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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2387734, member: 2221"] I don't get it... The Brisbane metro area alone has over 3 million people with one footy club, of which a large percentage supports league. Being generous, half of the league supporters support the Broncos, but the rest either hates the Broncos, or supports a different team, or both. These are the people to whom a second Brisbane team will appeal! The Central Coast is wedged between Manly and Newcastle, and has nowhere near the same potential as another SEQ team, be it from a supporter base, sponsor or more importantly, OZTAM rating, allowing for another Qld team time slot in one of the biggest RL TV markets, which will definitely be of much higher value than a Central Coast spot. Yes, it will dilute the players pool for the Broncos, but will at the same time hopefully allow for more Saturday or Sunday arvo games, bringing more people to the stadium. If the second team is successful, it will create an enourmous derby rivalry, which can be only good for the game and Brisbane, who will have a RL game on show every weekend. Does the Central Coast deserve a team? Probably. But make no mistake, it will just be a revival of the North Sydney Bears a few K's further up the highway. With the saturation in Sydney, only after a couple of teams fold would it be realistic to see the Bears back in the NRL. You can look only at your back yard, or you can look at genuinely expanding the borders of our game, so I would definitely look at Perth to join a SEQ team, and hopefully a second NZ team will come along in Wellington or Christchurch, maybe even PNG, before any more teams in NSW. [/QUOTE]

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