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<blockquote data-quote="C A Iversen" data-source="post: 156014"><p>Absolutely inarguably T.R.U.E !!! That was put 100% right.</p><p></p><p>The S14 unions in our country are choking the living daylights out of the Air New Zealand Cup.</p><p></p><p>They'd hate it if it ended up that they had to form a 'Premier Grade' in which the played only each other in a 3-4 round robin then had a final, whilst the other unions played in a serious Div 1 comp below them. I know what most New Zealanders would watch.</p><p></p><p>I know thats ridiculously hypothetical but hey, it's ridiculous what's happening. Whats insanely humorous though, is that the people in those unions don't know what we're all bleating about!</p><p></p><p>Surely scraps from the head table are our lot. Don't we know our place?</p><p></p><p>My next point I've been saying for ages. If a province like Taranaki trains a player, brings him up through the grades and makes him who he is, he should not be allowed to move anywhere, AT ALL, until his home union are paid a damn good transfer fee. Thats part of the answer.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, if all teams had access to the same money and funding, I'd guarantee that the competition would flourish into the most competitive, exciting domestic competition in the world again.</p><p></p><p>Whats more, it'd be better than it ever was and more attractive to TV advertisers and sponsors than ever. </p><p></p><p>The irony is a cure would grow the Air New Zealand Cup to massive success, but it would be equal opportunity success, and some unions couldn't handle that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C A Iversen, post: 156014"] Absolutely inarguably T.R.U.E !!! That was put 100% right. The S14 unions in our country are choking the living daylights out of the Air New Zealand Cup. They'd hate it if it ended up that they had to form a 'Premier Grade' in which the played only each other in a 3-4 round robin then had a final, whilst the other unions played in a serious Div 1 comp below them. I know what most New Zealanders would watch. I know thats ridiculously hypothetical but hey, it's ridiculous what's happening. Whats insanely humorous though, is that the people in those unions don't know what we're all bleating about! Surely scraps from the head table are our lot. Don't we know our place? My next point I've been saying for ages. If a province like Taranaki trains a player, brings him up through the grades and makes him who he is, he should not be allowed to move anywhere, AT ALL, until his home union are paid a damn good transfer fee. Thats part of the answer. At the end of the day, if all teams had access to the same money and funding, I'd guarantee that the competition would flourish into the most competitive, exciting domestic competition in the world again. Whats more, it'd be better than it ever was and more attractive to TV advertisers and sponsors than ever. The irony is a cure would grow the Air New Zealand Cup to massive success, but it would be equal opportunity success, and some unions couldn't handle that. [/QUOTE]
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