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Pro12 looking to expand to the East coast of North America (New York)
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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 808657" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>It could possibly work if the Pro 12 radically changes format. In come an east coast American, eastern Canadian, one Georgian and one Romanian. Create a format where a team plays no more than 16 games regular season games which would reduce squad sizes and help with costs.</p><p></p><p>I can't imagine playing teams/regions/provinces from Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Italy would be attractive to the average American sports fan and broadcasters though. What could make it more attractive to them is playing in European international rugby's tournaments. </p><p></p><p>The IRFU, WRU, FIR and SRU need money to fund their clubs/regions/provinces. If the Eagles play on the East coast, their home games could be broadcast to the key European markets at 8pm on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday (3pm EST) opening up a new broadcast slot. More TV slots means a bigger broadcast deal in Europe on top of a new broadcast deal in the USA. The increased money that could bring would help bridge the funding gap between the Union run teams and LNR/PRLs clubs. To achieve this, there would need to be a trap door opened between the 6 Nations and European Nations Cup. Perhaps an amalgamation between the top tournament and Georgia, Romania, Canada and the USA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 808657, member: 13611"] It could possibly work if the Pro 12 radically changes format. In come an east coast American, eastern Canadian, one Georgian and one Romanian. Create a format where a team plays no more than 16 games regular season games which would reduce squad sizes and help with costs. I can't imagine playing teams/regions/provinces from Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Italy would be attractive to the average American sports fan and broadcasters though. What could make it more attractive to them is playing in European international rugby's tournaments. The IRFU, WRU, FIR and SRU need money to fund their clubs/regions/provinces. If the Eagles play on the East coast, their home games could be broadcast to the key European markets at 8pm on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday (3pm EST) opening up a new broadcast slot. More TV slots means a bigger broadcast deal in Europe on top of a new broadcast deal in the USA. The increased money that could bring would help bridge the funding gap between the Union run teams and LNR/PRLs clubs. To achieve this, there would need to be a trap door opened between the 6 Nations and European Nations Cup. Perhaps an amalgamation between the top tournament and Georgia, Romania, Canada and the USA. [/QUOTE]
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