Professional sport elsewhere is already decades beyond the era of nationalisation, as the NRL plans to give existing clubs in a non-national competition more say in its future direction.

The Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1957. South Melbourne became the Sydney Swans in 1982. Yet rugby league shut down franchises in Perth in 1997 and Adelaide in 1998, has no plans to go back, and now existing teams with a vested interest in hoarding the sport's revenue are about to be given seats on what was an "independent" commission.

Pushing back: Toronto Wolfpack. Globalisation is a train; you're either on board or you're not. Credit:AP

Nationalisation is an established policy in other pro sports. They have long since moved on to internationalisation and we stand at the cusp of an epoch that will threaten many sporting leagues: globalisation.

Internationalisation, which sees basketball and ice hockey in the US embrace all of North America, which saw American Football toy with a failed European League, which brought us Super Rugby and the New Zealand Warriors, is close to reaching its natural commercial conclusion.