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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 2880863, member: 8423"] Let's give them a hand. Rabbitohs - keep as they actually have memberships. Roosters - keep because they are successful financially and in performance Sharks - Boot out or merge Eels - Merge or boot out Dragons - keep because they are south of Sydney and already merged Panthers - They have a new facility so keep them as they are far enough out of Sydney anyway Tigers - Boot them out or keep if they play out of Leichhardt only Bulldogs - Boot them out, who cares Manly - can't stand them but they are successful and close enough to the central coast anyway. Play them out of Gosford and all them the Central Coast. Warriors - Keep Knights - Keep as their fans are legends Storm - Keep Raiders - Keep and emcourage other teams to adopt something cool and symbolic like the Viking clap Cowboys - Keep Titans - Boot them out and replace with a team out of Ipswich or South Queensland (yes I know this won't happen) Broncos - Your bread and butter, look at their model and copy with the new franchises in Perth and Adelaide Perth - Added next season Adelaide - Added, hopefully next season PNG - Yes, yes logistics and all that but imagine the promotion that you could tap into with full houses and excited fans There you still have a 14-16 team comp and far better spaced out location wise. Yes you lose a lot of tradition but who cares, people don't go to games anyway. Yes you will lose money initially but follow the FFA model with the A-League as it has become successful very quickly despite initial struggles. Next, do not renew with channel 9, they are a blight on league. Who cares if another network offers slightly less as long as they have a plan to grow the game through advertising, follow the AFL model. Then, replace the 'gossip columnists' masquerading as 'reporters' with people who can demonstrate a semblance of objectivity. Interestingly, do not worry about the refereeing yet as their artificial 'game management' would help new teams look more successful than they really are. Controversial I know but it is what it is. This point will be strongly disagreed with but so what, the refereeing is so poor it can't change over night, it needs time. Then, get an independent commission made up of people will no interest in club or state loyalty, yes get them from non-Sydney or Queensland states. Sounds crazy because it is but it's is necessary if this game is going to stop being so backward thinking. Now a lot will disagree with this point but I don't really care, let every team have a player out of the cap. A marquee that can be earning whatever they want. This way you can get your Folaus, Hunts, Teos, etc back. Then, give lots of concessions for teams who develop their own talent, reward these teams, not the poachers. It also lets multi-sport talented youngsters see there is a pathway to earning really big money and not see other sports as more attractive options. Finally, limit the amount of ex-players you have in commentary boxes to those who are coherent, can provide insightful comments and can leave their bias at the gate, their rhetoric and agendas are a blight on the game. Sorry about the rant and wasting your time reading it as none is this will happen...but a lot of it should. [/QUOTE]

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