Aussie Pro Rugby
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@KiwiMurph Is Schmidt impressed by soccer dives? Aimless kicking? Otherwise he's shit out of luck.
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@NTA said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
@Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:
@nzzp said in Aussie Rugby:
@KiwiMurph How do you owe $6M to board members?
Did some provide personal loans?
That's absolute fuckery, if true. You're on the Board to ensure things run smoothly. Popping your own cash into the venture creates a massive conflict of interest.
Just about to say that. Competence is low from the top down if the board, the fucking board, loaned them money!!
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The competition:
Game stronger than ever after record breaking 2023
The NRL announced an operating surplus of $58.2 million after generating more than $700m revenue from a season in which TV viewers, attendances and participation figures were all up.
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Rumour is Brumbies won't last the month without RA taking over.
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It's fucking ridiculous.
Even if RA were able to supply funding at pre-COVID levels, it wouldn't have covered the bills the rebels racked up.
Club volunteers all over the country must be wondering what the fuck is happening, and why the fuck they're bothering to support a code that has run off the rails so spectacularly
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have debts of $22 million
Thats more than i thought it was too
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RA, where maladministration is destined to send rugby in Australia back to the glory days
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its all really sad, for a brief moment after the RWC announcement and with the lions coming...there looked like there was some good things coming for rugby in Aus
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How in the fuck does one team rack up debts that amount to 75% of the national broadcast revenue? That kind of figure blows the "this is because the ARU weren't paying us enough" out the window, because it looks a lot like they were living waaaay beyond their means.
Rugby in Australia apparently needs to get past the notion that it's competing with the NRL and the AFL, and realise it's actually competing with the A-League (who, incidentally, get $10m more a year out of their broadcast deal). A niche domestic sport with a strong international presence.
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Actually, speaking of the NRL, all this shit makes the decision to pay Joseph Sua'ali'i $1.5m a year (or 5% of the annual broadcast revenue) not only stupid, but criminally negligent.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Pro Rugby:
How in the fuck does one team rack up debts that amount to 75% of the national broadcast revenue? That kind of figure blows the "this is because the ARU weren't paying us enough" out the window, because it looks a lot like they were living waaaay beyond their means.
Rugby in Australia apparently needs to get past the notion that it's competing with the NRL and the AFL, and realise it's actually competing with the A-League (who, incidentally, get $10m more a year out of their broadcast deal). A niche domestic sport with a strong international presence.
and a sport that has managed to grow to 3 professional teams in melbourne, thats better than the NRL has even managed...but they have also kept it small and well connected to the metro club scene
and south melbourne always waiting in the wings to join the A League
Yeah go and split it. Makes sense
