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SA to leave Super Rugby? SANZAR are considering changing the format of Super Rugby
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 586656" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I think there has to be a seperation between SA and NZ and AUS regarding your question then.</p><p></p><p>If we look at the South African model. The Super Rugby teams, are in essence the union. For instance, the Sharks, Bulls, Lions and Stormers are the same as the clubs, with the Stormers having a different name. The Cheetahs are the only SR team of SA that is a joint venture between 2 clubs with it consisting of the Cheetahs and Griquas and also sharing the 2 stadiums in Bloemfontein and Kimberley.</p><p></p><p>As for Development, I think because of the current political situation in SA, these unions gets a lot of financial development backing from the Government and that is used as a seperate project altogether. Luckily in SA, the community plays a major role, and festivals and the Craven Week gets their own sponsorship deals and even tv coverage.</p><p></p><p>Then we have Supersport, who is basically a monopoly all on its own for the African Continent, even owning their own soccer team. They pump so much money into the local teams in to ensure they get the best coverage, that the unions don't really need to worry about that.</p><p></p><p>With that said, SA's biggest problem is the exchange rate of the South African Rand towards basically every other currency they are in contention with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 586656, member: 40658"] I think there has to be a seperation between SA and NZ and AUS regarding your question then. If we look at the South African model. The Super Rugby teams, are in essence the union. For instance, the Sharks, Bulls, Lions and Stormers are the same as the clubs, with the Stormers having a different name. The Cheetahs are the only SR team of SA that is a joint venture between 2 clubs with it consisting of the Cheetahs and Griquas and also sharing the 2 stadiums in Bloemfontein and Kimberley. As for Development, I think because of the current political situation in SA, these unions gets a lot of financial development backing from the Government and that is used as a seperate project altogether. Luckily in SA, the community plays a major role, and festivals and the Craven Week gets their own sponsorship deals and even tv coverage. Then we have Supersport, who is basically a monopoly all on its own for the African Continent, even owning their own soccer team. They pump so much money into the local teams in to ensure they get the best coverage, that the unions don't really need to worry about that. With that said, SA's biggest problem is the exchange rate of the South African Rand towards basically every other currency they are in contention with. [/QUOTE]
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