Wrap - Cry Me A River

1. NRL. Relaunching in 31 days, desperate for cash and broadcasters losing cash hand over fist. The only sport channel doing well is the Saturday SKY1 horse racing! The NRL will go bust if they mess this up. A cold and wet week ahead will be of interest re the coronavirus.

Interesting how the media clamour to support the decision to re-launch so their jobs are kept safe in TV and the media. There are only so many re-runs of the 1989 Grand Final you can watch.

2. Peter V'landys has shone in terms of being tough. A dreamer one week - a genius the next. Getting rid of Todd Greenberg seems crucial. Todd needed to double down and work differently with his new boss, but he seemed incapable of doing this. Interesting and in no place to argue with the wasted cash he presided over. V'landys knows that without it, rugby league contracts and will need so much more surgery long term.

The new COVID-19 NRL rules for players are almost impossible to follow for these guys. Off field discipline works for most, but there will be the inevitable exceptions. No public interaction or personal training. No Ubers or taxis, self isolation, cleaning regimes, strict penalties and losing competition points. Washing footballs in eskies...please.

Finally deducting competition points will occur for perpetrators. You talk competition points in a reduced length of a season (esp. if you have no points so far) and the behaviour will tighten up. If you are the person to create the problem, you will never ever play NRL again. Unforgiveable.

One slip up and the comp finishes. Or do you just sack those clubs and surge on?

3. The Warriors staying at Lennox Head...surely when people can't attend a funeral, this can't progress. The lack of consistency is a huge risk. Society will simply rise up and do their own thing at their own beach...hang on...they've done that.

4. NFL. Tom Brady's move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is an exciting development, but getting the great Rob Gronkowski ('The Gronk') as well looks really exciting for the Bucs. The Patriots will be totally revamped and will need a lot of work to recreate anything in the next season or two. This will test Bellichik's coaching ability.

5. Rugby. Raelene Castle is gone, but sadly, Rugby is still a basket case. She will go down in history as a trail blazer before her time, with the former Wallaby captains signing sheets of paper reinforces the problems the game faces. Living in the past....still. Phil Kearns should be immediately ruled out. John Eales is the man.

6. Cricket. Like the NRL, what a fiasco. They are forever crying poor and no one has an ounce of sympathy for these cash wasters. The 'poor me' brigade is not relevant in these times. take the hit and wake up. He is citing projected share losses. Don't sell them...they will recover in time. Their greed lingers on. Can we have another World Series break away comp? That was a whole heap of fun.