Stockcar866 years ago
DUMB ARSES. Quite likely Aussie/Queensland will go in lockdown.
Uncrediballistict!!!! Surely this is just someone trying to make news that isn't really there (I didn't bother clicking on the link)
@taniwharugby Yes. From Tigers on FB:
OFFICIAL β The NRL is taking the unprecedented step of suspending the season due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
OFFICIAL β The NRL is taking the unprecedented step of suspending the season due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
hardly unprecedented when everyone else has already done it!
You get the impression they really did not want to do it ,
But the pressure coming from outside forced their hand
16 days later
So while the NRL is frantically trying to come up with a solution and everyone's taken a pay cut of 71%, apparently the FTA broadcaster (Channel 9) thinks the solution isn't worth as much...
The proposal to have a rebooted competition up and running again without crowds in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, however, has not won the support of the gameβs long-time free-to-air broadcaster Nine.
Nine chief executive Hugh Marks has told the NRL there is less value attached to the game being played behind closed doors and under a different structure and the media company wants to negotiate a new contract with the code.
Channel 9 basically calling for heads to roll...
7 days later
14 days later
@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:
Not sure if this is welcome news....
At least I'll get to have my weekly anger release!














