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2) The NRL's current tv rights deal stands at 30mil. However with the new deal set to be negotiated next year and now the inclusion of Storm since the last negotiations and the opening up of the Victorian market, the deal will be increased to around 50-60mil due to the national competition thanks t...

Also, do you guys know of the group called League of Our Own. Ok, most of them are expat Sydneysiders and generally hate the Storm. Their website is http://www.leagueofourown.net/ if you are interested. I'd go and watch games at their functions if more Storm fans turned up. JF This may shock you, b...

Benji is just fronting for when Schubert comes knocking on the door at Campbelltown or Leichardt asking for a please explain on how he's getting his money from his "Tigpie for life" contract. But seriously, I reckon as a test case the NRL review the contracts of Hayne, Marshall, Thurston ...

Bourbon Rat wrote: The ARL stated that IF an independent commission was formed they would keep Gallop as it's head.Kind of defeats the purpose don't it 

No argument there - my viewpoint is one they don't share, but then there's that damn golden rule.

He who has the gold, makes the rules.

How then do you explain the fact that Super League in the UK gets by with "A smaller salary cap" per club yet can still afford to steal Australian players on decent contracts ? A 'merge' of News Ltd & the dinosaurs of ARL was never going to have " the interests of the game at hea...

The bottom line is that SUPER LEAGUE had it right. Oh so wrong on so many levels. If Super League  and News Ltd. had it's way, by now there would be 3 clubs with all the gun players, 5 clubs hanging on by the skin of their teeth and the rest would be dead. The independant commission is definitely t...

That brings me back to the whole 'why can't they just take pay cuts' (assuming they want to). As has been pointed out before, the team was never "assembled illegally" as gallop says    All too true - they were legally assembled due to astute talent scouting, mainly by O'Sullivan I believe...

They'd just point out the annual $6 million package from news limited. At least the truth about the need for the Storm to get special support to survive appears to be massively overstated. As for Gallop strolling in and taking it all away - He kicked the house down, yes, but Waldron had stripped the...

As far as the top grade goes: Souths went from minor premiers to wooden spooners in 1989-90. The bulldogs almost reversed this last year. Western Suburbs were 'spooners in 1933, premiers in 1934 Canterbury went from premiers 1942 to spooners in 1943. There might be more, but these are a few examples.

billythekidslater wrote: Some people are pretty angry at present

That's entirely understandable. It's no reason or excuse for being a complete idiot.

Gallop is off limits as far as physical attacks are concerned. Even Waldron, for all his guilt in this, should not be assaulted. The courts will sort him out.

billythekidslater wrote: Some people are saying he will need to have security protection when he is down here.

That's a poor act if anyone stoops to physically attacking Gallop.
A fish rots from the head. In this case I believe the fish head has a birth certificate with the words 'Brian Waldron' on it.

Gallop is incompetent and is ruining the image and standing of Rugby League. Too true on so many fronts, but what I really want to know is WHY did Gallop grow a spine and show 'leadership' NOW??? He's been adrift at sea for years and this is the first attempt at solid direction EVER - and he's stuf...

Gallop is incompetent and is ruining the image and standing of Rugby League. Too true on so many fronts, but what I really want to know is WHY did Gallop grow a spine and show 'leadership' NOW??? He's been adrift at sea for years and this is the first attempt at solid direction EVER - and he's stuf...

NAH TOO BUSY CHEERING MY BOYS ON Good reply there. Seriously - why so angry at Gallop? For all the shit he's done, in this instance, his hands were tied. The penalties were handed out in the same way Canterbury copped it in '02. It's Waldron and co. that are the ones who deserve all the ire in my e...

...wow.. its hard to hate the over-rated hack now. :? Yeah, go ahead, stick the boot in to Marshall. You can go ahead and call him over-rated. I disagree. He's working hard to get more consistent, and it's starting to happen. Kids love him and respect his words. He's had 5 (yes FIVE) shoulder recon...