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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugger" data-source="post: 183511"><p>From a North American perspective I think O'Neill has a point to his madness... The fact is the southern hemisphere is already struggling under the weight of rich northern hemisphere clubs with big pockets to burn signing up all southern hemisphere talent. Just yesterday the Guinness Premiership announced the salary caps of the teams in the league would increase by 1 million pounds so each club could sign up to 3 marquee players to their rosters. The French leagues don't even have a salary cap and with teams like Tolouse, Stade Francais, Toulon, run by multi millionaires with deep pockets to burn southern hemisphere rugby will increasingly be drained of its playing resources. To secure this you need money too burn, the SH does not have this currently in its system. The whole competition is being underwritten by Newscorp and this will eventually fail as the television market in the SH is too small. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Longterm what is going to need to happen is the league is going to have to alter its structure if it is to continue to be successful. This means opening up the teams to franchising and private ownership, looking at exploiting new markets, Japan, Hong Kong, Argentina (once they get their act together). Increasing the number of games played. Personally I'd like to see an 18 round tournament with playoffs styled after the NFL. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Put franchised teams in</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>South Africa</p><p></p><p>Bloemfontein<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein</a></p><p></p><p>Johannesburg</p><p></p><p>Cape Town</p><p></p><p>Durban</p><p></p><p>Pretoria</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>New Zealand</p><p></p><p>Auckland</p><p></p><p>Hamilton</p><p></p><p>Wellington</p><p></p><p>Christchurch</p><p></p><p>Dunedin</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Australia</p><p></p><p>Melbourne</p><p></p><p>Sydney</p><p></p><p>Brisbane</p><p></p><p>Canberra</p><p></p><p>Perth</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Japan</p><p></p><p>Tokyo</p><p></p><p>Osaka</p><p></p><p>Yokohama</p><p></p><p>Hong Kong</p><p></p><p>f***uoka</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Argentina</p><p></p><p>Mer Del Plata</p><p></p><p>Cordoba</p><p></p><p>Tucuman</p><p></p><p>Buenos Aires 1</p><p></p><p>Buenos Aires 2</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I also think players should be able to move around freely too whatever team they want... imagine Dan Carter playing in Japan for Toyota Rugby the marketability would increase so much. Now right now none of this will work because of the very unflexible structures of certain national unions. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>None of this will ever happen offcourse but from a business standpoint of view it looks a lot more attractive then the current setup</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugger, post: 183511"] From a North American perspective I think O'Neill has a point to his madness... The fact is the southern hemisphere is already struggling under the weight of rich northern hemisphere clubs with big pockets to burn signing up all southern hemisphere talent. Just yesterday the Guinness Premiership announced the salary caps of the teams in the league would increase by 1 million pounds so each club could sign up to 3 marquee players to their rosters. The French leagues don't even have a salary cap and with teams like Tolouse, Stade Francais, Toulon, run by multi millionaires with deep pockets to burn southern hemisphere rugby will increasingly be drained of its playing resources. To secure this you need money too burn, the SH does not have this currently in its system. The whole competition is being underwritten by Newscorp and this will eventually fail as the television market in the SH is too small. Longterm what is going to need to happen is the league is going to have to alter its structure if it is to continue to be successful. This means opening up the teams to franchising and private ownership, looking at exploiting new markets, Japan, Hong Kong, Argentina (once they get their act together). Increasing the number of games played. Personally I'd like to see an 18 round tournament with playoffs styled after the NFL. Put franchised teams in South Africa Bloemfontein[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein"][/url] Johannesburg Cape Town Durban Pretoria New Zealand Auckland Hamilton Wellington Christchurch Dunedin Australia Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Canberra Perth Japan Tokyo Osaka Yokohama Hong Kong f***uoka Argentina Mer Del Plata Cordoba Tucuman Buenos Aires 1 Buenos Aires 2 I also think players should be able to move around freely too whatever team they want... imagine Dan Carter playing in Japan for Toyota Rugby the marketability would increase so much. Now right now none of this will work because of the very unflexible structures of certain national unions. None of this will ever happen offcourse but from a business standpoint of view it looks a lot more attractive then the current setup [/QUOTE]
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