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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 204972"><p>Quite right..........but rugby union out of all the codes is almost the best at shooting itself in the foot.Holding out on *any* professionalism for 100+ years (f**k they were so stubborn that rugby league had to be created) and then once it has happened not fully embracing it and then dragging there feet on any changes.Then you have people complaining that the great unwashed attend matches and don't clap politely and i could go on and on and on.</p><p></p><p>Other codes have realised long ago that amateurism on any other level than your local competition on the weekend is unworkable and that change is necessary and you must fully embrace professionalism if you are going to be serious about advancing your code.</p><p></p><p>So yes this bulls**t with the IRB is just the tip of the iceberg.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>And this iceberg is huge. The mismanagement of the game by the iRB may not border that of the completely immoral, cynical and hapless nature of the ICC, but it is still shocking. Good or bad (I'm saying neither until the 6th of September), the ELVs and how they've been promoted have been handled in the most atrocious way by the iRB. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>And then you have the total lack of respect that the iRB have for the non top ten nations in their attempt to pander to the most powerful and richest rugby nations on earth. The game may have gone professional twelve years ago but the game is still run by old farts in blazers in a myriad of outposts from Edinburgh all the way to Wellington. No top ten nation escapes censure in the damming reality of administration by what is a self-interested international old boys club. The blazers may be of a different colour and the men may come from England, Wales, France, South Africa or New Zealand but their aims are avowedly the same: to wring as much money out of the 'product' and keep the gravy train going. And to be honest, this is just another sign that:</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>1) They don't want to share the pie.</p><p></p><p>2) They are scared of new entrants and private enterprise. </p><p></p><p>3) They'd rather burn in hell before they let the old order be dismantled completely.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 204972"] Quite right..........but rugby union out of all the codes is almost the best at shooting itself in the foot.Holding out on *any* professionalism for 100+ years (f**k they were so stubborn that rugby league had to be created) and then once it has happened not fully embracing it and then dragging there feet on any changes.Then you have people complaining that the great unwashed attend matches and don't clap politely and i could go on and on and on. Other codes have realised long ago that amateurism on any other level than your local competition on the weekend is unworkable and that change is necessary and you must fully embrace professionalism if you are going to be serious about advancing your code. So yes this bulls**t with the IRB is just the tip of the iceberg. [/b][/quote] And this iceberg is huge. The mismanagement of the game by the iRB may not border that of the completely immoral, cynical and hapless nature of the ICC, but it is still shocking. Good or bad (I'm saying neither until the 6th of September), the ELVs and how they've been promoted have been handled in the most atrocious way by the iRB. And then you have the total lack of respect that the iRB have for the non top ten nations in their attempt to pander to the most powerful and richest rugby nations on earth. The game may have gone professional twelve years ago but the game is still run by old farts in blazers in a myriad of outposts from Edinburgh all the way to Wellington. No top ten nation escapes censure in the damming reality of administration by what is a self-interested international old boys club. The blazers may be of a different colour and the men may come from England, Wales, France, South Africa or New Zealand but their aims are avowedly the same: to wring as much money out of the 'product' and keep the gravy train going. And to be honest, this is just another sign that: 1) They don't want to share the pie. 2) They are scared of new entrants and private enterprise. 3) They'd rather burn in hell before they let the old order be dismantled completely. [/QUOTE]
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