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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2257759, member: 1764"] I think it's just the NRL saying "OK, we reject your first offer, come back to us with something different". The AFL are saying similar things. They're saying they can't go without the MCG for 16 weeks, so at the moment their only option would be to cancel the season - which would cost hundreds of millions of dollars...hinting that they'd want to be compensated for that. As Scotty said, there's already going to be hundreds of millions, possibly over a billion dollars needed to upgrade venues in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth to meet the requirements FIFA have. Add to that compensation like this for the AFL and NRL...it's financially unviable. There's no way the soccer world cup will bring in $2 billion+ in revenue to Australia to pay for the bid. It'd be a financial disaster. There's going to have to be a bit of give and take from FIFA, even reducing the amount of time before the world cup they need to secure venues, or else it's just not going to happen. [/QUOTE]

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