Brian McDermott

That stings.

So then somebody says, oh, I'll tell you what, let's grow the game.

Let's bring Toronto Wolfpack in.

I'm arguing against it now.

Let's bring Toronto Wolfpack in.

It's not actually going to add anything to the sport just yet.

And in a couple of years' time, you might have to give them a slice of the pie.

This pie that we've been given, each owner gets a slice of the pie, is getting smaller and smaller every year.

I said, what's the projection?

What's the plan?

What's the plan for Toronto Wolfpack?

Nobody could answer these owners.

The governing body couldn't answer the owners.

What's the plan?

So the fella called Eric Perez came up with an idea of forming a team in Canada and playing from a transatlantic competition.

And the NFL said, yeah, okay, you can do that, but you don't have a license or you probably got that wrong, but you're not going to be a member of it, but.

See what you can do.

And they ripped through the first comp and then got through the second comp and failed at the grand final.

And I came in in the third year of their existence and we won that competition that year and got promoted.

And I don't think anybody was ready for it.