Christian Welch Now Works at Collingwood. He Has Notes.

<p>We recorded this in Melbourne. On Origin III day. With a former Storm captain who now works at Collingwood — and the NRL had just announced the biggest broadcast deal in Australian sporting history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian Welch has seen both codes from the inside. He has a commerce degree, an MBA, three ACLs, and opinions on rugby league's commercial blind spots that the NRL probably doesn't want aired publicly.</p><p><br /></p><p>So we aired them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The $5.3B deal, the AFL gap, the Storm machine, Pasifika and Origin, Perth, PNG and the 20-team question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Subscribe to Footy IQ. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.</p>