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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 24856"><p>I know your just trying to start a fight here, but just to claify:</p><p>League did not "break away from because they didn't like the laws"... If you do a bit of reading on the subject then you'll realise that league originated from the Northern clubs in England who were predominantly working class, and as such were often psychially too much for the upper class clubs and therefore started dominating the competition... The RFU wasn't too happy about this and when they found out that northern club owners were compensating players for missed time at work with rugby training, they argued that they were "tainting the game" by sending it in the same direction as soccer and then expelled all the northern clubs from the competition and the RFU...</p><p>As a result the Northern clubs formed the "northern union" and made their own competition which was semi professional. Over time, due to it's professional status, the games administraters found it necessary to alter some rules to make the game more attractive to spectators.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 24856"] I know your just trying to start a fight here, but just to claify: League did not "break away from because they didn't like the laws"... If you do a bit of reading on the subject then you'll realise that league originated from the Northern clubs in England who were predominantly working class, and as such were often psychially too much for the upper class clubs and therefore started dominating the competition... The RFU wasn't too happy about this and when they found out that northern club owners were compensating players for missed time at work with rugby training, they argued that they were "tainting the game" by sending it in the same direction as soccer and then expelled all the northern clubs from the competition and the RFU... As a result the Northern clubs formed the "northern union" and made their own competition which was semi professional. Over time, due to it's professional status, the games administraters found it necessary to alter some rules to make the game more attractive to spectators. [/QUOTE]
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