Lol....ok, I'll bite......"it's not really worthy of a mention at all."...you started the thread and have mentioned it several times, lol
A snapshot.."In ratings, though, a clear winner -- the AFL’s return saw 1.27 million viewers for the game. The NRL game could only manage 618,000 on Nine and 259,000 on Foxtel. Seven’s total share 36.6%, Nine 22.6% -- a real hiding."..source Crikey...just one example
Check out what the public are watching here...
https://tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings/Let me know when you find the nrl mentioned...
"1 Half of 1 Country play the game...it's a side show"
The nrl is laughable...played in two states only by brain dead zombies trying to smack the sh!te out of each other compared to the quite spectacular AFL played in every state...
So no-one watching the nrl on television, no ratings = massively declining dollars in future broadcast rights contract deals...the nrl will suffer the same fate as Union