Part of this is to bring attention to the NRL in the US, but ultimately this is mostly about tapping into the huge sports gambling market now legal in the US since they lifted the federal ban in 2018.
Possibly, but we managed to racistly boo a previously beloved indigenous footy champion and Australian of the year so much that he quit the AFL, never to return, so ... Not sure we should be throwing stones in this particular greenhouse...
Goodes was never beloved. He was tolerated, he berated and embarrassed people rather than embracing it. Everyone including himself got it wrong and the whole thing was handled poorly by everyone. If he’d been more like Buddy then wow our country would’ve been better.
So the big cheese of a tiny sport thinks he can make it big (with his obligatory swipe at soccer) by luring Trump along. The US woud still be wondering why Trump attended a Rugby match. Only a sporting backwater would be impressed by PVL.
Deluded nonsense and surely this goes against the well publicised often quoted culture of inclusion of the NRL.
Shabby way to get publicity. They’d do better getting Rogan. More influence in the targeted leaguey faux macho male demographic.
Here we have a convicted rapist whose public views on diversity and inclusion are front and centre for the world to see and the NRL are begging for him to go to the game.
If one of their players was convicted of the same thing, had the same public views that would be banned.
Far out, did he mention he was going to do this to;
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Shabby way to get publicity. They’d do better getting Rogan. More influence in the targeted leaguey faux macho male demographic.
If one of their players was convicted of the same thing, had the same public views that would be banned.
This goes against the games own diversity and inclusion policies and programs.
I will be boycotting this game and the NRL of this continues.
If NRL overtly aligns with Trump, it can go to hell.
https://au.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/chris-minns-rejects-calls-to-cut-ties-with-ufc-71954/
Telstra
Ampol
Bundaberg
Chemist Warehouse
Harvey Norman
Hisense
Kia
KFC
VB
Sportsbet
Swyftx
Westpac
Youi
And if so... hmm, some easy choices made about where I won't be making my purchases going forward... resignation imcoming tic toc tic toc...