Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:27 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

Where did I suggest that "the game would fold"?
Your whole hissy fit is predicated on a false premise, ie that I want Rugby Union to fold. What a silly assumption that is, it's based on nothing more than some phantom "hatred" of mine which certainly isn't evident in my post nor any other I've made.

I certainly hope you feel better after that rant because otherwise it served absolutely no purpose whatsoever!

I'll rephrase then.......wasps, bath and leicester could all go bust and the aviva premiership would still carry on as it does now. Their game is built on foundations that a few clubs going tits up would not shake. Take wigan and leeds from SL and we'd be buggered in the uk.....

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:43 pm  

Aru have just cut all the academy funding to super 15 clubs, they are broke lol.

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:47 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Aru have just cut all the academy funding to super 15 clubs, they are broke lol.

Do the ARL fund NRL academies

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:48 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

It's a great move for burgess, to a bigger, and better game.

Yeh playing in winter in a run down stadium in a small town in front of 11,000 is going to be so much better than playing in front of Hollywood a listers & 50'000 fans at ANZ in one of the worlds best cities!

He'll make more tackles and runs in the playoffs this year than the entire season next! At least he will be able to stand around getting paid loads until he is 40 in union.

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:03 pm  

He may just be proving he is the sporting equal of SBW. And could change codes depending on which World cup is up next.

Also agreeing with the marketing on offer from RWC2015. Billboards & adverts everywhere in Bradford. Still 1 year to go. Quick look on the website shows that the initial ticket application closes in 2weeks or so. So that explains the advertising rush.

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:44 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Yeh playing in winter in a run down stadium in a small town in front of 11,000 is going to be so much better than playing in front of Hollywood a listers & 50'000 fans at ANZ in one of the worlds best cities!

He'll make more tackles and runs in the playoffs this year than the entire season next! At least he will be able to stand around getting paid loads until he is 40 in union.

Souths averaging 50,000 now?
He will be seen by.more tv viewer's in englands opening.rwc game.than.will see him in.an.entire nrl season.........hes fone to.a.bigger game

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:48 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Yeh playing in winter in a run down stadium in a small town in front of 11,000 is going to be so much better than playing in front of Hollywood a listers & 50'000 fans at ANZ in one of the worlds best cities!

He'll make more tackles and runs in the playoffs this year than the entire season next! At least he will be able to stand around getting paid loads until he is 40 in union.

Souths averaging 50,000 now?
He will be seen by.more tv viewer's in englands opening.rwc game.than.will see him in.an.entire nrl season.........hes fone to.a.bigger game

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:50 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

richmond were the first pro union club in britain and were bust within 3 years......in the following 15 years wasps, sale and a few others have had their owners grumble loudly about expense, yet they are all still there, throwing cash after more cash into black holes......god knows why.
If Nigel wray were to let wasps fold, I can assure you the game wouldn't 'fold" as per your prediction......Union is inherently wealthy from the ground up, with most clubs owning their own grounds or having long term deals that suit them. The international game is a mammoth and even compares favourably with wendyball when it comes to attendances.....sponsor flock to be associated with it and next year they will shift a fair few white shirts with roses on them.....just because you WANT them to fold doesn't mean they will. They have a TV deal that is managed well, a European comp that is popular and even the piddly little unions like scotland managed to turn over more than the RFL....wanting them to fail is fine, but predicting based on your hatred of the game is a pointless.

Don't follow union closely but did read a bit about the upping of their SC when it first made the papers. A couple of their journos reckon there's perhaps three premiership clubs capable of spending to the new level. So, if that's true I think you're right: I doubt any clubs will go bust as a result as it sounds like most won't be shelling out.

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:01 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Do the ARL fund NRL academies

They fund the warl $1.1mill a year, whoch helps with the SG ball pirates costs and pay for 5 development officers in WA. So yes they do here. In wa
the aru have just cut the forces academy funding due to lack of resources lol. That lions tour obviously Not the cash cow they were hoping.

Re: Union to raise salary cap while league stands still : Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:04 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Souths averaging 50,000 now?
He will be seen by.more tv viewer's in englands opening.rwc game.than.will see him in.an.entire nrl season.........hes fone to.a.bigger game

I'm sure the one off experience of all those people watching on TV will be outstanding for him, then he can go back to the drudgery of weekly union club football at a hovel in a little town.