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Me I want a 10 team national domestic competition, playing out of 10 to 20K stadiums. 2 rounds over 18 weeks, plus finals Using this as the linked model to set up and introduce private capital into rugby...

Do you really want me to explain. The short answer, pre 2005 in summer we had cricket and in winter AFL, League & Super Rugby. The A-League came along and started to rate, expanded and cricket ratings started to fall. With the advent of the A-League and W-League their player numbers exploded...

In any given population, there is a percentage of people who watch sport and a percentage of people who don’t. Modern sport has become a business, and many see the sports as a market segment. Within the market segment called sport in Australia there are three [3] main team sports, in...

The current Fox arrangement is not in the best interest of Australian rugby. I believe this to be the case and we need to break from the control they have over many of the operating procedures we have. We need as a code to develop a structure that will allow for expansion of rugby, grow the...

BH This is a link to how the MLS model operates. This IMO is how we create a "National Domestic Competition" https://medium.com/@isaac_krasny/unpacking-the-major-league-soccer-business-model-827f4b784bcd

Who said we would leave Fox ??? genuine question? What I said was the adopt an American franchise model, and suggested the MLS as the one that best suits Australian rugby. In brief how it works, the governing body license [RA] license an organisation [say R-League] to run an operate a...

Reasonable question. Before I answer, under our existing system, I don't see a lot of blue sky in the future. More a slow continual decline. Meaning part of my answer is the existing systems are failing and failing badly. Meaning we need to do something before we reach a point of...

I have read a number of articles about other codes recently, NRL, AFL, Cricket, Netball & A-League who are all on expansion. League is looking at both expanding the number of teams and a couple of Sydney clubs moved to new locations. AFL is everywhere with new competition formats and on a...

Another nail in the coffin, as a code we are struggling for renewal of the fan / player base. We are under enormous pressure, from other codes The NRL, AFL & Cricket, have media gatekeepers keeping most other codes away from any serious coverage. Maybe Netball with its relationship with the...

It is time SANZAAR seriously considered cutting a New Zealand team from Super Rugby. There has been speculation SANZAAR wants Super Rugby to revert to a 14-team competition to get rid of the complicated conference system and allow every team to play each other in the round robin. The Japanese...

n Australian Super Rugby boss has called on SANZAAR executives to save the Sunwolves as World Rugby meetings ramp up in Dublin this week. NSW Rugby chief Andrew Hore said Australian rugby risked dropping a big commercial opportunity if the Japanese team was sacrificed from the competition from...

Not a bad result ... 54 to 17 over the Chiefs. Tom Banks maybe try of the season.

Puts on helmet for posting an article from the smh yesterday on the rugby page. Don't s......t the messenger guys... The article from the rugby page of the smh link at the end. Super Rugby metro ratings fall below A-League levels in 2018 Rugby fans appeared to move past the axing of the...

What will be interesting will be if these numbers pick up once Super Rugby, NRL & AFL start. The major summer sports are cricket, tennis & soccer with both cricket and tennis on FTA as well.

That's an "I don't like Trump"" answer most don't I guess. However what he said about kids not playing as they could get hurt does IMO a lot of damage. Do we ignore statements like this or respond.

Numbers out for Kayo https://mediaweek.com.au/news-corp-reveals-subscription-numbers-for-kayo-updates-newspaper-subs/ As of February 5, 2019, there were 115,000 Kayo Sports subscribers, of which approximately 100,000 were paying subscribers. Broadcast subscriber churn in the quarter was...

A non complaining or critical post pertaining to RA. Kinda struggled where to put this and settled on this thread if mods wanta move it to another thread please do no complaint from me. Anywho, Donald Trump gave a long interview to the New York Times a few days ago, and something has been...

Friday week, Rebels and Brumbies and its all on again. What metrics measurement do we use for whether Super Rugby is still declining, has bottomed and climbing back, or is terminal and in need of a new plan for Australian rugby. As an aside, cricket, soccer have both experienced mega falls in both...

Articles in the media today about big falls in BBL crowds and ratings with Fox wanting things changed. I have read also that last year AFL crowds and ratings were down. I do wonder aloud if the commercialism of sport, especially traditional codes has turned people off and are we in the early...