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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 196291"><p>I'm really not sold on the whole LA and Japan thing aye... Sure they may be potentially large markets, but I seriously don't see how you can just plonk a super side somewhere where the grass roots is at a bare minimum. Japan in that sense does have some chance, but I do find it hard to imagine the Japanese turning up in numbers to watch one watch a random team in a sport they've never really seen too much of outside of High School and University. LA is an even worse idea, with the city's population being so fickle that they can't sustain support for an NFL side! How the hell will rugby last if the NFL couldn't turn a profit?!</p><p></p><p>Seriously, the focus should be on Argentina and the PI nations. I personally think that the PI nations should compete individually in an expanded Super 20 (2 teams in Argentina) and then they should only ever compete at the international level as the joint "PI nations" in a SH 5 nations (kinda like the West Indies in cricket). I seriously don't see how that's not a better idea than starting a team in bloody LA...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 196291"] I'm really not sold on the whole LA and Japan thing aye... Sure they may be potentially large markets, but I seriously don't see how you can just plonk a super side somewhere where the grass roots is at a bare minimum. Japan in that sense does have some chance, but I do find it hard to imagine the Japanese turning up in numbers to watch one watch a random team in a sport they've never really seen too much of outside of High School and University. LA is an even worse idea, with the city's population being so fickle that they can't sustain support for an NFL side! How the hell will rugby last if the NFL couldn't turn a profit?! Seriously, the focus should be on Argentina and the PI nations. I personally think that the PI nations should compete individually in an expanded Super 20 (2 teams in Argentina) and then they should only ever compete at the international level as the joint "PI nations" in a SH 5 nations (kinda like the West Indies in cricket). I seriously don't see how that's not a better idea than starting a team in bloody LA... [/QUOTE]
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