the nets against cummins and starc with minimal or no clothing/protection..........

 

[Tiger_Steve]

I’d like to suggest 5 things:
1. Sack Greenberg
2. Watch him clear out his desk
3. Give him $10 for a bus home
4. Walk him out of NRL headquarters
5. Make sure the door clearly slams his useless arse as he walks out

You forgot
6 Public whipping and having the public throw rotten eggs and tomatos at him while in the stocks

I worked in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a while. In centre of town was a place called “chop chop” square. Public beheadings took place every Friday. (Not joking folks). I’d support this practice as part of your point 6. as a one off!!

 

[cochise]

All this thread really shows me is that I am glad that none of you guys is running the NRL lol

 

[innsaneink]

@Elderslie_Tiger You are spot on about the draw. The other night I went through our 2019 draw because I had the view we had played top sides more than lower sides. All I did was to score the draw based on where our opponents finished in 2019. It's not a perfect method but no method is. I was surprised at the results. The team with the toughest draw this year was the Warriors, followed by the Bulldogs and Tigers. The teams with the softest draws were Souths, followed by Storm and Newcastle. As I said the analysis isn't perfect but showed how the draw can skew the ladder. For example Souths played top 8 sides 10 times and bottom 8 sides 14 times. The Warriors played top 8 sides 14 times and bottom 8 sides only 10 times. For the record Wests played top 8 sides 13 times and bottom 8 sides 11 times.
I'm sure different seasons would produce different results but when you miss the top 8 by one point the draw can play a huge role. Somehow there needs to be more equity brought into it.

Start the season a few weeks early and ditch all. The pre season BS.... You easily can play each other twice

 

[happy_tiger]

All this thread really shows me is that I am glad that none of you guys is running the NRL lol

6 million then for finishing 9th , you drive a hard bargain

 

[Tim Sheens]

Some suggestion for new man at the top as far as on and off the field issues.

One thing that really bugs me is that with all this technology we have re. the refereeing we still have a situation where the bunker can not rule on forward pass and/or alert the referee when a wrong on field decision occurs.

I also think that one referee with sideline officials to signal the referee when defenders are offside and then he plays advantage and just restarts the count from next play. Teams are just continually standing offside.

There is too much emphasis on tries scored from up and under kicks inside the attack 2m. so that lottery needs a fix.

Stripping rule is just crap.

Interchange to 3 max.

TPAs limit need strict policing as currently it’s a joke particularly when you read the reported figures.

The cap should be divided into defined sections at fixed pricing for players and their deemed salaries allocated and listed for all to see.

I don't mind the stripping rule but the refs can't be giving blokes 5 or 6 seconds to do it. Nofo should have been called held the other day. Give them 2 secs then called held.

And letting the second player get a good hold of the ball, then the first player orchestrating dropping off really sucks. More than one player involved and that should still end the chance of a steal.

 

[WT2K]

First expansion. It does my head in that female AFL , cricket and soccer all have a bigger national footprints than the 2nd largest football code.

This article may interest you. 3 options being considered - No Sydney team will be relocated/kicked out - Todd's words in the article. Commission is expecting the report by Todd to be delivered at end of the year. Brisbane, Perth mentioned in article. https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/09/09/Optimum-number-of-teams-NRL-looking-at-three-options/

 

[jirskyr]

You are spot on about the draw. The other night I went through our 2019 draw because I had the view we had played top sides more than lower sides. All I did was to score the draw based on where our opponents finished in 2019. It’s not a perfect method but no method is. I was surprised at the results.

Isn't the draw for the current season based on the standings from the previous season? It used to be that way, not sure if it still is, so you end up playing sides based on how you finished previously.

Then they try to account for all the club requests, e.g. to always get Parra-Tigers on Easter Monday. They also try to ensure clubs likely to be heavily affected by Origin are given byes around that time, so the Origin-round matches aren't decimated.

So the easiest way to "fix" the draw is remove Origin, which will clearly never happen.

I agree with the Captain's call as per @Tigerdave - force the refs to make more on-field decisions and put the onus on the teams to risk their reviews against potential calls. If the captain is right, they keep the review, if not, it's lost. Similar to cricket and tennis, where the onus has shifted to the captain to use his challenges wisely, regardless of whether or not the ref made a boo-boo.