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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1055740" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>I was trying to make a point with this post, but was hoping someone would respond. Wanted people to sit with the thought and see where it led them.</p><p></p><p>I think in the rugby world we have a bit of an obsession with entertainment. But I think that's because we are lucky enough that there are innately entertaining aspects of the game. If you took someone who had never played or watched rugby and you showed them a pro rugby game and told them the basic rules, there would be bits they'd find exciting. If you did the same with football, they would get virtually nothing out of it. But football is the most popular spectator sport in the world. So why is that? I'd suggest a few reasons.</p><p></p><p>people understand the game and can therefore enjoy the intricacies that the new spectator doesn't see. Tactics and whatever. They enjoy watching skill, although this usually depends on the extent they understand how skillful something is, which usually means they would have had to have kicked a ball before at least. But, most of all, it's the atmosphere, the conraderie with your fellow supporters, and the tension around the result. Pro footballs major advantage over rugby is that a fairly crappy team will more often beat a good team, because goals are dictated by a poisson distribution with a low goal rate. That means the fans always have hope.</p><p></p><p>kicking in rugby can be interesting to the fan who understands it, and it can actually lead to closer games.</p><p></p><p>plus, for me the great thing about rugby is that different teams can win with very different approaches. And I still think that's the case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1055740, member: 65365"] I was trying to make a point with this post, but was hoping someone would respond. Wanted people to sit with the thought and see where it led them. I think in the rugby world we have a bit of an obsession with entertainment. But I think that’s because we are lucky enough that there are innately entertaining aspects of the game. If you took someone who had never played or watched rugby and you showed them a pro rugby game and told them the basic rules, there would be bits they’d find exciting. If you did the same with football, they would get virtually nothing out of it. But football is the most popular spectator sport in the world. So why is that? I’d suggest a few reasons. people understand the game and can therefore enjoy the intricacies that the new spectator doesn’t see. Tactics and whatever. They enjoy watching skill, although this usually depends on the extent they understand how skillful something is, which usually means they would have had to have kicked a ball before at least. But, most of all, it’s the atmosphere, the conraderie with your fellow supporters, and the tension around the result. Pro footballs major advantage over rugby is that a fairly crappy team will more often beat a good team, because goals are dictated by a poisson distribution with a low goal rate. That means the fans always have hope. kicking in rugby can be interesting to the fan who understands it, and it can actually lead to closer games. plus, for me the great thing about rugby is that different teams can win with very different approaches. And I still think that’s the case. [/QUOTE]
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