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Air NZ Cup to remain as 14 teams
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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 292936"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (smartcooky @ Dec 12 2009, 08:23 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=426440" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>Well, LOL. If it was just performance based then 3 of the four teams rumored to be going down would have gone down anyway, Tasman would have survived. I think other criteria should be used. I would agree that stadium sizes don't matter, only Hawkes Bay can fill their stadium anyway. Population is not so important as well. What does matter to me is: financial stability, crowds, on field performance and juniors. A team like Manawatu had the backing of the public so deserved to stay in the top flight. They got great crowds and deserved to be rewarded for that. Why keep teams like Northland when in what could have been their last home game in the Air New Zealand Cup in years they only got 2,500? Obviously the unions with bigger populations should be expected to get better crowds and have more juniors. Juniors is very important as it shows people are getting involved in playing the game, unions aren't just there to care for the top team. Obviously a team struggling to get money is not very good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 292936"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (smartcooky @ Dec 12 2009, 08:23 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=426440']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Well, LOL. If it was just performance based then 3 of the four teams rumored to be going down would have gone down anyway, Tasman would have survived. I think other criteria should be used. I would agree that stadium sizes don't matter, only Hawkes Bay can fill their stadium anyway. Population is not so important as well. What does matter to me is: financial stability, crowds, on field performance and juniors. A team like Manawatu had the backing of the public so deserved to stay in the top flight. They got great crowds and deserved to be rewarded for that. Why keep teams like Northland when in what could have been their last home game in the Air New Zealand Cup in years they only got 2,500? Obviously the unions with bigger populations should be expected to get better crowds and have more juniors. Juniors is very important as it shows people are getting involved in playing the game, unions aren't just there to care for the top team. Obviously a team struggling to get money is not very good. [/QUOTE]
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