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Six Nations Rugby going behind a TV paywall
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<blockquote data-quote="Feicarsinn" data-source="post: 706762" data-attributes="member: 22777"><p>I reckon the unions know what side their bread is buttered on. They may earn a little bit more in the short term, but moving away from a free to air model would be hugely detrimental to future growth. Rugby isn't football, the market is much smaller, newer, and a lot less established. It needs the exposure that being available to all gives it if it wants to keep growing. For example, I don't think the relative boom that Irish rugby has experienced over the past decade could have happened if the games hadn't been on RTÉ and the BBC. Even now I reckon rugby is only a few lean years and a couple of good tournament from the soccer side away from losing an awful lot of interest. Rugby absolutely needs to stay in the public eye if it wants to keep growing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feicarsinn, post: 706762, member: 22777"] I reckon the unions know what side their bread is buttered on. They may earn a little bit more in the short term, but moving away from a free to air model would be hugely detrimental to future growth. Rugby isn't football, the market is much smaller, newer, and a lot less established. It needs the exposure that being available to all gives it if it wants to keep growing. For example, I don't think the relative boom that Irish rugby has experienced over the past decade could have happened if the games hadn't been on RTÉ and the BBC. Even now I reckon rugby is only a few lean years and a couple of good tournament from the soccer side away from losing an awful lot of interest. Rugby absolutely needs to stay in the public eye if it wants to keep growing. [/QUOTE]
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