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NRL faces financial squeeze with NSW-based competition plan

Max Mason
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The NRL's plan to play its competition in NSW will require huge cash outlays to put up five teams from outside the state, families and support staff while balancing what reduced fees broadcasters Nine and Foxtel are prepared to pay for a shorter season.

ARLC chairman Peter V'landys leaves Racing NSW headquarters in Sydney on Friday. Rhett Wyman

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Max Mason covers insolvency, courts, regulation, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max's journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com

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