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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 544743" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>I agree but the length of the season mitigates against this. Take a player like Jonny Sexton for example. He's Ireland's number 1 flyhalf so he's likely to start 10 tests per season. He has at least 6 Heineken Cup games on top of that. Then there's 22 league games. All together that's 38 fixtures he can fulfill before even looking at Pro 12 and Heineken Cup playoffs. I believe 30 games is the most you should ask a player to play unless you're trying to break him. Rotating the team in the Pro 12 is the easiest way to do this. I completely agree that interpros have been devalued and would like it if they were played between full strength teams.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion the only way to address squad rotation and understrength teams is to cut the number of games. Doing so under the present format would be financial suicide- teams need gate receipts to fund wages. That's one of the main reasons I'd be interested in exploring the possibility of a large European League with no relegation and end of season playoffs to determine a winner. If TV and sponsors stump up the money for a league with less games and higher quality, it'd be a no brainer and ease a lot of the sports problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 544743, member: 13611"] I agree but the length of the season mitigates against this. Take a player like Jonny Sexton for example. He's Ireland's number 1 flyhalf so he's likely to start 10 tests per season. He has at least 6 Heineken Cup games on top of that. Then there's 22 league games. All together that's 38 fixtures he can fulfill before even looking at Pro 12 and Heineken Cup playoffs. I believe 30 games is the most you should ask a player to play unless you're trying to break him. Rotating the team in the Pro 12 is the easiest way to do this. I completely agree that interpros have been devalued and would like it if they were played between full strength teams. In my opinion the only way to address squad rotation and understrength teams is to cut the number of games. Doing so under the present format would be financial suicide- teams need gate receipts to fund wages. That's one of the main reasons I'd be interested in exploring the possibility of a large European League with no relegation and end of season playoffs to determine a winner. If TV and sponsors stump up the money for a league with less games and higher quality, it'd be a no brainer and ease a lot of the sports problems. [/QUOTE]
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