Legend reveals mental health battle that forced rehab stint<\/a><\/p>\nV\u2019landys\u2019 tenure as ARL Chairman has been highlighted by successful rule changes like the \u201csix-again\u201d rule and the \u201ctwo-point field goal\u201d, both of which had initial opposition. <\/p>\n
However, they have ultimately resulted in making the on-field product more exciting for fans and investors, which has helped the NRL become a financial juggernaut in recent years. <\/p>\n
V\u2019landys is conscious of making the game more entertaining, particularly as negotiations loom over a broadcast deal, which is forecast to exceed $5 billion.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes leadership means you\u2019ve got to make tough decisions,\u201d V\u2019landys said.<\/p>\n
TOP 25 NRL moments in season 2025! | 22:59<\/p>\n
\u201cYou listen to people, but at the end of the day, as custodians, you do what you believe is in the best interests of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tactical use of the new kick-off rule creates unpredictability and can help stop lopsided scorelines, according to V\u2019landys, which will lead to a better product. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact you can choose to kick off or receive is tactical,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt brings unpredictability to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLC boss Peter V\u2019landys has backed the proposed kick-off rule changes to create tactical entertainment as part of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[219406,2095,40371,64,63,219405,112903,217437,157793,17343,763,219403,219401,215007,219402,2623,219404,217470,761,762,219408,2627,2041,2067,158,16205,85,219407,35634,2614,167476,1651],"class_list":["post-415727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-landys-backs","tag-america","tag-andrew-abdo","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-backs-kick-off-rule","tag-broadcast-deal","tag-call-leaves-casualty","tag-consultation-period","tag-daily-telegraph","tag-fox-league","tag-kick-off-change","tag-kick-off-changes","tag-kick-off-rule","tag-kick-off-rule-changes","tag-las-vegas","tag-leadership-means","tag-mental-health-battle","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-negotiations-loom","tag-nevada","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-nrl","tag-rule-changes","tag-sports","tag-tactical-entertainment","tag-two-point-field-goal","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-vlandys","tag-wayne-bennett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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