Adelaide Now logo Adelaide Now 1 month ago

Anger at FIFA code violation

AFL and NRL officials yesterday took a united stand in rejecting a proposed FIFA suspension of both codes during the middle of their seasons, should Australia win the right to host the world's biggest sporting event in 2018 or 2022. Full Article at Adelaide Now

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  1. I couldn't imagine the players standing around for two months or a month
    SOURCE: Fox Sports Australia 1 month ago
  2. The soccer World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the globe next to the Olympics and so attracting something like that to Australia would need the buy-in of all governments and major sporting bodies to make sure that it could come off. And I think it would be a great thing for the country
    SOURCE: Fox Sports Australia 1 month ago
  3. It affects your team, your income, your cash flow, I imagine it would affect broadcasting agreements, it would affect interest in the code
    SOURCE: Fox Sports Australia 1 month ago
  4. We have to be flexible because it's a great window of opportunity for rugby league in a world stage, but it's not workable to suspend the competition for a month.
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