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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 2293322, member: 1992"] According to Bruno Cullen he took that same plan ( or very close to it ) to the NRL for the last three years but his pleas fell on deaf ears.The thing is, a plan along those lines has been put forward by many interested parties but the NRL has consistently rejected anything like those plans. They don't want them because several influential Sydney clubs have the real power in the NRL. I realize this is just a personal opinion but Gallup is a spokesman (like his predecessors) for a Sydney cabal. The Broncos have been trying for the last 15 years to get some fairness in the system but have been knocked back on every occasion. These concessions for clubs who develop the playing talent have been spoken of and included in the original superleague vision. Long sighted planners could see a time when we had a core group of clubs, each developing players and competing in the same league. If Sydney clubs had of banded together, pooling resources (players particularly) and fielded a high class combination team(s) then the 'vision' would have been realized. The Sydney teams who buy rather than develop have always been the stumbling block. Melbourne ( they have'nt always been cheats ) have shown that it is possible to field a great team even if league is not played in the town your in. Sydney clubs have no such excuse. They have the same access to young players as any other club so why can't they grow their own !! [/QUOTE]

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