FORUMS > The Virtual Terrace > What if the Super League War wouldn't have happened? |
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 12958 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2007 | 18 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jul 2011 | Jul 2011 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Quote: JB Down Under "Souths were a basket case, on their last legs, in fact even when let back in their crowds were absymal (where the 80k on game day in 2002?) and their finances even worse. If Crowe hadn't emerged it is questionable if they would even still be in the NRL today.
Illawara were the same, great jnrs but no corporate support. the Sydney mergers have worked very well and they should continue to look to rationalise into the future, suburban clubs are not going to be able to keep up in decades to come.
The NSWRL (oops) ARL was not without blame in the whole sorry affair. The RFL managed to keep control, the AFL and ARU have managed to keep control of ther games despite News funds. The NSWRL had already sold its sole to Packer and therefore had no way to manipulate the two bidding parties to achieve the best outcomes for the game.
A sad time that cost many fans, including me, their teams. As said the resillience of fans and the character of the game is all that keeps the foolish administrators that run the game from destroying it.'"
souths - crowds 16,000 - 18,000
profits - 1 million plus
football revenues - 20 million
members - 16,000
yeah it was the right decision not to include them in the nrl, they had no future
illawarra have bruce gordon, a billionaire who couldve backed them, hes put in 10 million into the saints jv, and the ground is being redone
news lltd was never interested in control, it was a bye product of 2 competitions.
news ltd had minimal interest in union or afl, they were after the big prize = the arl
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 10399 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jun 2005 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jul 2016 | Jul 2016 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
16208_1345534518.jpg [url=www.cater-bake.co.uk]Cater-Bake UK - Pizza and Bakery Equipment Specialists[/url]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_16208.jpg |
|
| Super League War? I'm not sure if it applies up hear but..
Without Superleague, Saints certainly wouldn't be building their new stadium.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 2855 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Aug 2009 | 15 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
46524.jpg Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. -Albert Camus:46524.jpg |
|
| I would have watched my team play top flight Rugby League.
I doubt I'll ever get the chance again.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 2164 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2008 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Mar 2014 | Dec 2013 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Quote: dally messenger "some say the arrival of professional rl via the nrl forced union to go professional in nz as well to compete
RL in nz isnt even close to its potential'"
Thanks for these two bullet points
Neither actually addressed the points I made in my post but never mind
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Chairman | 48326 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Mar 2002 | 23 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2023 | Oct 2022 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
1357.jpg [b:34xc0vwf]Doubt everything, even this[/b:34xc0vwf]:1357.jpg |
|
| Quote: "
What if the Super League War wouldn't have happened?'"
Tell me more about this past future conditional tense you seem to have unilaterally introduced to the English language … :-0
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 15511 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2009 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jun 2020 | Sep 2019 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
43854_1545310668.jpg HUDDERSFIELD
-
THE BIRTHPLACE OF RUGBY LEAGUE:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_43854.jpg |
|
| Quote: JB Down Under "Id have a team to support !
i was in perth earlier this year and couldnt believe the lack of intrest in rugby league there
took me all my time to find a shop selling nrl shirts!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Chairman | 28357 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2002 | 23 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
May 2024 | Oct 2019 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
973_1515165968.gif Last edited by Ferocious Aardvark on stardate Jun 26, 3013 11:27 am, edited 48,562,867,458,300,023 times in total:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_973.gif |
|
| Quote: What if the SL War hadn't happened "What if the Super League War wouldn't have happened?'"
Uuuurrrgh!!! What you meant to ask was
"What if the SL War hadn't happened".
Can you change the thread title, as it makes me cringe?
What would've happened is that at some point, some other media organisation may well have seen the potential of the game and sought to invest in the product in similar ways. So the game might have followed a broadly similar path.
Or else if no other organisation had become interested, rugby league would have stayed an insular, minnow sporting code, with no money available to attract top athletes and major investors, and would not have died a death but might well be at sort of Championship level or worse, permanently, a sad shadow of its heyday.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 12958 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2007 | 18 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jul 2011 | Jul 2011 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Quote: Dunbar "Thanks for these two bullet points
Neither actually addressed the points I made in my post but never mind'"
pleased to help
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 14082 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
9857_1341488583.jpg WEST COAST PIRATES
NRL expansion? Sometime soon, maybe......:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_9857.jpg |
|
| Quote: brearley84 "i was in perth earlier this year and couldnt believe the lack of intrest in rugby league there
took me all my time to find a shop selling nrl shirts!!!'"
what do you expect with no team, no TV coverage and no media coverage, and being AFL heartland? The same could have been said for RU 5 years ago, now it is going well on the back of a S15 team.
