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@barra said in Wests Tigers keen to take Matt Moylan off Cronulla’s books:

@Tiger_Steve said in Wests Tigers keen to take Matt Moylan off Cronulla’s books:

@WT2K said in Wests Tigers keen to take Matt Moylan off Cronulla’s books:

Good news!

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/10/23/merrin-gives-up-nrl-return-amid-player-market-stalemate/

Wests Tigers were linked to Cronulla playmaker Matt Moylan on Tuesday as a possible circuit breaker, a move that would allow the Sharks to ease their salary cap woes and precipitate Ryan Matterson’s release.

Matterson has met with Parramatta with negotiations progressing positively between the two parties, however, the Tigers are determined not to grant the disgruntled forward a release unless they get something from the development.

It’s understood a Tigers official made contact with Moylan last week to gauge his interest in a move to Concord, with an eye to replacing Benji Marshall in the halves when the club legend eventually retires.

Moylan is contracted to Cronulla until the end of 2021, with both he and his manager rebuffing the Tigers approach.

If the few posts above are accurate I don’t see this as good news. I accept that it may be media rubbish but there seems to be a steady retort from players saying they do not want to come to the Tigers. If there is a perception amongst players that we are a no go zone, it must be addressed. We must change to alter the perception. It definitely is not good if no one wants to come here.

Anyone know who ‘his manager’ is?

It was Allen Gainey when he had all that drama with Penrith.

@momo_amp_medo said in Wests Tigers keen to take Matt Moylan off Cronulla’s books:

@Tigerlily said in Wests Tigers keen to take Matt Moylan off Cronulla’s books:

@Anon-lurker said in Wests Tigers keen to take Matt Moylan off Cronulla’s books:

@Tigerlily it wont be a swap with the sharks, they will release Moylan , pay portion of his massive salary and they will officially sign ramien.
tigers will be able to use the money by releasing matto to sign Moylan

Hence why this signing will start the off season transfer market with those 2 being released

And your source for that information would be? Seeing as you seem so definitive with your response.

That guess has some legs … Madge will not be paying Squillions$ for any such deals. And Sharks don’t need a second row forward … they need cap space $s.

Agreed momo, hopefully there’s nothing to the rumour and that it’s just a really quiet week for the news corps…The next couple of months of contract discussions is going to give us a real insight into how Madge see our club leading/building into the future, so any signings are going to be very telling in my opinion for the future success of our club and Moylan definitely doesn’t fit that criteria of success for me.

@Anon-lurker said in Wests Tigers keen to take Matt Moylan off Cronulla’s books:

@Tigerlily it wont be a swap with the sharks, they will release Moylan , pay portion of his massive salary and they will officially sign ramien.
tigers will be able to use the money by releasing matto to sign Moylan

Hence why this signing will start the off season transfer market with those 2 being released

And your source for that information would be? Seeing as you seem so definitive with your response.

Cronulla can keep Moylan as far as I’m concerned the only player I’d take from the Sharks for a straight swap for Matterson would be Briton Nikora there’s absolutely no benefit for us taking on Moylan the guy’s an injury prone money pit…

NRL considers in-house production for next TV rights deal
Adrian Proszenko and Chris BarrettOctober 21, 2019 — 12.55pm
Sydney Morning Herald

The NRL will consider bringing broadcast production of its matches in-house for the next television rights deal to maximise revenue in a move that would have huge ramifications for its traditional media partners.

The existing deal with Foxtel and Nine Entertainment Co – the publishers of the Herald – doesn’t expire until the end of the 2022 season. However, the governing body is already planning for the next rights negotiations to ensure all options are considered in a rapidly changing media landscape.

There could be huge changes to the way the NRL is covered and consumed in the future.
The NRL extracted $2 billion from Nine, Foxtel and Telstra to provide coverage of the game over a five-year period, a figure 70 per cent higher than the previous deal. However, changes in technology and viewing habits could result in the value flatlining or even decreasing when the rights are next up for grabs.

Rugby league has long gone with a two-partner model of a free-to-air and subscription provider, with Fox and Nine paying top dollar for a property that has been a sure-fire ratings winner. However, the emergence of streaming service Kayo and a shift to fans consuming sport on mobile devices has further fragmented the market.

The NRL will give its current broadcast partners every opportunity to retain the rights before exploring alternate options. However, according to sources with knowledge of the approaching negotiations, the NRL could produce the broadcast content itself and then look to sell off the properties to interested parties if it isn’t satisfied with the price broadcasters are willing to pay.

For instance, there could be a scenario in which the Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday and Sunday games could be sold as separate entities to individual networks, such as Nine, Seven, Ten and Fox Sports. Money would be saved by centralising all of the production costs while bidders could be prepared to pay more given it is an expense they wouldn’t have to bear.

NRL integrity unit has reportedly cleared the Melbourne Storm forward Nelson Asofa-Solomona over a brawl he was involved in while in Bali.

