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Message: [QUOTE="Anonymous person, post: 2447644, member: 2115"] how does showing a saturday game, even delayed, mean the NRL would get less money? I wouldve thought that showing 1 extra delayed game on FTA would be good for both the NRL and channel 9. also, from what ive seen the "huge salary cap increase" that we've been hearing about is only going to be about $800k a year. so basically a team can afford to give 3-4 players a bit extra a year. players like Thurston/Smith/Cronk/Slater/Marshall/Barba would be able to command almost all of that money themselves. the way it had been talked up it seemed as if the salary cap was going to increase to $7-$8million, not a puny $5mil. thats barely going to register a difference on the 'stopping players leaving for AFL/Union/overseas' meter. out of this deal the NRL got over twice the money as the last deal, broadcasts no extra games, and barely increases the salary cap. where the hell is the rest of that money going? it really does look like the only good things to come from this deal are: 1. HD origins and GF from 2014 onwards. 2. Foxtel getting the digital distribution rights as opposed to telstra who literally did sweet FA with them. 3. teeny tiny increase in the salary cap. 4. nine/foxtel giving up their first/last bid rights. so really, apart from digital distribution, nothing much changes for the fans. we still get the same old crappy FTA coverage, will still see our best players leave to join other codes, and still have no HD broadcasts for 99% of the year. add to that the 7.15pm kickoff for the grand final, and it looks to me like we got royally screwed. [/QUOTE]

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