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Air NZ Cup to remain as 14 teams
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<blockquote data-quote="Jethro" data-source="post: 293813"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Dec 15 2009, 11:09 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=427208" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>So in other words you are saying the NZRU are perfectly justified to cut the ANZC in order to prop up a competition to benefit Rugby in another country that can't be bothered showing the games and loses a string of players to a competing code? How exactly does NZ Rugby need a strong Australia? When did the Aussies become the lame duck of SANZAR? The competition could actually survive quite nicely without Australian involvement, the danger is the Saffas starting to see drops in support and deciding to withdraw.</p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wjd23104 @ Dec 15 2009, 01:53 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=427218" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Lets see, last year they were going to drop Tasman and Northland, this year they decide on four teams going down, what will they come up with next year one wonders. No professional competition in the world can hope to survive under this sort of strange decision making process. </p><p></p><p>The NPC needed a revamp for sure, auto promotion/relegation and an enforced salary cap would have helped there. </p><p></p><p>And when the hell did I give you a neg rep?</p><p></p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dale @ Dec 15 2009, 09:56 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=427256" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Dale something has to be done for long term survival, what myself and a number of people disagree with is the underhand way the NZRU are going about implementing it. We have an us and them situation at the moment, the us being the five super bases and North harbour, the them being the G9, rules for some and differing rules for others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jethro, post: 293813"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Dec 15 2009, 11:09 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=427208']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> So in other words you are saying the NZRU are perfectly justified to cut the ANZC in order to prop up a competition to benefit Rugby in another country that can't be bothered showing the games and loses a string of players to a competing code? How exactly does NZ Rugby need a strong Australia? When did the Aussies become the lame duck of SANZAR? The competition could actually survive quite nicely without Australian involvement, the danger is the Saffas starting to see drops in support and deciding to withdraw. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wjd23104 @ Dec 15 2009, 01:53 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=427218']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Lets see, last year they were going to drop Tasman and Northland, this year they decide on four teams going down, what will they come up with next year one wonders. No professional competition in the world can hope to survive under this sort of strange decision making process. The NPC needed a revamp for sure, auto promotion/relegation and an enforced salary cap would have helped there. And when the hell did I give you a neg rep? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dale @ Dec 15 2009, 09:56 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=427256']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Dale something has to be done for long term survival, what myself and a number of people disagree with is the underhand way the NZRU are going about implementing it. We have an us and them situation at the moment, the us being the five super bases and North harbour, the them being the G9, rules for some and differing rules for others. [/QUOTE]
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