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Mash Butty wrote:
The trouble is we live in a capitalist society and sugar daddies compete against one another in all big team sports; football, American football, cricket- whatever. My local teams Wigan, Saints and Warrington all exist because of sugar daddies so this current system has made no difference to us at all in that regard. This is also the same scenario with my local football teams in as far as Manchester and Liverpool. The marquee system is rubbish if all we can do to attract a Ben Barba player is to wait for one to be banned - so for me the issue is to raise the salary cap & create a better quality product to attract viewers and advertisers. In the 80 & 90s we had decent advertisers and recently, well it's been abysmal. Would you want to fund Superleague? Well if the answer is no then something has to change. We walked into the summer rugby sky deal thinking things would get better but be honest with yourself.... We need to attract big backers to the sport but look at how people ridicule a backer who tried in a difficult area i.e. " the good doctor".
You make very valid points, however that has bugger all to do with the salary cap, and more to do with the imbeciles we have in charge of the sport!
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Mash Butty wrote:
The trouble is we live in a capitalist society and sugar daddies compete against one another in all big team sports; football, American football, cricket- whatever. My local teams Wigan, Saints and Warrington all exist because of sugar daddies so this current system has made no difference to us at all in that regard. This is also the same scenario with my local football teams in as far as Manchester and Liverpool. The marquee system is rubbish if all we can do to attract a Ben Barba player is to wait for one to be banned - so for me the issue is to raise the salary cap & create a better quality product to attract viewers and advertisers. In the 80 & 90s we had decent advertisers and recently, well it's been abysmal. Would you want to fund Superleague? Well if the answer is no then something has to change. We walked into the summer rugby sky deal thinking things would get better but be honest with yourself.... We need to attract big backers to the sport but look at how people ridicule a backer who tried in a difficult area i.e. " the good doctor".
Its a tough choice and what you have written in this thread is very true...everyone wants the top quality, to see the best players and the NRL has a much higher cap...if you want the best you have to pay....you get what you pay for. But some people also don't want the salary cap at the same time since,lets just face it,their clubs and attendances just don't have the depth to support it....so they whine and complain (Leigh would be a good example). The simple truth is we need to increase the salary cap to be near or at NRL levels...people can't have their cake and eat it too....spoiled brats just having a tantrum really.
Yes, I also heard that the quality of food at Leigh was very low. very poor fare indeed...Thank you for confirming that....poor Leigh.
It appears that it is time to put lowly Leigh out of their misery.... If Toulouse don't do it this weekend, Toronto will have to sink to their level and do everyone a favour by finishing them at Lamport....
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Karen wrote:
Unfortunately, multiple log ins is not against the AUP
300 anti expansionist idiots slag off Canadian and French rugby. 3 pro expansionsits support it and are then claimed to have the same ip. Grow up. There is a thread at the top of the forum about it
300 anti expansionist idiots slag off Canadian and French rugby. 3 pro expansionsits support it and are then claimed to have the same ip. Grow up. There is a thread at the top of the forum about it
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King James
Bless, calm down Queen James..... Pro Expansion Idiot
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