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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 1003667" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>You are trying to oversimplify things here, and some of these things you mentioned are just not true, at least not in the modern era of rugby.</p><p></p><p>Dissuade more platteland kids from rugby?? That is absolute nonsense. Most platteland kids who takes up the sport and become professionals don't mind playing for other unions, as long as they can have their foot in the door. How many Grey Bloem players end up at other unions?? And how many of them are actually from the Free State? Here's an example, Corniel Els, who plays for the Bulls went to Grey College, but he's actually from Polokwane, but his father saw his potential and sent him to Grey to get a chance to be more noticable by scouts.</p><p></p><p>And it's not like the Cheetahs are now going into obscurity and won't play any rugby. They will play in the upcoming Currie Cup and Super Rugby Unleashed tournaments. And they will still be there for next year's local tournaments as well.</p><p></p><p>And SARU wouldn't have come to this decision lightly, as they know of the legal ramifications it could potentially have for them, so there must have been some sort of discussion to get the Cheetahs on board with this decision, otherwise we would have seen a lot more toys being thrown out of the cot, as Harold Verster isn't one to keep quiet.</p><p></p><p>Huge fan losses and dissent? Can't see that either. This pandemic has made people hungry to watch rugby, and get to social sporting events. If anything, this pandemic will cause more bums in the stadium than in the past, because as the saying goes "you don't know what you miss, until it's gone", I know a lot of people who hardly ever go to stadiums to watch rugby, signed up for the B&I Lions lottery.</p><p></p><p>The problem is that no matter how you slice it, we have too many teams, and not enough spots. It would be better to use the big 4 in this tournament for a chance to win silverware, and make it a profitable journey.</p><p></p><p>Plus Bloemfontein isn't doing itself favours with it not having an international airport, something the 4 others all have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 1003667, member: 40658"] You are trying to oversimplify things here, and some of these things you mentioned are just not true, at least not in the modern era of rugby. Dissuade more platteland kids from rugby?? That is absolute nonsense. Most platteland kids who takes up the sport and become professionals don't mind playing for other unions, as long as they can have their foot in the door. How many Grey Bloem players end up at other unions?? And how many of them are actually from the Free State? Here's an example, Corniel Els, who plays for the Bulls went to Grey College, but he's actually from Polokwane, but his father saw his potential and sent him to Grey to get a chance to be more noticable by scouts. And it's not like the Cheetahs are now going into obscurity and won't play any rugby. They will play in the upcoming Currie Cup and Super Rugby Unleashed tournaments. And they will still be there for next year's local tournaments as well. And SARU wouldn't have come to this decision lightly, as they know of the legal ramifications it could potentially have for them, so there must have been some sort of discussion to get the Cheetahs on board with this decision, otherwise we would have seen a lot more toys being thrown out of the cot, as Harold Verster isn't one to keep quiet. Huge fan losses and dissent? Can't see that either. This pandemic has made people hungry to watch rugby, and get to social sporting events. If anything, this pandemic will cause more bums in the stadium than in the past, because as the saying goes "you don't know what you miss, until it's gone", I know a lot of people who hardly ever go to stadiums to watch rugby, signed up for the B&I Lions lottery. The problem is that no matter how you slice it, we have too many teams, and not enough spots. It would be better to use the big 4 in this tournament for a chance to win silverware, and make it a profitable journey. Plus Bloemfontein isn't doing itself favours with it not having an international airport, something the 4 others all have. [/QUOTE]
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