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So the Americans, who only play others in the continental USA, have the necessary logistical challenges to warrant splitting up the comp, but our Asian / NZ / Aus comp wouldn't? Ok. Also take issue with your claim that american fans dont like it. I only follow the NFL keenly, but it's ridiculous...

Er, horseshit. All 4 major American competitions employ some combination of divisions and conferences and they enjoy success and rivalries the likes of which we will never even dream of having. Clearly they have major structural advantages but divisions and conferences don't seem to hurt them.

broadcast live a match of the round on a Fox Sports channel and stream every other Saturday game live on Kayo Sports, with dedicated camera crews at each suburban venue. The deal would come into effect in time for this season, which starts in April. Appreciate that Fox probably doesn't have...

Mitchell was rubbish. Broadcasting is an art form, and the overlap between being a competent pro player and a competent broadcaster would be fairly narrow. Tony Romo is a notable current exception. I haven't consistently watched any of Fox's midweek shows, uh, ever, now that i think about it...

Horan was the best 12 I've seen at test level and probably the worst 10 I've seen at test level. On the upside it made watching David Knox quite enjoyable.

No way! Well there you go. That does sound shortsighted.

Yet only one Aus team, despite apparent widespread Aus interest in owning teams?

Is there private money lining up to buy into GRR?

I still miss your point, at least to the extent that it has any relationship with the thread title.

Steady on there mate. I was responding to a post that took issue a post of mine where I said "I don't think we should put a bomb under Super without a viable sustainable plan actually in place" And I stand by that post. No one here is averse to progress or change, but the reality for RA is...

And why would they want that?

Why would private money be interested in the NRC?

Well as it's been going since 1996, I'd say it has a track record of both sustainability and viability, unlike literally any alternative. Interest has definitely waned, so it might not be sustainable past the next contract. Do you have any alternatives that are demonstrably (i.e that you are...

I think the fact that a) its the existing competition and b) there's at least some demonstrated commercial demand for the product should explain why it is the default option.

Just bants m8, in any event your anti-tah rep (even if it's not deserved) is a mainstay of the forum's rich tapestry. As a NSW resident (though not much of a tah fan, really) I agree that Cheika had some blind spots in that regard (and......literally every other regard)

I like an anti management rant as much as the next man, but what the he'll are you on about? You've absolutely no way of knowing whay kind of proposals RA has received from or submitted to various parties in relation to alternative competitions. If RA had been in discussions with, say, DAZN...

I was a KPI / 2 year deal zealot. But the reality is that the highly sought after guys might not have to take a deal like that.

The first thing i thought for when BR gave the team a positive review was "I bet there are basically zero tahs in it" lol

Do you have a suggestion?

Their crowds are worse than ours