Come back in 2013 and you'll see a difference!
ps I went to Manly last year and walked through the town and didn't see one single poster, merchandise, people wearing Eagles gear etc etc
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 15511 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2009 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jun 2020 | Sep 2019 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
43854_1545310668.jpg HUDDERSFIELD
-
THE BIRTHPLACE OF RUGBY LEAGUE:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_43854.jpg |
|
| Quote: JB Down Under "what do you expect with no team, no TV coverage and no media coverage, and being AFL heartland? The same could have been said for RU 5 years ago, now it is going well on the back of a S15 team.
Come back in 2013 and you'll see a difference!
ps I went to Manly last year and walked through the town and didn't see one single poster, merchandise, people wearing Eagles gear etc etc'"
yes i understand but just thought australia being rugby mad i would of seen more rl coverage etc, obviously on the wrong side of australia though for this!
are perth applying for a franchise place in 2013 then?? will this happen...
what happened with the last team, were they in the nrl... what were the crowds
alot of ex pats will go support perth if they get in the nrl again i would imagine, hope they get in.
i saw the afl stadium in fremantle...where would perth rl play
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 14082 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
9857_1341488583.jpg WEST COAST PIRATES
NRL expansion? Sometime soon, maybe......:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_9857.jpg |
|
| Yes we are and we are favourites at the moment. Likely to be us and either Gosford (North of Sydney) or Ipswich (Brisbane).
Check our out our facebook page for bid detials and comments
new stand
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 15511 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2009 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jun 2020 | Sep 2019 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
43854_1545310668.jpg HUDDERSFIELD
-
THE BIRTHPLACE OF RUGBY LEAGUE:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_43854.jpg |
|
| sounds good, thanks for the details, ill join the facebook page
hopefully then i can go see some rugby league next time im in perth
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 14082 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
9857_1341488583.jpg WEST COAST PIRATES
NRL expansion? Sometime soon, maybe......:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_9857.jpg |
|
| come back in 2013!
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 350 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jan 2007 | 18 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2023 | May 2015 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
30982_1293972016.gif :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_30982.gif |
|
| It did a lot of good for British RL from what I understand but in Australia it basically has put the game into a holding pattern for the last ~15 years. The Broncos were averaging 43K+ in '93. By '97 when the SL War was in full swing and we had dual comp the average had fallen to 19K... We're only back to 35K now in 2010.
It was around this time that the crowds for the AFL teams in Bris/Syd grew significantly. Sydney's AFL team went from 9'000 in '94 to 35'000 in '97.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 1557 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jul 2003 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Mar 2013 | Mar 2013 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
6396_1303160216.jpg [url=http://img229.imageshack.us/my.php?image=widnesvikingsnetkk1.jpg:xt1xzi0r][img:xt1xzi0r]http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7566/widnesvikingsnetkk1.th.jpg[/img:xt1xzi0r][/url:xt1xzi0r]
[size=100:xt1xzi0r][b:xt1xzi0r][url=http://"http://maxdecimus13.blogspot.com/":xt1xzi0r]A Widnesian in Ireland blog[/url:xt1xzi0r][/size:xt1xzi0r][/b:xt1xzi0r]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6396.jpg |
|
| Quote: Lockyer4President! "It did a lot of good for British RL from what I understand but in Australia it basically has put the game into a holding pattern for the last ~15 years. The Broncos were averaging 43K+ in '93. By '97 when the SL War was in full swing and we had dual comp the average had fallen to 19K... We're only back to 35K now in 2010.
It was around this time that the crowds for the AFL teams in Bris/Syd grew significantly. Sydney's AFL team went from 9'000 in '94 to 35'000 in '97.'"
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but stats like your last one cannot be simply coincidental if it is accurate.
It's impossible to say what would have happened, if anything the game has proven itself remarkably resilient over the last 100+ years so I refuse to accept that in this country we would be playing in front of 2,000 fans at most places. I'm not saying that RL hasn't had benefits from Super League but we simply do not know what would have happened in it's place. We may have become a mainstay on national TV and seen an exodus of our better players to the NRL meaning that we competed better internationally.
Likewise in Australia I don't think we can simply say that RL would be the dominant force in the southern hemisphere. There is a tendency to only look at the good points and ignore the unforeseeable yet inevitable problems. If we look at Souths now, ironically I think they are stronger because of the SL war. I remember prior to their exclusion they used to get some miniscule crowds but I think they are more well known now because of it.
As a historian I would be extremely interested to see the parallel universe where SL never happened in 1995. However if you asked me to gamble and swap what we have now for the unknown effects of no-SL, I wouldn't take that risk. Despite numerous worries, the game is in a relatively strong position at the moment.
|
|
|
|
|
|