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Well, I can tell you now. If this were to occur the Own The Force initiative would go a long way to shoring them up. Would also bevan interesting model for others to follow.

Maintaining our current course is leading to disaster. It may seem odd but I'd rather us us go down fighting than merely accepting the status quo. I honestly don't think doing away with Super Rugby would end SANZAAR. I think ot would actually offer each of us an opportunity to revitalise how we compete...

I understand about wanting to keep the European TV money coming in but I tend to think we should be looking more locally in geographically speaking. I'd go as far as to suggest that if we do ever go down this path that we look to align ourselves with the Top League in Japan and begin to look to...

The A-League was always going to struggle as due to the nature of that sport. It was literally the 99th league in the world last I saw. And suffers at the hands of the overbearing presences of the likes the EPL and La Liga. It's international nature is its greatest obstacle. Which could be...

If it offers an entertaining package it will.

No, we negotiated most of that deal domestically.

Those questions would definitely need to be addressed. But I also think if Fiji were to be offered a place in a wider competition they could find the necessary backing to make it work. As for the audience. If the SS ratings are anything to go by having topped 100k several times last year it...

I was more positing it in jest than anything else.

Would we really need 10 teams though? The current 8 plus Fiji would give each team 16 games over 17 weeks. Plus finals it would be 19-20 weeks.

Are we though? Because I'm not so sure. I think there could be a case to do what Soccer did to a degree and look to refocus on something like the NRC than stay in a structure that is doubtful to get any better before it likely get much worse. I know that the driving force behind competing in...

They seem to be but going from their suggested locations unless they are looking to alter their season they are likely to cock it up. Toronto in winter isn't cold. It's freezing to a ridiculous degree. The North East of the US is better but still suspectible to blizzards. Literally everyone I...

Lol.........you don't actually think NZ has the balls to leave do you? Because their near pandering to the SARU's wants and needs over the past couple of deals seriously suggests that they don't.

I know. That's why I suggested adding 2 more NZ teams.

Keep the 5 Aus franchises and bring in another 2 NZ ones. Same overall result.

I wouldn't be so sure about Nth America not being a realistic options. There are a number of markets that could conceivably support a Super Rugby team on the West Coast. Which is better aligned with our interests. Vancouver is a hotbed as is San Francisco and San Diego. I think with the right planning...

It would be a stretch purely from the point of view of it being highly questionable as to the preparedness of the likes of Chile, Ururguay and Brazil when it comes to playing Super Rugby.

While I did start a thread discussing the cutting of teams I am actually not all that in favour of it. I tend to believe that with the advent of the NRC that we now have the necessary structures in place to ensure we remain competitive. It's just that it like many things in life, takes times...

Probably not. I think it would be safe to say that PRO Rugby is effectively dead in the water as are its squads. But there is still interest in the Nth American market from investors providing the right format could be found. Personally I think a whole conference more alogned with their...

Strangely enough I actually think another significant expansion could be one of the few options that could get us out of the current mess. I think TOCC is on the right track regarding his proposed format but in order to do that we have to add at least a few more. Particularly in the Americas...

I agree about the need for domestic content. But it's the overall structure it could take to be workable is probably the biggest issue. While Argentina does have the basic structures to create their own domestic an overarching theme I hear from many Argentines is there simply isn't the money or...