Where would those stars appear from, without weakening the NRL.

Forget the NRL if we could bring the likes of Sonny Bill or Greg Inglis to the Super League you'd have Sky on their knees, plus what your forgetting is the British talent that have gone and left our game for Union or the NRL, if the cap was bigger they wouldn't have gone, unfortunately abRugby League career is short so if a player is offered more money elsewhere then there off.

"they're off", it should be.

I've had enough of people writing 'there' instead of 'they're' or 'their'. Did you go to school?

Aww cheers thanks for the spelling lesson, now tell me what has that got to do with anything in this thread? No contribution what so ever!

Yes, but if those players were playing at existing SL clubs why woyld Sky pay more? Who will be the new subscribers?

If league had the money it would go hunting union players again,i cant see a reason for the cream of the nrl to come over here now

Haven't we got a ru player cap dispensation?

The point is sort of that over in Aus, under the NRL management, the game is going from strength to strength and over here, whilst no doubt the standard has gone up, to the extent that our players are actually now in demand as better thah anything most clubs there can produce, somehow the entire game seems to be in a financial morass.


Oh yes, because I really think that if the NRL took charge of SL then changes would instantly happen by magic, don't I.

The NRL has shown that, done the right way, RL CAN be a major and wealthy sport, and CAN attract extremely substantial and widespread sponsorship. In cash. So what, if any, is your point? Do you believe that the RFL are running things to the max, perfectly, and so despite many clubs being on the brink, every possible penny has been squeezed from every possible source? Is that your view? Well, then we may as well pack the game in now.

Yeah....'coz Bradford have been so hard done by, by the RFL

Gf why are you bringing Bradford into it? It's irrelevant who FA supports.

If NRL is as small as the picture you paint the surely he has a point and the NRL board has done wonders in getting a tv deal so big.

I really think it's time Super League was replaced with National Rugby League UK and appoint some NRL senior staff or set up a similar commission as from my perspective this game at national pro level is been run into the ground.

Lipstick on a pig

I recall when Brsibane Broncos were attracting big crowds that they tried via Barry Maranta to weave the NRL magic on London Broncos. Despite some early promise look how things turned out. Until the wider British public gets into RL (and I see no prospect of that ever having given the contary vested interests and lack of finance in the game to kick start a massive and sustained promotional campaign) then whatever management there is the result will be the same.

what you fail to mention in your OP is that: 1. the salary cap is going up as well so clubs will actually only be $50k better off if they take the money 2. it is an advance interest free loan for clubs that are skint, not an increased payment A number of NRL clubs are financially struggling as much as some SL clubs despite the $billion TV deal they just signed. www.theleader.com.au/story/17948 ... me-ground/

what you fail to mention in your OP is that: 1. the salary cap is going up as well so clubs will actually only be $50k better off if they take the money 2. it is an advance interest free loan for clubs that are skint, not an increased payment A number of NRL clubs are financially struggling as much as some SL clubs despite the $billion TV deal they just signed. www.theleader.com.au/story/17948 ... me-ground/

"fail"? I made short post, I wasn't writing an exhaustive treatise analysing the entire Australian game ffs