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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 678786" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>Anyone claiming to know how a one-sided scoreline will affect rugby in the USA is wrong IMO. I can't see how you could predict that.</p><p></p><p>I think the important element in terms of the marketing of the sport is that people who have never watched rugby before come away thinking, "that is ****ing legit, these guys are serious professional athletes and I would love to watch this again".</p><p>What you absolutely don't want is people consigning it to the bin of niche, novelty sports like Handball or Lacrosse.</p><p></p><p>So whether it's an unusually tight game or one where the ABs rack up 100pts - as long as there is a high degree of skill and individual athleticism on display I think it will increase the popularity of the sport.</p><p>And that, in my eyes, will make it a success. In fact - it's already a success, given the number of tickets they've sold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 678786, member: 67273"] Anyone claiming to know how a one-sided scoreline will affect rugby in the USA is wrong IMO. I can't see how you could predict that. I think the important element in terms of the marketing of the sport is that people who have never watched rugby before come away thinking, "that is ****ing legit, these guys are serious professional athletes and I would love to watch this again". What you absolutely don't want is people consigning it to the bin of niche, novelty sports like Handball or Lacrosse. So whether it's an unusually tight game or one where the ABs rack up 100pts - as long as there is a high degree of skill and individual athleticism on display I think it will increase the popularity of the sport. And that, in my eyes, will make it a success. In fact - it's already a success, given the number of tickets they've sold. [/QUOTE]
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