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<blockquote data-quote="Alias" data-source="post: 773773" data-attributes="member: 72652"><p>Guys I don't know what the answer is to the Welsh issues but what I do know is whether or not the WRU like it or not the supporters are inherently bonded to their individual clubs. It's something they take great pride in and will rightly defend.</p><p> It doesn't matter if it's Wales, England, Australia or anybody else, the fact is Supporters support their individual clubs and from that go on to support their countries. Most players follow the same route starting at school then going onto the clubs they support as a kid working their way up maybe as far as playing for their country. Therefore whatever any Union does when restructuring they must at all times ensure that these clubs are safe guarded. If you lose the clubs, you lose the fans and the players these clubs spawn, if we kill off the grass roots we kill off the game. Any governing body would be stupid to allow that to happen. It must also be said that local authorities must shoulder some of the blame here for example My old school used to have 4 rugby pitches and two football now the land has been sold off for housing, the school rebuilt leaving just the one artificial grass football pitch and none for rugby that in my humble opinion is a backward step..</p><p> Just take football for a second, Much has been written about how much the decline of the national teams and quality of the home grown players is directly related to the amount of money that flowed into the big premiership clubs, causing an influx of foreign players and all to the detriment of the smaller clubs who couldn't hope to compete causing a huge void between the haves and have nots which hurt the grass roots of the game and developing home grown players. Yes a lot has been done since to reverse the decline but look at the damage that has been done before even the money men realised their big mistake. Rugby must not make the same mistake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alias, post: 773773, member: 72652"] Guys I don’t know what the answer is to the Welsh issues but what I do know is whether or not the WRU like it or not the supporters are inherently bonded to their individual clubs. It’s something they take great pride in and will rightly defend. It doesn’t matter if it’s Wales, England, Australia or anybody else, the fact is Supporters support their individual clubs and from that go on to support their countries. Most players follow the same route starting at school then going onto the clubs they support as a kid working their way up maybe as far as playing for their country. Therefore whatever any Union does when restructuring they must at all times ensure that these clubs are safe guarded. If you lose the clubs, you lose the fans and the players these clubs spawn, if we kill off the grass roots we kill off the game. Any governing body would be stupid to allow that to happen. It must also be said that local authorities must shoulder some of the blame here for example My old school used to have 4 rugby pitches and two football now the land has been sold off for housing, the school rebuilt leaving just the one artificial grass football pitch and none for rugby that in my humble opinion is a backward step.. Just take football for a second, Much has been written about how much the decline of the national teams and quality of the home grown players is directly related to the amount of money that flowed into the big premiership clubs, causing an influx of foreign players and all to the detriment of the smaller clubs who couldn’t hope to compete causing a huge void between the haves and have nots which hurt the grass roots of the game and developing home grown players. Yes a lot has been done since to reverse the decline but look at the damage that has been done before even the money men realised their big mistake. Rugby must not make the same mistake. [/QUOTE]
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