Such a model would bring free-to-air broadcasters including Seven and Ten into the mix, raising the prospect of rugby league being spread across several channels. Platforms such as Google, Facebook and Netflix – often dubbed as “disruptors” to traditional media – may also emerge as rights bidders in the future.

There is also the possibility that the NRL could sell off various properties – such as State of Origin, the World and club 9s tournaments, international matches and the All Stars fixture – separately in a bid to extract maximum value.

Several other Australian sports including V8 Supercars have already taken their content production in-house. Tennis also uses a similar model for major events such as grand slams, on-selling the rights to broadcasters who then provide their own commentary teams.

The NRL has already made a $150 million investment in a digital strategy that includes a huge injection in nrl.com. It opens up the possibility of games potentially being delivered directly to subscribers, effectively taking out traditional television broadcasters as the middlemen.

The Origin matches, currently shown exclusively live on Nine, remain the biggest television events of the year. The NRL grand final between the Roosters and Raiders returned the lowest viewing figures on the network since 2003, attracting 1.866 million across the five capital cities. The decline was more alarming in the AFL grand final between Richmond and Greater Western Sydney, which attracted 2.19 million viewers – a 20 per cent drop on the previous decider.

Traditional TV figures are down for the NRL, although industry analysts believe the numbers stack up relatively well given the trend towards watching content on other electronic devices.

The NRL is expected to provide its strategy for the game’s footprint in coming months. The addition or relocation of teams could result in more value being added to the broadcast rights, particularly if Queensland gains a franchise.

@MAGPIES1963 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

G’day @jirskyr: I can not understand or believe this ongoing rotten, vindictive garbage that’s being written about Ryan Matterson.

Matterson is not as much a sook as all the people on here that keep on putting him down.
It’s like ‘you are all sooking’ because your *** best*** toy has been taken away from you for being naughty.
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There are plenty of other toys in the toy box to play with, children.

I know you are upset and cranky now, so go and rip the arms and legs of your Chris Lawrence dolly…what’s that?..you’ve already done that!!!..well what about your Packer dolly…Oh! you’ve ripped him to shreds as well…well, well, well… your Matalino dolly used to be your favourite so go and give him a cuddle cause he’s got sore knees…what!..you threw him into the back yard so the dog could rip him to shreds, well, good boy…now your starting to sound like a ‘real’ Tiger.

You used to love your Cheekam dolly and your Mbye dolly and your Marsters dolly and your Jennings dolly, what happened to them?.. Oh no!!! you didn’t did do THAT!!! to them, did you?

Who showed you children how to do that?..Who!?..no…are you sure it was really Mr J.W.Gacy?

Well, I suppose that’s OK then…as now you’re really starting to learn. That way, you won’t get any blood on your own hands, as they do it to themselves.

Wow! This reads like a B grade horror movie from the 80s…

Hi my names Matto wanna play

NSWRL wants country teams in reserve grade
WWOS
07:58

NSW Rugby League has set their sights on having teams from the bush playing in reserve grade within five years after finalising its biggest governance change in 80 years.

The NSWRL’s merger with Country Rugby League was formalised on Friday, after more than three decades of talks surrounding the amalgamation.

The merger will bring the game’s administration throughout the state under one board, allowing for more combined resources in strategic development programs in the bush.

It will also immediately unlock millions of dollars in funding in regional areas by freeing up administration costs and the release of the NRL’s grassroots fund.

But crucially, NSWRL chief executive Dave Troddon said it could also help pave the way for clearer links between regional areas and NRL clubs through the reserve grade Canterbury Cup.

“One of the things I see in NSW is our Canterbury Cup competition is really just a Sydney competition with a Newcastle team and a Wollongong team,” Trodden told AAP.

"I would love to see in a couple of years, and we’re definitely working towards it, having a competition that is a statewide competition.

"That second-tier competition can only work when the teams that are in act as feeders for NSW clubs.

“So I would love to see a team at say Dubbo or Bathurst acting as a feeder for Penrith, one in Wagga acting as a feed for Canberra and one in Tamworth or Armidale acting as a feed for someone else.”

Under the previous set up, the NSWRL virtually controlled the game in Sydney and CRL in regional areas. That split is now gone.

Trodden’s comments come a week after it was confirmed that a Fijian team would enter the competition in 2021.

The NSW chief sees off the Queensland Cup as an example of what he wants to achieve, which has teams from Gold Coast, Rockhampton, Ipswich, Mackay, Cairns, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Papua New Guinea and Townsville.

Such a prospect has been spoken about in CRL circles for years and been advocated by boss Terry Quinn, but the merger is expected to make the plan more likely.

“In five years time I would love to be talking about a Canterbury Cup grand final between Wagga and Tamworth,” Trodden said.

"(The merger) is a precondition to that being able to happen. Because there will be an alignment of strategy. You’re one step closer to being able to achieve goals.

"The existing CRL would support the notion I am talking about.

“But when you have one board instead of two, it becomes possible to make those decisions. You can become a lot more nimble in your decisions.”

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6 more Nelson!!!