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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 478652" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>I can't see it working either, Tomsey. While promotion/relegation would be the fairest route it allready becomes a farce in that the Kings are assured of entrance and the 1st relegation would be forced which makes a mockery of the entire system from the get-go.</p><p></p><p>From there we end up with two possible scenario's if the relegated team doesn't get usurped somehow; the Lions retain their players (which is highly unlikely though they could possibly set up some sort of loan deals throughout the S15 season and retain their players for a promotion/relegation battle) and inevitably beat the Kings (who apparently will focus on development and thus won't bolster their team with signing settled professionals) to make for a mockery of the Kings' forced entry or the Lions lose their 'star' players and remain in obscurity as once you go down and don't have a sure income it will be hard to get the necessary personal together long enough to make a sucessful comeback. Even if they managed you can be sure our borderline communist government element would go off their rockers and further interfere in rugby. Only time will tell, I guess.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>True they are the main money maker but they don't have the balls to make a move and I suspect the others know this. Anyway, while I think a move North if Europe would have us wouldn't be the worst thing that SARU has done in their tenure most would prefer to stick to what have worked for us (with some issues to address true) in the past and stay in SANZAR.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 478652, member: 39190"] I can't see it working either, Tomsey. While promotion/relegation would be the fairest route it allready becomes a farce in that the Kings are assured of entrance and the 1st relegation would be forced which makes a mockery of the entire system from the get-go. From there we end up with two possible scenario's if the relegated team doesn't get usurped somehow; the Lions retain their players (which is highly unlikely though they could possibly set up some sort of loan deals throughout the S15 season and retain their players for a promotion/relegation battle) and inevitably beat the Kings (who apparently will focus on development and thus won't bolster their team with signing settled professionals) to make for a mockery of the Kings' forced entry or the Lions lose their 'star' players and remain in obscurity as once you go down and don't have a sure income it will be hard to get the necessary personal together long enough to make a sucessful comeback. Even if they managed you can be sure our borderline communist government element would go off their rockers and further interfere in rugby. Only time will tell, I guess. True they are the main money maker but they don't have the balls to make a move and I suspect the others know this. Anyway, while I think a move North if Europe would have us wouldn't be the worst thing that SARU has done in their tenure most would prefer to stick to what have worked for us (with some issues to address true) in the past and stay in SANZAR. [/QUOTE]
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