20 teams, two conferences: Gus talks expansion

“Relocation … can you imagine if, say, Ipswich or Redcliffe, that area was to be given a franchise but we’re going to move that team from Sydney to come there. Do the locals feel like that’s their team? I wouldn’t think so.”

“And what they’re saying is, we don’t want more than 16 teams. Even with 16 teams, we don’t have a home-and-away competition, we don’t have a level competition. “In the initial stages, that’ll be whether it dilutes the talent too much and we’ve got enough players to sustain it. I think if development’s done right, over time we’ll find the players and we’ll find the competitiveness across the board.

“For a long time, the game has had to prop up clubs. And their brands are important, that’s the other thing,” he said. “Pick any team in Sydney and point the finger at them and say, ‘OK, you’ve got to move or you can no longer exist’, and what sort of public reaction would you get. I guess it would be varied again over most teams.”Gould said that Penrith – where he is head of football - would have been a prime candidate for relocation less than a decade ago, but had since built enough financial strength to be perhaps Sydney’s safest club.

Expansion has to be accompanied by a wildcard playoff round-an idea roundly dismissed. Otherwise you're conceding that extra teams will not make the competition stronger but, rather, dilute the talent pool.

i like the sound of 20 teams NRL Select from your list of candidates PERTH (time zone advantage REDCLIFFE (North of Brissy / Sunshine coast IPSWICH West of Brissy WELLINGTON (south N.Z CENTRAL COAST BEARS (north sydney have a team ADELAIDE (no team 1.2mill PNG 7mill Passion

A Gould idea

Has to be better than what we have now.

No

2 more teams are enough. If not, how the hell do we work out the conferences, there aren't enough teams outside nsw to fill an out of state conference.

Is there enough money to sustain another 4 teams?

NRLonNine Nooooo

Lol. Not enough talent for 16 clubs, let alone 20. Or the cash... FFS.

I thought he was finished giving his opinion

Most important thing might be full home and away season. Conferences could easily achieve this. Smaller conferences could also include a neutral venue to give exposure in places where no team is based. Then you have finals involving top x teams from each conference?

With a draft.

No

18 will work we don’t have as many quality players 2 conferences 9 teams they play twice play others once 25 week comp 1 week off for Rep Weekend should just squeeze it in Internationals at end of season 2 weeks after GF

Increase to 20 teams,play each other once. 19 games/rounds, state of Origin in the middle, internationals at the end

I have letter that Neil Whittaker wrote to me after the SL war telling me the game didn't want a 20 Team 2 conference system. That was 20 years ago. ARL won the battle back then SL won the war and when 2 teams have 2 relocate out of Syd then the original SL idea finally in place

Can't force teams to move and waiting for teams to collapse financially could take longer then expected. Expansion is the only way at this point in time.

We have only 24 million people...and over half follow AFL....2 conferences ridiculous. ....america has 324 million people and its debatable if it necessary their......get real people

I don't understand why there is a need to replicate another league... 20 teams would be fine top 8 would remain and allowances for travel would have to be made... Teams like Pacific Islands or NZ could play all over...

No, No, No, No, No...

Anything Gus says is dumb.

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