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IMHO if you are going to go down the criteria line than I think its fair to actually consider and examine the criteria and its relevancy to the issues. Bottom line is that the consideration around cutting a Super Rugby team is wholly about Super Rugby, nothing more or less. This is about attendance, rating...

That's the exact same diagnosis I came up with while watching the game live! :D

^^^Rest assured all the Mexicans I know really do care about the Tahs; passionately! They really care that the Tahs get absolutely humiliated like last week on every single occasion by any and every opposition they face. They will even care so much as to hope they have a sh*t week on the...

I can only hope if the Tahs do bring down the axe its quick - so we can get Gibson's CV in @Brumbies as I think with some minor changes to the roster he could make the Brumbies formidable pretty quickly.

Part of the issue Dru is this. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/aru-baulks-at-500000-bill-to-bail-out-shute-shield-tv-deal/news-story/2307a41f4bfef080702e961c3449314b

Lol, ah, so you have read all the pissing and moaning from Papworth and Co. I believe Jones may have even alluded to it on his radio show recently. So what is it about? The SS wants money from the ARU. Seems there a history - "Papworth initially disputed the lack of funding given to the Shute...

Comprehension you say - I'll bite. Um, sorry, which part of that discussion was about funding? Please let me know if you can highlight that part about funding in the conversation? Even one key word; one that may even insinuate if you need to stretch that far. I will let your playing the...

The problem is at this point of time with the game in the situation it is NATIONALLY, your SS TV argument is akin to a self-fulfilling prophecy. Especially when you use the NRC to compare it to being our only national domestic competition. What rivalries, and what genuine teams? Nobody beyond...

You game to take that risk? :D Dare you to! I will set up the social media voting mechanisms now. #tahsonthechoppingblock #pretendesorcontenders

Yeah, the Kiwis have the same problem. :rolleyes: Some trivia for you. How many Kiwi Super Rugby coaches in 2017 have previous head coaching experience at Super Rugby level? The issue maybe of our own creation and a lack of a diagnosis for our OCD. You have all been hand picked as the best credentialed...

Some food for thought; and consider the 20 year path to this point. Is this a true reflection of the politics, actual supporter base and reality of the supposed heartland of rugby in Australia? Hurricanes v Brumbies - 58k Tahs v Kings - 41k Although the numbers aren't advertised, we all...

Hi and welcome chibimatty. You must be new and know little about the game and in particular how rugby is run in NSW (parts there of actually)!:rolleyes:

^^ when you read the details of the deal and the requirements the FFA set, it reads like a cake and eat it to scenario IMHO; but good luck to them for having a crack. Foxtel seems to have played it well and benefit regardless. The "mobile" streaming rights again pop up in the conversation and...

^^^^Woops! Very much confirmed. This was out before the above picture. o_O

I would be cautious about the details of this arrangement noting that the actually wasn't signed as initially reported until after Jones departed, 2 years after it was supposedly agreed to. The terminology used had involved wording from lease, to co-investors, to partners, and agreement. Details...

The list is long of the sports with TV audience and crowd crowd numbers declining and its a global problem. When you see sports like the NFL, NASCAR, Champions League. UEFA Leagues, EPL, F1 just to mention few suffering from declining ratings and crowd numbers, and figure of up to 19% drop off...

Really odd coincidence that nearly every major live sport globally has hemorrhaged TV viewers in all their markets in 2016. Reports are everywhere. I only know of one sport going down the panicked self mutilation road. Care to take a guess who?

Ah, yes then UK fan can buy the memberships, gate tickets and merchandise and but the local products from the locally based sponsors. Just a catch up point for you. The reason all the Super Rugby franchises and ARU are bemoaning the current format is the lack of home derbies as that gate takings are...

^^^^ Agree with the merger sentiments. taking two small supporter bases, alienating them which would probably cut the support in half at best is ridiculous, let alone the logical first question of where would they be based which will automatically further disenfranchise half the already halved...

No problem BR. As I said originally, its what I think was in the referees mind and why he didn't have a second look at it. I also think, based on where the referee was positioned (side on), it would have looked (out of his peripheral vision) like there was insufficient gap for Higger's to get...