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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2018 6 Nations] Round 5 : England v Ireland (17/03/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="AM_Bokke" data-source="post: 896936" data-attributes="member: 76028"><p>Relatively new AmerIcan Rugby fan here. </p><p></p><p>I think that it must be said that rugby all over the globe is under financial pressure because rugby just isn't a very good business model. </p><p></p><p>Rugby has high operating costs (large squad sizes) that can't generate that many revenue opportunities (games played) due to the physical nature of the sport. </p><p></p><p>Compare this to:</p><p></p><p>Basketball - the NBA only requires that a team field 8 players per game. There are 82 regular season games and a long playoff. </p><p></p><p>Football - top clubs have squads of 25 and they play 50(ish) games a year. </p><p></p><p>Baseball - baseball can be played everyday by most players so the MLB has a 162 game regular season. </p><p></p><p>Hockey - an NHL team fields 20 players per game. 18 of which are skaters that avg 20 minutes of playing time per game. They have an 82 game regular season and a long playoff. </p><p></p><p>Rugby is a total dog compared to these operating models. It is destined to have a hard time. </p><p></p><p>And I don't think that the NFL would have taken off today. NFL Europe is sort of an example in that the NFL owners just got tired of the losses and folded the league. They absorbed 10 years of losses in the world's 2nd largest sporting market. It was too much. </p><p></p><p>The NFL is also lucky that all of its development costs are paid by educational institutions. Football and hockey don't really have this. </p><p></p><p>I think that this is why World Rugby is so invested in sevens. Rugby sevens actually has a chance at being financially sustainable. </p><p></p><p>15s is destined for controversy in my view.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AM_Bokke, post: 896936, member: 76028"] Relatively new AmerIcan Rugby fan here. I think that it must be said that rugby all over the globe is under financial pressure because rugby just isn't a very good business model. Rugby has high operating costs (large squad sizes) that can't generate that many revenue opportunities (games played) due to the physical nature of the sport. Compare this to: Basketball - the NBA only requires that a team field 8 players per game. There are 82 regular season games and a long playoff. Football - top clubs have squads of 25 and they play 50(ish) games a year. Baseball - baseball can be played everyday by most players so the MLB has a 162 game regular season. Hockey - an NHL team fields 20 players per game. 18 of which are skaters that avg 20 minutes of playing time per game. They have an 82 game regular season and a long playoff. Rugby is a total dog compared to these operating models. It is destined to have a hard time. And I don't think that the NFL would have taken off today. NFL Europe is sort of an example in that the NFL owners just got tired of the losses and folded the league. They absorbed 10 years of losses in the world's 2nd largest sporting market. It was too much. The NFL is also lucky that all of its development costs are paid by educational institutions. Football and hockey don't really have this. I think that this is why World Rugby is so invested in sevens. Rugby sevens actually has a chance at being financially sustainable. 15s is destined for controversy in my view. [/QUOTE]
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