Quote: orangeman "The NRL are just fortunate that Football of the association type, has started late over there in terms if a viable career and are happier playing over the summer months.
Both the AFL and NRL have to beware, as the wendyballers are looking at moving their season to align with Europe, meaning a fair amount of cross over between the codes and no matter if you like soccer or not, it is HUGE and it's only a mater of time before 'soccer moms" want their kids playing the safer of the codes.
As for the NRL's dominance of the airwaves....It's not the broadcasters paying top dollar. It's their advertisers. Once the advertisers continue their drift towards other media all sports will need to look to their own fanbases for revenue streams.
But you're right in comparing the NRL to what SL has to offer......a glance at the global brands in 'straya compared to here is terrifying.
rlhttps://www.nrl.com/about-us/partners/rl
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rlhttps://www.superleague.co.uk/rl very bottom of the page'"
Australia will always have the problem that the USA has in the sense soccer will never be able to match the salaries what people can earn playing other sports.
The USA has plenty of kids playing the game but up till a certain age and then they stop.
It's too difficult to create a domestic league which can pay huge salaries when the competition has European soccer to compete with. The best players will always be in European soccer and the worlds eyes will always be on European soccer.
China threw billions at trying to create a high quality league and the end result has been it was a waste of money as the rest of the world will have no interest in it