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<blockquote data-quote="scuubasteve" data-source="post: 155705"><p>Currently I definitely would agree with that mate, but I guess you could argue about who deserves to be in and out til the cows come home a.</p><p></p><p>Maybe reducing one of the Pacific Teams could give another NZ spot? But then NZ has an advantage over Aus and SA. Especially as NZ has the most teams taking part anyway. There would be arguements whatever the mix.</p><p></p><p>I think you'd want as much of a competitive mix as possible, to avoid too many repeat games. Each Kiwi team would play each other once during the Air NZ Cup anyway, so by having 2 Kiwi teams in a Super Cup pool it would mean that they play each other another 2 times. 3 of the same clash might get tedious?</p><p></p><p></p><p>If television rights (sold to NewsCorp etc) were paid for the whole comp (both the Cup and the Shield) and distributed evenly to all teams involved, then teams would be assured of equal money for their biggest source of income. The incentive for making the top comp would be more hype and more crowd attendance. A big bonus for making the finals might also be a one off prize incentive.</p><p></p><p>With a realistic salary cap (not the ridiculously high one in the AirNZ Cup) then we would see the strength of teams even up, and picking the top8 would be as hard as picking the NRL finals. Sponsorship would simply need to be contracted for more than a single season, because you'd never know less than a year in advance which comp you were in.</p><p></p><p>The only problem that would arise would be that the bottom 2 Currie Cup teams, and the bottom 6 Top League teams wouldn't have a game on when the global games were on. Maybe these sides could play exhibition games against other local African (Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe) and Asian (China, Korea, Taiwan) teams as a low cost alternative?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scuubasteve, post: 155705"] Currently I definitely would agree with that mate, but I guess you could argue about who deserves to be in and out til the cows come home a. Maybe reducing one of the Pacific Teams could give another NZ spot? But then NZ has an advantage over Aus and SA. Especially as NZ has the most teams taking part anyway. There would be arguements whatever the mix. I think you'd want as much of a competitive mix as possible, to avoid too many repeat games. Each Kiwi team would play each other once during the Air NZ Cup anyway, so by having 2 Kiwi teams in a Super Cup pool it would mean that they play each other another 2 times. 3 of the same clash might get tedious? If television rights (sold to NewsCorp etc) were paid for the whole comp (both the Cup and the Shield) and distributed evenly to all teams involved, then teams would be assured of equal money for their biggest source of income. The incentive for making the top comp would be more hype and more crowd attendance. A big bonus for making the finals might also be a one off prize incentive. With a realistic salary cap (not the ridiculously high one in the AirNZ Cup) then we would see the strength of teams even up, and picking the top8 would be as hard as picking the NRL finals. Sponsorship would simply need to be contracted for more than a single season, because you'd never know less than a year in advance which comp you were in. The only problem that would arise would be that the bottom 2 Currie Cup teams, and the bottom 6 Top League teams wouldn't have a game on when the global games were on. Maybe these sides could play exhibition games against other local African (Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe) and Asian (China, Korea, Taiwan) teams as a low cost alternative? [/QUOTE]
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