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<blockquote data-quote="scuubasteve" data-source="post: 146538"><p>Regarding the comments you added to your earlier post, the NZ government copping some expenses for the world cup isn't any different to Australia of France.</p><p></p><p>The Queensland government just shelled out another $160,000,000 to build a new stadium for the Gold Coast ***ans RL team!</p><p></p><p>The French government has dumped $56millions into this tournament, on top of money spent for the FIFA98 cup.</p><p></p><p>FIFA02 saw 21 stadiums built in Japan and South Korea!</p><p></p><p>And ask any Aussie about the many millions of dollars shelled out to sporting teams and bodies and you'll realise that the NZ government is well overdue in giving a bit back to the sporting community, especially when it comes to new stadia and international events hosting.</p><p></p><p>So contributing a bit to Eden park and the deficit from hosting could hardly be described as a 'bail out'. They knew exactly what the tournament cost before they tried for, and won, the hosting bid. And they also know that the indirect funds brought into the country will far outweigh the $30M cost.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I just can't understand why trying to cristicise NZ is going to do anything? Saying they bribed other countries, don't have big enough stadia etc and need monetary help from the government are all just petty arguements.</p><p></p><p>The French ProD2 has 5 times the crowds that the Japanese Top League musters. Japanese people just don't support rugby. And you may say its difficult to get tickets there. But if Fiji can get twice as many people to play the Junior AB's as Japan can from a country 150 times smaller (and surely with poorer ticket distribution) just makes me wonder whether than can get enough people to all those 50,000+ capacity stadiums?</p><p></p><p></p><p>You say people won't travel to NZ and tickets will be expensive, I would have thought Japan would alot more expensive to travel to?</p><p></p><p>Japan will one day host the world cup, but to mock NZ and accuse them of bribery etc, just because Japan didn't get the 2011 cup really annoys me.</p><p></p><p>I believe NZRU CEO Chris Moller summed up my feelings on the accusations pretty well. "I find that insulting," he said. "Our bid was about honesty, trustworthiness and integrity. We have not offered any games for votes." </p><p></p><p>So speculate away about misgivings, but personally I'm glad the world cup is coming back to where it started, and the international drawcard of the All Blacks and NZ rugby in general will ensure that 2011 will be another successful world cup.</p><p></p><p>The 2011 rugby world cup is not going all wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scuubasteve, post: 146538"] Regarding the comments you added to your earlier post, the NZ government copping some expenses for the world cup isn't any different to Australia of France. The Queensland government just shelled out another $160,000,000 to build a new stadium for the Gold Coast ***ans RL team! The French government has dumped $56millions into this tournament, on top of money spent for the FIFA98 cup. FIFA02 saw 21 stadiums built in Japan and South Korea! And ask any Aussie about the many millions of dollars shelled out to sporting teams and bodies and you'll realise that the NZ government is well overdue in giving a bit back to the sporting community, especially when it comes to new stadia and international events hosting. So contributing a bit to Eden park and the deficit from hosting could hardly be described as a 'bail out'. They knew exactly what the tournament cost before they tried for, and won, the hosting bid. And they also know that the indirect funds brought into the country will far outweigh the $30M cost. I just can't understand why trying to cristicise NZ is going to do anything? Saying they bribed other countries, don't have big enough stadia etc and need monetary help from the government are all just petty arguements. The French ProD2 has 5 times the crowds that the Japanese Top League musters. Japanese people just don't support rugby. And you may say its difficult to get tickets there. But if Fiji can get twice as many people to play the Junior AB's as Japan can from a country 150 times smaller (and surely with poorer ticket distribution) just makes me wonder whether than can get enough people to all those 50,000+ capacity stadiums? You say people won't travel to NZ and tickets will be expensive, I would have thought Japan would alot more expensive to travel to? Japan will one day host the world cup, but to mock NZ and accuse them of bribery etc, just because Japan didn't get the 2011 cup really annoys me. I believe NZRU CEO Chris Moller summed up my feelings on the accusations pretty well. "I find that insulting," he said. "Our bid was about honesty, trustworthiness and integrity. We have not offered any games for votes." So speculate away about misgivings, but personally I'm glad the world cup is coming back to where it started, and the international drawcard of the All Blacks and NZ rugby in general will ensure that 2011 will be another successful world cup. The 2011 rugby world cup is not going all wrong. [/QUOTE]
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