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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2449414, member: 1764"] Yes, but the biggest thing that WSC and SL had in common was that the main thing Packer and Murdoch wanted was exclusive rights. They made all this BS up about care for player welfare etc. They had no interest in that really, that was PR stuff. I think those that were beneath them had those thoughts in mind - Strop in WSC genuinely wanted the players to earn more, and Ribot and co wanted the players to earn more. But to Packer and Murdoch, that wasn't the priority. At all. It was a means to an end. Also in both cases, stubbornness of the boards prevented cooperation and a quick, favourable outcome and instead caused a bitter war. Cricket and Rugby League both recovered and prospered as a result, but it took cricket a good 15 years, and League is now at that point as well. [/QUOTE]

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