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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 575335" data-attributes="member: 38439"><p>I can't see another really strong league appearing in the immediate future. I think the Japanese league will stay at about the same strength. It seems to me that the top teams over there put all their money into one or two stars and spend little on actually developing their players. That has to be having an affect on the sport over there. I think if other countries in Europe do develop as rugby playing nations then they will look to get teams in the Pro 12 rather than trying to create their own professional league. I don't think a pan-European league would be a great way forward. I think you have the best of both worlds right now with meaningful domestic competitions and then the Heineken Cup on top of that.</p><p></p><p>I think that we could see a professionalish league in America in the not to distant future. An American-Canadian-Argentinian league could be great if it could get off the ground. What you need to do in a country like America is identify markets without teams. There must be plenty of cities in America with 300,000 people that may only have a Minor League Baseball team or something. </p><p></p><p>If you guys want to move your season to summer then that would be great for us down south. You do have to ask though, has it really worked for rugby league?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 575335, member: 38439"] I can't see another really strong league appearing in the immediate future. I think the Japanese league will stay at about the same strength. It seems to me that the top teams over there put all their money into one or two stars and spend little on actually developing their players. That has to be having an affect on the sport over there. I think if other countries in Europe do develop as rugby playing nations then they will look to get teams in the Pro 12 rather than trying to create their own professional league. I don't think a pan-European league would be a great way forward. I think you have the best of both worlds right now with meaningful domestic competitions and then the Heineken Cup on top of that. I think that we could see a professionalish league in America in the not to distant future. An American-Canadian-Argentinian league could be great if it could get off the ground. What you need to do in a country like America is identify markets without teams. There must be plenty of cities in America with 300,000 people that may only have a Minor League Baseball team or something. If you guys want to move your season to summer then that would be great for us down south. You do have to ask though, has it really worked for rugby league? [/QUOTE]
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