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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3327497, member: 1769"] Slothfield says there is support for an 18 team comp within 5 years. then quotes Uncle Nick saying there should be 2 new clubs in QLD (i don't know what those down south have against the rest of Australia) [B]Uncle Nick says:[/B] “We should have two new clubs in Queensland,” Politis said, “We need to grow and we need new customers. More eyeballs on TV and more product will bring more revenue from the broadcasters and that’s what we rely on more than anything else. “You do that by increasing the number of clubs, have an extra game and go into new areas.” A ninth game would increase TV revenue by approximately $250 million over five years. Politis, a self-made billionaire, has support from some of the most powerful people in the game. “Every successful company expands,” Politis said. “You stay stagnant, you go broke. “A company like Woolworths goes into a new area and picks up 10,000 new customers. “New NRL clubs will do the same and keep growing over time. “The three groups bidding to become the 17th team are all financially strong with good business structures. Why turn two of them away? “They should be encouraged to be patient and eventually become the 18th team or we look at an area like Rockhampton [I][B]Politis points out how the NRL had 20 clubs before the Super League war.[/B][/I] “Look at the people we lost when the North Sydney Bears folded,” he said, “They didn’t go to Manly and they didn’t cross the bridge and come to the Roosters. “They went to the Swans and the Waratahs. We lost thousands and thousands of rugby league fans.” [/QUOTE]

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