Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:29 am
Fallon wrote:
Personally, I'm not that interested in Toronto at all.
The international angle is kinda cool in a marketing way and SBW is a big name for the sport but in terms of on the pitch they are poor. The coach is just a moaner and everyone seems fixated on their salary cap.
Right now they are the worst team in SL and their squad seems unbalanced. When your best chance of winning games is because you are based so far away then you have to question their longer term sustainability. If the RFL are serious about expansion then they need to build a North American League to reduce some of this crazy travel (appreciate any NA league would require lengthy travel even for them but it's all relative).
Sure, they will win some games this year and they may stick around for a few years but at some point the money will run out or be taken away and then what?
The international angle is kinda cool in a marketing way and SBW is a big name for the sport but in terms of on the pitch they are poor. The coach is just a moaner and everyone seems fixated on their salary cap.
Right now they are the worst team in SL and their squad seems unbalanced. When your best chance of winning games is because you are based so far away then you have to question their longer term sustainability. If the RFL are serious about expansion then they need to build a North American League to reduce some of this crazy travel (appreciate any NA league would require lengthy travel even for them but it's all relative).
Sure, they will win some games this year and they may stick around for a few years but at some point the money will run out or be taken away and then what?
Why is it any different to the successful rugby union southern hemisphere league? We need more teams in from France, Canada, USA, Serbia etc then we can get proper international sponsors and TV deals and rid ourselves of the M62 corridor issue. Hopefully this will put us on a better footing and bringing it back to this thread allow us to keep hold of good young prospects from RU and allow us the cash to sign top Australian talent rather than those who cant get a regular NRL spot.
