2015 Australian Sports Twitter Trends
The Top Australian Sports Trends in 2015reference: here and Sydney Morning Herald article here.
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NRL and clubs reach funding agreement
In August 2015, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the NRL clubs want an increase in their annual NRL grant from $7.5 million a year to $12 million if the salary cap rises to $10 million a year in 2018 – or an annual payment of more than $2 million in excess of their total wages bill for players. The…
NRL Media Rights Announcement
The deal is worth $1.8 billion to the NRL – 70 per cent higher than the existing rights. With the sale of international and radio rights to come, it is anticipated that the total value of the final package will exceed $1.9 billion. Under the agreement, many of the changes to improve the schedule of…
News Corp salvages NRL rights
As Reported by both News Corp and Fairfax, it appears that News will win the rights to Saturday, in what both papers report as part of a likely 1.85 billion rights agreement. News reported that amid marathon talks late Wednesday night, insiders said Fox, Nine and the NRL were close to reaching agreement on the…
Clubs say they’ve held positive talks with NRL over salary cap stand-off
Fairfax media is reporting that there was a meeting on Wednesday between NRL club chiefs and the NRL about wide-ranging issues that included funding, the salary cap and changes to the constitution. Storm Chairman Bart Campbell described the latest round of talks as “positive” but it’s said there’s still be a long way to go before the NRL…
NRL Clubs ask ARL to increase funding to 130 per cent of player payments
Fairfax reports that NRL clubs want their annual grants increased to 130 per cent of the salary cap and changes to the constitution to give them a greater say in the make-up of the ARL Commission.Those are the key points in a list of demands drawn up ahead of a potentially explosive meeting on Wednesday between a delegation…
Sponsorship Update
ARU The NSW Waratahs have extended their partnership with Volvo for another three years. AFL Richmond have signed a three year deal with National Storage who will become their official media polo sleeve partner from 2016, replacing Elegance Tiles Carlton have signed a two year deal with CareerOne. The CareerOne logo will now appear on…
NRL clubs demand bigger slice of the pie from the ARLC
News Limited reports in The Australian that while the NRL clubs are believed to be happy with the ARLC’s offer of an extra $3m over the next two seasons, they want the money to come with no strings attached — there have been suggestions it would be repayable if the clubs failed to sign new…
Sponsorship Updates
AFL United Petroleum has renegotiated its partnership with Collingwood, extending its commitment for a further five years. (Match ball, VFL sole sponsor) ALeague Central Coast Mariners have secured a partnership with Telstra with the telco becoming the club’s membership partner for at least the next two A-League seasons. Football Federation Australia has partnered with tyre…
NRL continues third party payment review
Fairfax media reported on the 14th of October that Mark Evans was halfway through the process of conducting the review into third party payments “We’ve got some improvements that could be made,” Evans said. “I’m testing a few ideas against a few people in the game. Hopefully, in the next few weeks I will be…
Gold Coast Titans set for a major restructure
On October 14th, News Limited reported that the NRL was set to appoint 4 independent board members, while the NRLs cheif financial officer, Peter Brown, would stand down in order to allow the Titans to feel more like their own entity as the club is prepared for sale. For a more complete summary of the…
Turnbull Stadium an option for North Queensland
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill is so desperate for federal funding for a new sporting stadium in the North Queensland city, she will consider naming it after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull if he allocates money to the project.
The NRL expansion plan that doesn’t involve more teams
Brad Walter writes in Fairfax media about the NRL expansion plans. These evidently include adding sides to the NSW Cup system but not adding new teams to the top tier until the existing 16 sides are standing on their own two feet. “I think our clubs are stronger, there is no question about that, and…
[NRL] Stadium investment needed to save Sydney clubs
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the new Stadium upgrades are essential for the preservation of Sydneys NRL clubs, as well as the growth of attendances in the code.\ “My strong view is that suburban grounds, particularly in rugby league’s case, will probably kill one or maybe even two franchises if we don’t make the…
Rugby League News – PNG to cohost World Cup
Papua New Guinea will cohost the World Cup, holding three group matches in New Guinea after spending 1.4 billion on stadium and facility upgrades. “The investment that the government and capital city has put in will get 10 times more back when it comes to the promotion of our city, our country and our national…
NRL News – Smith talks to Rothfield
Phil Rothfield recently had an indepth discussion with Dave Smith, CEO of the NRL. Here are the parts relative to this website. BUZZ: I’m glad the grand final was at ANZ. Under your plan for a 60,000 seater in Moore Park, 25,000 fans would have missed seeing the best grand final ever. SMITH: What I’m…
Digital Traffic numbers for July 2015
Source: MCN April 2015 stats NRL. April PI’s 47,392,523 April UA’s 2,937,786 April ASD’s 10:00 April m.site PI’s 7,771,993 April m.site UA’s 664,074 NRL App Downloads 600,000 AFL. April PI’s 136,487,128 April UA’s 4,863,615 April ASD’s 7:58 April m.site PI’s 8,777,073 April m.site UA’s 821,700 AFL App Downloads 1,367,658 Abbreviations PI = Page impressions UB…
NRL beats AFL in social media stakes
Mumbrella reports that the NRL has beaten the AFL when it comes to social media – 106,000 to 92,000. It should be noted that no menthodology is included.