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Jim Clark (26)
There are so many players wanting a pro contract. nearly every player at Uni to start with, virtually every player playing 1st grade SS.
Numbers of players are not the problem. The standard would drop a bit from Super Rugby if we open up more domestic teams, but so what.
It would still be a very high standard and we would have our own national comp with our best players (Wallabies) playing.
I would take a pro contract too. But I doubt an old overweight bloke would appeal to broadcasters, the public or help create the type of competition that would be competitive with what was originally proposed and that was a playoff with the NZ Champion teams. Nor would it help the wallabies climb from 7th spot in the world rankings.
The point was "competitive" teams. Brining SS players in does not create the competition strength for any of the things mentioned, which should be the aims of whatever the new competition looks like. The waratahs have a number of those players already.
While I understand why people think a domestic comp sounds the most appealing. It isn't reality. McLennan himself said the TT model was most appealing to broadcasters.
A domestic model like you have described wont bring in the $. Therefore the top players will leave meaning we wont have the "best players (Wallabies) playing".