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Bill Anderson gives the NZRU a serve
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<blockquote data-quote="Flux" data-source="post: 284666"><p>What grates me the most is that the bigger unions are supporting reverting to the ten team format. Those in danger of the drop, of course, want to stay the way they are. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the bigger unions the one with less attendance and the ones failing to met the financial expectations? The biggest fear of the NZRU, I feel, is that the continued rise of the minnows will see the big guns struggle more and more. These teams are the backbone of the Super 14 (15 teams) and of course the NZRU won't get rid of them.</p><p></p><p>Coming from one of the minnow provinces, this really bothers me. Rugby is being turned into a corporate exercise, and despite the New Zealand public letting the NZRU know what their feeling is on the situation by supporting the ANZC and showing a lack of interest in the Super 14, and to a lesser degree, the All Blacks, we are still being ignored. Personally, I can't see things changing and the NZRU will just go on their merry way, continuing with their spin and bullshit. Next year I expect an even bigger drop in interest of Super rugby until the NZRU actually start paying attention to what people want, rather than standing around and scratching their heads wondering why nobody wants to buy their product.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flux, post: 284666"] What grates me the most is that the bigger unions are supporting reverting to the ten team format. Those in danger of the drop, of course, want to stay the way they are. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the bigger unions the one with less attendance and the ones failing to met the financial expectations? The biggest fear of the NZRU, I feel, is that the continued rise of the minnows will see the big guns struggle more and more. These teams are the backbone of the Super 14 (15 teams) and of course the NZRU won't get rid of them. Coming from one of the minnow provinces, this really bothers me. Rugby is being turned into a corporate exercise, and despite the New Zealand public letting the NZRU know what their feeling is on the situation by supporting the ANZC and showing a lack of interest in the Super 14, and to a lesser degree, the All Blacks, we are still being ignored. Personally, I can't see things changing and the NZRU will just go on their merry way, continuing with their spin and bullshit. Next year I expect an even bigger drop in interest of Super rugby until the NZRU actually start paying attention to what people want, rather than standing around and scratching their heads wondering why nobody wants to buy their product. [/QUOTE]
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