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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 723306" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>There are too many club rugby games as is. Adding a couple of Exiles teams will further dilute the standard of teams put out week to week. What is needed are fewer games which will lead to more full strength teams, not more games and the league being devalued. Better teams every week should lead to higher attendances and bigger TV deals. It's an easier product to sell.</p><p></p><p>Digressing from the theme of the thread a bit, split the Pro 12 into 3 mini conferences within the one table- the Irish, Welsh and Scottish/Italian. You play every team in our own conference home and away (6 games). You play every team in another conference home and away (8 games). Finally you play every team in the third conference home or away (4 games). Schedules against teams in other conferences change year on year ie you play Welsh team home and away one year and the next year you play them home or away.</p><p></p><p>Cutting four games from the calendar, as this suggestion does, removes the farce of sub-strength team during the 6 Nations and November periods by freeing up four more weekends. Adding London Welsh and London Scottish means you'd have to find four free weekends in an already crowded calendar. It's a bad idea in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 723306, member: 13611"] There are too many club rugby games as is. Adding a couple of Exiles teams will further dilute the standard of teams put out week to week. What is needed are fewer games which will lead to more full strength teams, not more games and the league being devalued. Better teams every week should lead to higher attendances and bigger TV deals. It's an easier product to sell. Digressing from the theme of the thread a bit, split the Pro 12 into 3 mini conferences within the one table- the Irish, Welsh and Scottish/Italian. You play every team in our own conference home and away (6 games). You play every team in another conference home and away (8 games). Finally you play every team in the third conference home or away (4 games). Schedules against teams in other conferences change year on year ie you play Welsh team home and away one year and the next year you play them home or away. Cutting four games from the calendar, as this suggestion does, removes the farce of sub-strength team during the 6 Nations and November periods by freeing up four more weekends. Adding London Welsh and London Scottish means you'd have to find four free weekends in an already crowded calendar. It's a bad idea in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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