🍺 PUB TEST: How Do You Feel About State Of Origin Being Played In Other Cities?

Does State of Origin being played in other cities pass the pub test?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jersey and Amanda.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Jamny down to the Jersey. The matter around. So the
pub test today is State of Origin being played in
other states? Does it pass the pub test?

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Lots of people watched it in Perth on television and
in the stadium. The West Australian newspaper chose to ignore
it and mock it, but they are owned by Seven
West Media, who run the AFL in that city. I
think I know they want to expand the game. We're
going to New Guinea, We're going to Perth. That's great,
that's all wonderful. But for State of Origin, the whole promotion,

(00:32):
the whole point is that it's between two very specific states.
It's Queensland, it's New South Wales, state against state, made
against mate. Why played those games in other places when
those two cities are the ones that are embroidered.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
But it's about expanding a brand, and I think we
should be like America with this. So in America you've
got the NBA, you got the NFL, you got the baseball,
they've got ice hockey. Florida just won the ice hockey.
Florida's nowhere near anything.

Speaker 4 (00:55):
But that's not the state of Origin.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
But it's what I'm saying is we've got to get
past the mentality that AFL is a Victorian game, NRL
is a New South Wales Queensland game. They're both great
codes of football. It's not about what state you're front.
It's about you see these.

Speaker 4 (01:13):
Athletes doing about what state the state of origin.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
The rest play regular games in anywhere we expand the brain.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
But I just, I honestly find that Australians we can
be so small minded about stuff that's spanding.

Speaker 4 (01:27):
No, it's not in the future.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
So imagine down the track one day twenty sixty that
Perth fields the state of origin side.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
And we'll played in Tasmania. That makes no sense.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
I'm just saying this is when you say it's about
being bigger, state of origin brings it down to something
primal and small.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
That's the whole point of it. That's the whole marketing
of it.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yep.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
So you know, and I'm a visionary, you're you know, yeah, yeah, yeah,
closed closed minded.

Speaker 4 (01:53):
Let me see what you think. Jonesy leaves this show immediately.
State of Origin being played in other states? Does it
pass pub test?

Speaker 1 (02:00):
I'm sort of in the half and half of the Amanda.
I think I'm happy to promote the game in other states,
but it only should ever be game one. They get
to play there first, because game two you can tie
up the series. They would have a New South Wales
of Queensland winning in a state that's not theirs.

Speaker 5 (02:16):
Well, I think it passes the pub test. I think
it's a great idea. You know, those people in Perth,
they want to see the games.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
It's great.

Speaker 5 (02:23):
You know, the more places they play, the better I think,
and lucky to Honestly, I don't care that they play
wherever they play. You know, the Moon doesn't bother moon.
But if you really want to get them involved, a
don't do his fing, you know, don't get New South
Whiles and Weasland. Why don't they just make up on
a state sem to play Origin and then that expands
actual Origin games as well. Instead of three, you could

(02:44):
make a scene for Melbourne play one age and then
they just eliminate each other out.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
I should only be paid in New South Wales and Queensland, so.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
That's visionary, not that last one. They're the one in
the middle there because down the track you could have
because Victorians are starting to like NRL right now, you're
not seeing it as much as AFL, but there's going
to be a kid that goes, I like playing league.
I'm going to represent.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
Do you think that Victorian state of origin? They'd like
it if it was played in Townsville.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
This is your No, I'm not.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
It's playing your state of origin right now. It's between
two hot teams in their cities.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
There's grassroots and what that first caller said about playing
the first game, I think that has great merit. So
the first game gets played wherever in the world, Timbuck
two and then the last two deciding games end.

Speaker 4 (03:32):
Up Timbuck too.

Speaker 3 (03:33):
A lot of the original players are from timbucktoo, so
they'd field a very good side.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Thank you for all your calls.