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Some teams receiving far greater rest between games
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<blockquote data-quote="Shaggy" data-source="post: 446152" data-attributes="member: 43400"><p>I think it's more to do with which teams will draw the biggest crowds on the weekends, and games not overlapping so that all of the games can be shown live on TV, rather than preferential treatment because of rankings.</p><p></p><p>There's more than an element of truth to what Ginger Genius has said about the money too ... unfortunately, the pre-world cup games are needed to generate money, to pay the players. We already see these tournaments condensed in World Cup year (such as the Tri-Nations), so to give these teams a fairer rest time by expanding the time the RWC runs for, would require a more give in these other schedules.</p><p></p><p>... I suppose they could do away with the Tri -Nations/four nations in RWC years, but then where does the money come from to pay the players?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaggy, post: 446152, member: 43400"] I think it's more to do with which teams will draw the biggest crowds on the weekends, and games not overlapping so that all of the games can be shown live on TV, rather than preferential treatment because of rankings. There's more than an element of truth to what Ginger Genius has said about the money too ... unfortunately, the pre-world cup games are needed to generate money, to pay the players. We already see these tournaments condensed in World Cup year (such as the Tri-Nations), so to give these teams a fairer rest time by expanding the time the RWC runs for, would require a more give in these other schedules. ... I suppose they could do away with the Tri -Nations/four nations in RWC years, but then where does the money come from to pay the players? [/QUOTE]
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