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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 90195"><p>Again, we're thinking short term here. Argentina in the an expanded Seven Nations probabbly wouldn't get the 'home' supporters that it would have expected. If they play in Spain, I'd expect pretty empty stadiums filled mostly with away fans wanting a quick fling in the sun, sea and sand of Barcelona and Catalonia.</p><p></p><p>It would kick start rugby in Spain, but then you have to ask yourselves, if say rugby in Spain gets such a jolt that the Spanish rugby team comes on in leaps and bounds within the decade...and then <em>they themselves</em> want to join the Seven Nations...where would that leave Argentina? Would they have to move elsewhere in Europe?</p><p></p><p>At the same time they wouldn't really be able to move to a Southern Hemisphere or Pan American competition easily as they could right now because <em>even more</em> of their players would be residing at European clubs.</p><p></p><p>You see, Argenina joining the Six nations, while it makes sense in the short term for the next four years or so, just dosen't make sense for the long term for the next 10 to 15 years.</p><p></p><p>It would be better for SANZAR to accept the pain of having Argentina, having the tri nations in one country only each year on a rotating basis, and using the television revenue in Argentina to fund and encourage professional Argentinian clubs to tempt back their stars from the north.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 90195"] Again, we're thinking short term here. Argentina in the an expanded Seven Nations probabbly wouldn't get the 'home' supporters that it would have expected. If they play in Spain, I'd expect pretty empty stadiums filled mostly with away fans wanting a quick fling in the sun, sea and sand of Barcelona and Catalonia. It would kick start rugby in Spain, but then you have to ask yourselves, if say rugby in Spain gets such a jolt that the Spanish rugby team comes on in leaps and bounds within the decade...and then [i]they themselves[/i] want to join the Seven Nations...where would that leave Argentina? Would they have to move elsewhere in Europe? At the same time they wouldn't really be able to move to a Southern Hemisphere or Pan American competition easily as they could right now because [i]even more[/i] of their players would be residing at European clubs. You see, Argenina joining the Six nations, while it makes sense in the short term for the next four years or so, just dosen't make sense for the long term for the next 10 to 15 years. It would be better for SANZAR to accept the pain of having Argentina, having the tri nations in one country only each year on a rotating basis, and using the television revenue in Argentina to fund and encourage professional Argentinian clubs to tempt back their stars from the north. [/QUOTE]
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