JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:
Only Perth, Brisbane II/Sth Queensland, and Wellington are needed before PNG.
They don't need overseas players.
Why no value to the NRL media deal?
If they are located in Port Moresby, playing out of a modern stadium whose construction is paid for by the PNG government or multinational corporations, couldn't they raise revenue?
1. That is 20 years of expansion plus to bring those four teams that are more likely. We MAY see two teams brought in 2018, it is unlikely we will see more teams for another ten years after that, then it is highly unlikely they will ever want to go to more than twenty teams in the NRL.
2. Because the TV deal in png would be worth peanuts due to the avg income of the population.
3. Australia has more kids playing the game than png and better systems yet many teams have international players in the team. NZ has a whole country of RL players to choose from yet requires Australian players. Png would not be contenders without being able to sign top talent players from overseas. There is not, and unlikely ever will be enough money in the game to see jnr development in png produce a full team of png players that could win the NRL.
4. No, there will not be a stadium big enough in port moresby to produce gate and corporate facilities that would raise huge revenue, mix that with very limited corporate opportunities and a population with virtually no disposable income for merchandise, membership etc and the chances of them raising $10mill a year to just keep pace with rest of NRL is highly unlikely.
Sorry to burst your bubble!
The way they are going developing better jnr programmes and exposing their very best via nsw cup to be snapped up by NRL clubs is the way to go for them.
