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Taking a step back, you get the feeling that it was the broadcasters who started all this because of falls in ratings. I do wonder if we remain at say S 18, are their penalties in terms of less broadcast revenue due to poor ratings. One would think if we only have four teams instead of...

Comparing GWS to the Force & Rebels is iMO lazy and incorrect journalism . For starters the Swans had been around for 25 odd years and Ch 7 constant promotion and contracts the AFL has with radio broadcasters and newspapers meant GWS was in the paper every day. Add the constant good news...

Democracy is an interesting concept. FFA in-spite of their success in relative terms have not been able to satisfy many soccer tribes. The cry of the tribes was FFA have to much power are are not listening to the base. The base complain to FIFA. FIFA look and say, yep FFA are to top...

Bit heavy above. SFC client just sent me a youtube, I pissed myself laughing at it. Its English soccer players trying to understand the Honey Badger. Enjoy.

It's not that the brand is tarnished. You must be the only person in Australia who think's that, even the ARU have said similar things. Let me give you the best proof I can that Super Rugby is tarnished and sorry to many posters on this site in advance. For years nay over a decade I said often...

You could be right

I don't think it has anything to do with crowds its about what TV rating they can bring. Australia & NZ have poor ratings, most of the TV rating in Super Rugby are from SA. The NZ market is not great and subscription TV is low by world standards. The SA TV rating for Super Rugby as per my reading are...

Your the numbers man, is there a danger that the SARU could move on block at the next media deal to Europe. Can the Pro competition absorb all the new teams.

I see it slightly differently. But a very similar approach. Start the season with our local domestic competitions. This would include the existing 5 Super Rugby sides and a select 5 to 7 sides from the lower divisions ... ditch the NRC. The top 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 whatever is agreed of each nation...

Who remembers Super 10. 10 teams, 2 pools, each pool played a round with the winner of each pool in meeting for the decider. Done and dusted in 5 weeks.. Then off to run your own competitions. People are not watching rugby on pay-TV, in the numbers they used too which more than likely means...

soccer until 11, league as a half from 11 to 17, then played both union and league as a half to 23, union and soccer for a year, then career kinda took over and then expat posts. At 20 I was 5' 4" and 10 stone, very light. In NZ at 31 played half in a union comp and a bit of soccer...

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Enlighten us then, how do we arrest the current decline or is their no hope and once the boomers are gone so is rugby.

Let me make an addition to my board. 1 member women's rugby 1 member to each of the state unions. 1 member to the players union 2 members to Super Rugby teams 1 member to level 2 i.e shute shield The above members elect the chairman Board members re=election hhhmmmm between 3 & 5 years...

My board 1 member to each of the state unions. 1 member to the players union 2 members to Super Rugby teams 1 member to level 2 i.e shute shield The above members elect the chairman Board members re=election hhhmmmm between 3 & 5 years

Would be interesting what you consider poor management to be or if you would accept cross comparisons with other codes. To your two questions 1] Would a change in leadership achieve anything. Yes. 2] What could they do. Develop a plan B including expansion.

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Tuesday night was at a function the host is a very well connected Rugby fellow. I asked him who is going to get the chop Force, Rebels or Brumb's move to Melbourne. He laughed and said words this this effect, if its the Rebels they have to pay between 26 and 30 million. If they move the ACT...

Sigh This is not up for long maybe another day. Its an SBS interview with Steven lowy who has lots of social media against him. What part to me is of interest to Rugby people is from around 11 minutes or just after. Lowy talks about building foundations and being transparent. But the...

Your call name one. BTW I did not start the Valentine thing, I used the NSW Football facilities at Valentine Park to illustrate a point in the difference between two governing bodies. You mentioned Frank Lowy, at the time all the above was happening the Frank Lowy group were in open warfare...