Which team will get the 18th Franchise

SeanT said:
The taxpayers pay for it. You and me. Rather the money go elsewhere at the moment.
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Yeah true, but for the government it's a drop in the ocean, and they would just piss it away on something else even more useless reggardless. For the NRL though, it's a huge amount of money, and provides an opportunity they never would have been able to undertake themselves.
 
TillLindemann said:
Think I'm the only person in Australia who thinks this is awesome news.

Long term this is going to be great for PNG, and great for our sport. For the former, it should encourage tourism and investment. For the latter, a massive new rapidly growing market of 10 million die-hard fans, something the AFL could only dream of. And the NRL doesn't even have to pay for it!
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I like it

If the government can throw away millions on obvious virtue signalling nonsense, they can certainly spend money on something like this that will actually be good for a community.

PNG, Perth and a second kiwi based team with strong Pacifika links are the only 3 options for expansion that makes sense and stand a chance a decade from now. PNG is a sensible bet.
 
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tig_prmz said:
I've often wondered how important that figure actually is..

I would say a PNG person is worth 50x less than an Australian when watching the NRL in terms of revenue to the game. Factor in that with all the other additional costs of transporting a staff of 40+ people each week, making a centre of excellence there, setting up insurances etc I just cannot imagine it being financially viable let alone profiting even in the long term.

The only benefit is the NRL being able to say to the Federal Govt, you owe us one.
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Sometimes there are bigger games going on than football ?
 
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hey on the bright side Jimmy Ngutlik now has every motivation to do well for us, if he goes alright in the next couple of years he might get offered some marquee money to go home.
 
TillLindemann said:
Fair point, a Papuan brings less revenue per capita than an Australian, but it is genuine expansion. Add a team in e.g. Central Coast or Sunshine Coast or Logan, you're just cannibalising already existing fans who already watch footy but would in future switch from the Tigers or Souths, to the Bears or whatever they're called.

And if we look at rugby union, the Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika have proven more sustainable than the Melbourne Rebels! Fiji may be slightly more touristy than PNG, but I think in the long run PNG has a lot more potential as a developing economy and nation, and hopefully an NRL side can kickstart that.
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It doesn’t matter where the team comes from if it means another NRL game to prop up the $billion tv rights deal.

That’s the games major revenue stream by a long long way so they will keep trying to grow that pie any way they can.
 
Blocker1963 said:
Lived and worked in PNG for 6 years, both in Port Moresby and the Highlands. What a lot of people do not understand, its also a political move, the Chinnese influence has a great presence in the country, Chinnese police etc: The level of political corruption is nothing you will really hear about, the country is so rich in gas, oil and gold. I have been around political figures that brag about there wealth, owning multipule properties in Australia and overseas, and its not from their salaries. So the NRL is going to feed political corruption, because a lot of money is going to go into their pockets, thats a given. Other points, the average wage is $1.20 Aud per hour for common workers, how do they afford NRL game price tickets. Also did not see one junior game the whole 4 years in Port Moresby, there is no junior pathways. If they get the 18th, its a big mistake.
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Totally agree Blocker.
 
TillLindemann said:
Yeah true, but for the government it's a drop in the ocean, and they would just piss it away on something else even more useless reggardless. For the NRL though, it's a huge amount of money, and provides an opportunity they never would have been able to undertake themselves.
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As mentioned, this is more a political/diplomatic buy off than having anything to do with rugby league.

Inevitably, we will be asking where the money is being spent in the next 2 to 3 years because the money will line people's pockets instead of actually helping the game there.

I do hope this is not the case and the funds go directly to the NRL and the PNG franchise to manage the funding.

I'm happy there is a PNG team playing out of PNG, but we need to ensure the opportunity is not wasted through corruption.
 
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