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Astute post and observations. What saddens me more than anything else pertaining to rugby is the almost everything that has and is happening was predictable and in many cases avoidable. Voices like mine over the years have often been almost shut out pushed away. Even this site when i was...

Articles like this don't help. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/soccer-roars-rugby-is-disappearing-heres-how-many-australians-are-playing-each-sport-2017-3

Just on the over 14 player numbers Roy Morgan say we have 48K. Others point out I assume correctly about junior numbers below that. I have been doing a little back of the envelope calculations and its worth sharing if only as a discussion point. I am going to make two broad assumptions...

I have also posted this in the declining participation thread. However it can not be ignored in this discussion. Its a participation analysis by the Roy Morgan group. Its scary actually and in total contradiction to what the ARU have been saying for years. I suggest everyone open the link...

wam Mate if those numbers are anywhere near correct [Roy Morgan has a good reputation in these matters] its a lot more than deep doo-doo. From 148, 000 to 55, 000 regular participants a 63% fall in 15 years. This information is in total contradiction to what the ARU have been telling us...

O My Fucking God http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/7182-decline-in-competitive-sports-participation-australia-december-2016-201703200905 Rugby is number 26. This tells us why we can no longer win games..

BH Once I thought I knew the answer. I no longer think I know the answer all I know is I have no idea anymore how to solve the problems we find ourselves in. After many years of involvement in rugby I am almost past it now I am past trying to solve the issues anymore if we drop a team that...

Ok I accept that I guess we have a different opinion and it's a selective judgement on what is good and what is bad. I don't think our governance procedures and independence of the various stakeholders is as good as what you imply. That it used to be worse only highlights how poor our...

In and of itself Super Rugby is not the problem the problem is there is a total lack of infrastructure lying beneath the levels of super rugby This lack of any meaningful infrastructure below Super Rugby has meant we only have one real source of main of mainstream revenue resulting in a total...

Agree, I do wonder aloud if the broadcasters are willing to pay as much as before.

Not true because FFA are being analysis-ed and questioned by both FIFA and the AFC. Change is being forced upon them and everything they do locally they need to have approved by FIFA & AFC. Communication is not that hard if you let people know even basic info. This was the FFA release...

So true. I also wonder aloud how the broadcasters are using this, Roy Masters said on offsiders SA rating were down by more than 50% and they are the big bank. Also I have read European ratings are down. Lets all sorts of thoughts and ideas to be expressed. They [ARU] should be leading then...

Wamberal As an Accountant when looking at financials and other reports the first question I ask myself is who prepared these and are they related in any way to the entity and more importantly does the entity gain by the report. Commonly refereed to a as "Separation of Powers". In fact...

Tis still a tad to early as we have had no Reds V Tahs games. Also with all the negativity around right now and the performances of the teams rating being down is no huge surprise. We need some good news stories and or some bad news stories from other codes. We have also become the thing to...

My limited understanding of how the NRC is funded is that each team needs to bring $ 400, 000 to the table each year and the cost to the ARU is nil. Not that different to the A-League just different amounts.

Roy Masters on Offsiders today said that the SA ratings are down over 50%. I have read that European ratings are well down. Further our own ratings are down. My guess as I posted before is the Broadcasters with the change in the number of teams and falling ratings want to decrease the media...

^^^^^^ Mate I have reached the point were I don't believe I have much to contribute anymore as almost all my ideas have aged to the point they would not work anymore. Seeing the difficulty FFA is having securing its revenue has shown me the FTA networks won't take risks on untested products...

I have been advocating for a national domestic competition for as I posted earlier over 18 years. This was my idea way back then. I post this in somewhat sadness because I honestly feel we lost the chance to cement ourselves as a major domestic product. My idea was leading up to the world...

Really aside from some posters on this site and the Roar I have not seen much. Peter Fitz run an article recently recommending we cut to four teams... I can't recall a single article or thread with a head line that read Pulver out ARU out or similar. Beyond belief, the lack of visionary...

Thanks for the comment, over the years at BBQ's and on forums etc my views have not cough cough cough been accepted so nicely. To me its incredibly simple. World over every successful code has a strong national domestic competition. Our Super Rugby partners had / have strong national domestic...