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I think logic would stop that mate... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

This year on aggregate, yes, but over the past 10 years and for Origin? No.

The Bledisloe being so one sided has undoubtedly hurt its pulling power, but so has he resurgence of League. For a while there the Bledisloe and Origin were both rating about 2 million apiece, but as league has gotten bigger and recovered from the Super League war the audiences that seemingly...

Well it'll be interesting to see what happens either way. One thing I will say though is I wish the ARU had the sort of balls and strategic vision that Smith is showing at the NRL back when it had bargaining power after the RWC. As for the ratings, how well did the Bledisloe do in the end...

To be honest I follow the NRL and I've never met anyone who says they bought a foxtel subscription because it had "Super Saturday." To be frank it never registered with me at all. People get it because it has most NRL games and they're all live - that sort of brand footy day marketing shit...

They lose Monday, but is Saturday really that badly affected? After all, if they go the simulcast option they'll still get 2 Saturday games, so they could still have their Super Saturday in effect - it would just mean the Channel 9 match would fall somewhere in the mix, and if you're a fox...

Of course Fox makes its money off subscriptions, but without NRL content how many of its NRL following subscribers will bother staying with them. To me it seems obvious - Channel 10 need content, so if FOXTEL just offer the four games the NRL would likely just tell them to get fucked and give...

That's what I thought. To me that makes the option of an all-NRL game deal with Foxtel the most likely option. If Foxtel only offers to take the four remaining games, then the NRL might just offer them to Channel 10 instead, as there'd be no material difference in the money. That would be a...

Thankfully I think channel 9 learned their lesson on Waterhouse. Now if only they'd learn their lesson on Hadley...

We'll have to wait and see I guess, but there's only half the games are on FTA, so there'd still be a pretty strong incentive to get Foxtel if you liked your NRL. The other thing of course is whether it's SD or HD. If Nine keep doing what they are with SD, that alone creates an incentive to...

I think you're underestimating how much Foxtel rely on NRL content to keep its subscription base in NSW and Qld... with online streaming services for movies and TV shows the drive to have Foxtel for anything other than sport is fast dwindling. With two years left on the current deal and likely...

I'm not surprised the Aus are running stories like that though to be honest, given them and Fox are all Murdoch. The NRL have given themselves 2 years to negotiate the rest and according to the Fairfax press the FOXTEL side of the negotiations had been incredibly "arrogant" in their approach to...

Everything you just said. Was having this same discussion with a couple people at a work lunch last week on just how myopic the development of the game has been. One of the guys commented on how it seems fewer schools seem to offer union, but more and more have league than ever. That's a...

Not necessarily as bad as the Africans argue though. When they were negotiating the most recent deal it was shown that the South African rights were bought by the broadcasters as a package, with the Currie Cup being awarded more than Super Rugby. There was a suggestion there that this was...

They are and they aren't... Both are also linked to the poor communication and organization of the JRFU. SANZAR have had trouble getting their calls and emails returned as each deadline has passed for their new Super side, and likewise the IRB had to find out about the stadium debacle from the...

No idea what the alternative is, but in all likelihood the prospect of losing the franchise would be considered an unforgivable loss of face for Japanese rugby more generally, and so that may convince the top league sides to jump on board. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If by that you mean it's not run in a way one could describe as demonstrating business acumen, then yes I agree. What specifically do you see them as seeing "as they wish it were" rather than how it is? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All true TWAS. Although in terms of supporting clubs with TV dollars the ARU is having to prop up a larger proportion than the NRL (2 of 5 against 4 of 16 for the NRL), so there's that too of course. In terms of making Super Rugby more profitable, RUPA had the best idea in terms of building a...

I wouldn't get too carried away with Japan just yet... word is they're now a chance of losing their hosting rights after dicking up their opulent Olympic Stadium and deciding they need to redesign it so that it won't be ready until 2020. What's more, the Japanese Super Rugby Franchise have...

That's not quite right; you're assuming a 1:1 ration for dollars and matches, and that's not really the case. Origin and the finals series are worth around half the overall deal on their own (arguably more in fact), and they're staying the same. Meanwhile, 9 have had 3 games as part of their...