The Commission We Had To Have. Rugby League As A Sport And Business, From Dally M To The NRL

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Stoke Hill Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 255 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Rugby league fans love their game, their heroes and their teams. Many know that the NRL is now managed by an independent Australian Rugby League Commission. But while they regularly disagree with the commissions decisions, they have little idea how it operates and even why it was established. This book sets those contradictions straight. NSW Rugby League CEO David Trodden is uniquely placed to describe the process that led to the games new governance structure and to analyse its progress.Once predominantly working-class, rugby league has become a sporting powerhouse, a producer of heroes from Dally Messenger to Johnathan Thurston, and survivor of courtroom battles, endless controversies and the Super League War. In charting this evolution, Trodden confronts a question now facing those in charge of all major professional is our game a sport or a business, or something in between The answer has huge implications, not just at the elite level but also for the grassroots.

ISBN: 9780994500885