It’s all gone quiet at R360. Hopefully, it stays that way

Seriously, who thinks that is the case with both professional union and league players these days? The economies of cities like Sydney, Brisbane, Paris, and London, already produce million-dollar-plus salaries for their better footballers. That is in genuine rugby and rugby league strongholds. By what magic alchemy will Lisbon, Miami and Boston produce much bigger salaries? Perhaps it is by TV money? Nup. In those ultra-competitive and established markets, broadcasters are already standing on tiptoes to pay top-dollar against serious competition. Look at what happened with LIV Golf. Despite all that hoopla, and all that carry-on, they’ve lost more than a billion since they got started because no one is watching. Look at the NRL playing their matches in Las Vegas. All that hoopla, all that carry-on, and how many people watched their opening matches in America? 50,000. I repeat. 50,000! And that was for top-flight NRL games.