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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3622704, member: 1769"] A PNG team (in the form they are talking about) is purely stupid. This team will have literally zero support. I can't see the PNG public getting a team that isn't based in PNG. the people of PNG won't consider it a PNG team ... and the people of Cairns (where it will be based) won't consider it a Cairns team. as [USER=2210]@Bucking Beads[/USER] said it is a pure political move. the problem with that (apart from the obvious that politics should stay the **** away from sport) is that the NRL are now going to need to rely on the Government to keep their promise and fund the new PNG team for the next decade (the NSW stadiums issue should have taught them how fraught with danger that can be), and even if the current Government do keep their promise, then the NRL still need to rely on them staying in office, if they lose an election there is no guarantee the incoming Government, won't immediately scrap that funding. I seriously see a PNG team (in the proposed form) being a dismal failure and setting the sport back in PNG a long time (at least in terms of getting a professional team). the Perth team on the other hand is a no-brainer and should have happened ages ago [/QUOTE]

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