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Sounds as if there may be a cutback in the number of spectators allowed in to the SCG this weekend.
‘The Swans were on Wednesday night working through how they can accommodate fans for their game against Gold Coast on Saturday, after a day in which NSW recorded 13 new coronavirus cases and the cluster linked to the Crossroads Hotel in Casula grew to 34.’
‘About 10,000 fans can attend the SCG in accordance with state government regulations, which allow for stadiums to open to 25 per cent capacity. This number, however, could be reduced in order to increase social distancing as part of a wide range of safety measures being considered by the Swans.’
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Next batch of games: St Kilda @ Gabba (early Sat eve), Collingwood @ Gabba (early Thur eve), GWS @ Perth Stadium (Thur night).
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Sydney Swans face masks available for pre-order at the Swans Shop.Comment
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I've picked some tickets for tomorrow's game hopefully face masks are also available at the merch stand.
100% chance of rain and the tix are 3 rows from the fence and we aren't permitted to move beyond our row. No tix were being sold in the Noble where we usually sit. Not quite sure why. I shouldn't complain. There are no doubt folks who'd love to go regardless of the conditions, but can't. I guess I'll take my canoe.It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
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Although the Melbourne media scoffed at the time, it looks like the NRL got a much better media deal. While AFL is slashing the salary cap, the NRL's cap is staying the same and they are signing big names like Sonny Bill.
Gill needs a please explain.Comment
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Good job at telling half the story Barry
The reason they are able to sign Sonny Bill is the not insignificant fact that the team paying him a massive fortune is based in Canada, and in the current world, there is no way they can actually play any games given they are part of the English rugby league competition. So all their players are therefore available, and what their 'true market worth' is by and large irrelevant, because they are only available on short term contracts.
He's also 35 and well past his best, and hardly commanding top dollar. The only thing that makes it even remotely of interest is somehow the team with the ever-elastic salary cap in the NRL the roosters are going to fit him in their cap somehow, despite being dual defending champions...
That whole situation has zero to do with the media deal, and all to do with the fact the guy would otherwise be earning zero and therefore is going relatively cheap."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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The relevance is that the NRL are in a position to attract new talent in (Sonny Bill) with lucrative contracts, and move players around (Fifita from Brisbane to Titans) on big contracts with the same salary cap in place as pre-covid.Good job at telling half the story Barry
The reason they are able to sign Sonny Bill is the not insignificant fact that the team paying him a massive fortune is based in Canada, and in the current world, there is no way they can actually play any games given they are part of the English rugby league competition. So all their players are therefore available, and what their 'true market worth' is by and large irrelevant, because they are only available on short term contracts.
He's also 35 and well past his best, and hardly commanding top dollar. The only thing that makes it even remotely of interest is somehow the team with the ever-elastic salary cap in the NRL the roosters are going to fit him in their cap somehow, despite being dual defending champions...
That whole situation has zero to do with the media deal, and all to do with the fact the guy would otherwise be earning zero and therefore is going relatively cheap.
Same salary cap, loosely means same major revenue streams. We know two revenue streams are down (crowds, and sponsors), so other revenue (broadcast rights) must be same or up.
This is logical conclusions based on actions, not words from the media.Comment
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It always seems to me that most rugby league player contracts are more of a "guideline" than a "core promise" ie not worth much more
than the paper they are written on. If Buddy had been a league player and signed a nine year contract at the end of 2013 with say
Canterbury, he'd be onto his fifth club by now. I couldn't care less one way or the other but for big, tough macho men, league
players sure have a lot of hissy fits. Some of the coaches aren't much better. Give it a few more years and it'll be easier to count the clubs
Wayne Bennett hasn't coached than the ones he has. I'm just not sure you can equate player movement as being a sign a sport is
dynamic and going places. As for SBW, I reckon if members of RWO were to crowd fund a new sport that's a hybrid of league, union,
Australian Rules and boxing that's only ever going to be played in the Fox Studios carpark, Sonny Bill would sign up for it in a heartbeat.Last edited by KTigers; 27 July 2020, 03:10 PM.Comment
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Its an interesting comparison, because NRL have a cap but no draft, whereas AFL has a cap and draft.
I think you see a lot more club movement up and down the ladder in NRL, because a few big player movements make good teams bad, and bad teams good.
Look at Canberra, hopeless a couple of years ago, top team now.
AFL's draft prolongs teams at the bottom and top longer.
No doubt.... if the money was good.I'm just not sure you can equate player movement as being a sign a sport is
dynamic and going places. As for SBW, I reckon if members of RWO were to crowd fund a new sport that's a hybrid of league, union,
Australian Rules and boxing that's only ever going to be played in the Fox Studios carpark, Sonny Bill would sign up for it in a heartbeat.Comment
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