Number 16 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 For those with Watch NRL the NRL 360 show of 8 September has a great interview with the new NRL CEO, Andrew Abdo. He come across as a top bloke and one who can take the sport forward. He seems to be well respected by many over there. Would that SL had that kind of quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Bean counter, isn’t he? I think we can tell who does the vision thing in Australian RL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 16 Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Seems to have a positive relationship with V'Landy, which is good. I'd rather have the bean-counters in at the start, steering, than sorting out the mess at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 13 hours ago, Man of Kent said: Bean counter, isn’t he? I think we can tell who does the vision thing in Australian RL. Difference is that he has a big hitter in V'landys alongside him as chairman. A bit like when Lewis was calling the shots and Wood counting the beans at the RFL. Don't put the bean counter anywhere near progression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I get a bit confused with the hierarchy down there There’s V’landys and there’s Abdo , and he was talking about ‘ the commission ‘ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlno1 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 It all comes down to who will support news Ltd interests....if they do they will get a free ride from the media e.g. V'landys if not they will be crucified until they resign e.g..Smith Refer to the biggest dud who was never criticised by the media in gallop ex news Ltd lawyer held the reins for 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Prophet Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I saw the interview. It was very good. A brave call getting a SA man into the main job of Aus RL. His accent will not warm the Aus RL public, I guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rocket Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 16 hours ago, Man of Kent said: Bean counter, isn’t he? I think we can tell who does the vision thing in Australian RL. Yes Vlandy`s got the vision thing covered. Don`t know whether I can ever really trust a South African, you have to think at heart he would be a union man. Gould didn`t want him ,kept on making remarks it the media a couple of months ago when he was appointed `interim` CEO, that we need someone with `skin in the game` i.e. someone with league affinities. Anyway we`ll give him a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosh2262 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 As someone who like both Union and League (and now plays thanks to Masters) I'm always struck by that kind of comment. Abdo said in the interview he's been in Australia for what 7 years now, and liking League was part of 'becoming Australian'. I don't doubt that to run the sport effectively you need to understand it but the sport also needs to embrace some outside thinking. Similar to Union in SA, League in Australia is the big dog; ratings, attendances, money. He'll understand that well enough. I thought he spoke well and had his head screwed on by embracing expansion without rushing into any promises on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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