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<blockquote data-quote="Seaton" data-source="post: 468481" data-attributes="member: 64443"><p>Good posts here, I'm oing to have to introduce some mediocrity to average the thread out before it gets out of hand. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>It's a tough situation really. If we keep the franchises, the New Zealand teams stand to suffer greatly, and if we abolish the franchises, well then what would the effect on the ITM Cup be? It could become a situation where AB congregate/ concentrate in a few select teams at the top of the pecking order, and then these would qualify year in year out for Super Rugby, and thus be in the same situation as South Africa. However with the way the players are centrally contracted there (I am not sure if this also happens at ITM Cup and Heartland level), this is unlikely so happen, which would leave their representing teams seriously under-powered as the top players are spread out over all the ITM teams.</p><p></p><p>As far has been mentioned, a domestic competition in Aus would economically unviable and even unwanted by Aus fans if yon survey done a handful of years ago was fairly accurate.</p><p></p><p>Again, flight times are an issue, if it goes to groups of four, there would be at least one South African team in it. The travel time from New Zealand/ East Aus and back is around 24 hours, so it would disadvantageous for one team to travel all that way to play one or two games, then comeback and have to play a game the next weekend. If it goes to two groups of eight, well touring schedules would be easier to sort out and could involve byes the week after touring sides tour.</p><p></p><p>There, that should be enough to keep the trolls away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seaton, post: 468481, member: 64443"] Good posts here, I'm oing to have to introduce some mediocrity to average the thread out before it gets out of hand. :p It's a tough situation really. If we keep the franchises, the New Zealand teams stand to suffer greatly, and if we abolish the franchises, well then what would the effect on the ITM Cup be? It could become a situation where AB congregate/ concentrate in a few select teams at the top of the pecking order, and then these would qualify year in year out for Super Rugby, and thus be in the same situation as South Africa. However with the way the players are centrally contracted there (I am not sure if this also happens at ITM Cup and Heartland level), this is unlikely so happen, which would leave their representing teams seriously under-powered as the top players are spread out over all the ITM teams. As far has been mentioned, a domestic competition in Aus would economically unviable and even unwanted by Aus fans if yon survey done a handful of years ago was fairly accurate. Again, flight times are an issue, if it goes to groups of four, there would be at least one South African team in it. The travel time from New Zealand/ East Aus and back is around 24 hours, so it would disadvantageous for one team to travel all that way to play one or two games, then comeback and have to play a game the next weekend. If it goes to two groups of eight, well touring schedules would be easier to sort out and could involve byes the week after touring sides tour. There, that should be enough to keep the trolls away. [/QUOTE]
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