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Is the 2021 Lions Tour Doomed?
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 1014571" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>That's my take and I would suspect the Home Unions'.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Does this mean that it's only travel and merchandise sales that push the tour into profit for the Lions and similarly ticket sales for the SARU? Given the reduced costs, I'd have thought that TV rights alone would make a series played behind closed doors profitable. That's why I'm guessing that the SARU think they can force the Lions into playing it in 2021, given that the profits of a behind closed doors series would be better than nothing at all.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if what Fiji did (pull in players from around the rugby world to infect each other) could be called a strict bubble. Nothing's bulletproof, but an Aussie style quarantine period as individuals before forming a strict bubble as a team (not a BaaBaas bubble that permits visits to a coffee shop or golf course) would give you a decent chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 1014571, member: 58362"] That's my take and I would suspect the Home Unions'. Does this mean that it's only travel and merchandise sales that push the tour into profit for the Lions and similarly ticket sales for the SARU? Given the reduced costs, I'd have thought that TV rights alone would make a series played behind closed doors profitable. That's why I'm guessing that the SARU think they can force the Lions into playing it in 2021, given that the profits of a behind closed doors series would be better than nothing at all. I'm not sure if what Fiji did (pull in players from around the rugby world to infect each other) could be called a strict bubble. Nothing's bulletproof, but an Aussie style quarantine period as individuals before forming a strict bubble as a team (not a BaaBaas bubble that permits visits to a coffee shop or golf course) would give you a decent chance. [/QUOTE]
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