After this year the NRL grand final will be sold to the highest bidder

[The Future is League]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-grand-final-to-stay-in-sydney-20220818-p5bauc.html

[Copa]

It’s a great idea.

The game belongs to everyone and the GF should move around.

[Damien]

All talk I reckon to get more from Sydney and the NSW Government. 

[DavidM]

I think it should be in Sydney at the biggest ground 

[gingerjon]

10 minutes ago, Damien said:

All talk I reckon to get more from Sydney and the NSW Government. 

I have no problem with this.

[MattSantos]

If you've the stadia and the demand from those governments with said stadia, then yes, move it around.

Why not.

[crashmon]

all sports are going to maximise income, not just the NRL....   I can see the Champions League final played in Saudi \ UAE \ Qatar at some stage in next 5-10 year.
 

RFL should be looking at this approach, not just "are you within 25 miles of the M62" when looking at grounds for events

[Eddie]

I hope the RFL don’t get wind of this, it’ll be at LSV every year. 

[Leyther_Matt]

Does highest bibber mean it will be based on who can spit their dummy the furthest?

[Whippet13]

I think the SLGF location would be hard to sell as due to (current) Sky TV scheduling on a Saturday evening it needs to be close to the heartlands, but the CCF location could more easily be put out for tendering.

[crashmon]

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Does highest bibber mean it will be based on who can spit their dummy the furthest?

Then it would be at the LSV every year :).

[crashmon]

51 minutes ago, Whippet13 said:

I think the SLGF location would be hard to sell as due to (current) Sky TV scheduling on a Saturday evening it needs to be close to the heartlands, but the CCF location could more easily be put out for tendering.

This shows us just how low the RFL and RL is in that if you take the game outside the M62 you will struggle to get any interest.  So you have to have it in M62 area to get a crowd, but then you limit how much broadcasters will pay for it as it has such a small demographic

[gingerjon]

54 minutes ago, Whippet13 said:

I think the SLGF location would be hard to sell as due to (current) Sky TV scheduling on a Saturday evening it needs to be close to the heartlands, but the CCF location could more easily be put out for tendering.

Wembley has the contract until 2027. But, after that, who knows?

[Tommygilf]

2 hours ago, Damien said:

All talk I reckon to get more from Sydney and the NSW Government. 

That isn't necessarily a bad thing is it?

[Damien]

Just now, Tommygilf said:

That isn't necessarily a bad thing is it?

No

[Number 16]

Knowing the RFL, any town that can put a couple of posters on the side of the municipal garbage trucks is in with a chance of hosting the CCF.

[Jughead]

Public service announcement: Just because the Australians do it, it doesn’t mean we will. 

[gingerjon]

Just now, Jughead said:

Public service announcement: Just because the Australians do it, it doesn’t mean we will. 

They're just copying what we did with Magic.

[Jughead]

9 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

They're just copying what we did with Magic.

No, they’re doing it better than we ever have. 

[The Future is League]

2 hours ago, Eddie said:

I hope the RFL don’t get wind of this, it’ll be at LSV every year. 

I doubt with its small capacity if it could even cater for the Big Bash Weekend, and what about fans who like to travel to games via trains?

[gingerjon]

8 minutes ago, Jughead said:

No, they’re doing it better than we ever have. 

Copies can be better than the originals.

[JohnM]

3 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Does highest bibber mean it will be based on who can spit their dummy the furthest?

On that basis, then as Eddie posted above...LSV.

[Eddie]

36 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Copies can be better than the originals.

They should be better than the originals in most cases. 

[DavidM]

1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

Copies can be better than the originals.

Like Shakin Stevens  and Elvis 

[graveyard johnny]

9 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Like Shakin Stevens  and Elvis 

and