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Yeah I don't hate league, I just find it boring. I was brought up in a town where there was no junior rugby and had to play league. I then went to a private school where there was obviously no league and had to play rugby. I have never looked back and wished that I could have played league...

Well lets just say, for example, the 4 were: Jason Little Brad Thorn Georgina Robinson Tevita Kuridrani What would be the individual criticisms in this instance? Barring a panel discussion with the RA board, who would you propose would be the 'influencers'?

Also, I've got Sky News on to get away from constant riot coverage, they have spent a fair bit of time on Rugby this morning. I feel an announcement is imminent.

This could have gone in any number of threads, here will do. The Aus are running this event on Facebook on Wednesday night, I'll be there. https://www.facebook.com/events/635112590456803/

I did, 4 times so far..

Small modification, a scrum is pretty taxing on the players actually packing it. It’s probably actually the most energy consuming component of the game, particularly for the front rowers, and second rowers to a lesser extent. To remove it from the clock would be abhorrent. So put a clock on...

Yeah ok, context. I personally wasn’t suggesting he should fund RA. I get what you are saying and largely agree with you. However if Forrest’s passion is the force and he wants to keep funding them and the comp they play in then yes that’s going to be the second tier. If his ambition is to...

For starters the AAGPS and probably every other private school association wouldn’t do it. At the very least it would take them 200 years to debate it. So that kills it right there. Not to mention what the Northern Hemisphere and our friends across the Dutch would have to say about it. Aside...

It appears its actually ONLY the catering areas that will be utilised for now, I.e. no one in the stands. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but not much of anything in past 3 months has. I’d say by the time the Aussie Super Rugby edition kicks off there will be people in the stands though.

Yeah I’m saying I misinterpreted it

I’ll pay $50 assuming it’s going straight back to Aussie rugby

He probably read your post. I actually mean this quite seriously. If he didn’t someone else probably did and pointed him to it. The tone of the article would suggest this.

You beat me to it. It’s C grade really.

For sure. However everyone is starved for sport and local derbies do bring the best crowds. That’s all we’re going to have. Say there are 10k at a game. Average $30 per ticket. $300k = $150k each team. Spread across 30 players that’s $5k per player per week towards player salaries over the...

Ok so crowds are back with the 1 per 4 square metre rule. How many people would that mean could go to a game at say Parra stadium. Don’t forget to include corporate/private dining areas. If Fox decide not to broadcast it, can it be financed from ticket sales?

If I was RA I’d be working on an incentivized package. A base amount to recognize that there is some value in providing the product and franchises as they are, and incentives, based on viewership. This puts the onus on the broadcaster, RA, the franchises, and even the players, to work...

One Australian franchise? I thinks that’s a tad ambitious, even for the kiwis

however the winning broadcaster is then making the assumption that they are going to be the broadcaster in the other 2 markets. What happens if they aren't?