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<blockquote data-quote="ecks tartan army" data-source="post: 145452"><p>i know exactly what you mean - we only ever played rugby in school twice, and its a shame because in football you have the players who are head and shoulders above the rest - and they are the only players who get to see the ball. (hence the good get better and the bad stay bad) Rugby is the one sport (in my area anyway) where everyone is on a level playing field in terms of abillity. and add to that the fact rugby is much more of a team performance - every player has to make tackles or win the ball, thus inspiring greater teamwork between people.</p><p></p><p>but in scotland very few schools play rugby! we have a brand new astro-turf pitch (which will be ripped up at christmas), but our rugby pitch is covered in sand, bottles and dog-**** - and add to that the posts were recently removed!</p><p></p><p>do the SFA really expect the starts of the future to walk into their nearest club when they dont know their ability? Scott Murray (one of the modern day greats in scotland) was discovered by chance by a coach in a supermarket - otherwise he would be playing basketball! although it is unfair to blame it on the SRU - the government is at fault here.</p><p></p><p>also, sport in scotland could suffer even more as a result of the London Olympics - ok kis will be inspired by them but how can they pusue their dreams if the facillities arent there?</p><p></p><p>i know this is a totally diferent example, but my local sailing club has been knocked back for funding for a new club house (ours is 30 years old and falling to bits) but were knocked back because they have built a brand new centre over 2 hours away! and this is a club that has produced a former olympic champion, a round the world yachtswoman and several current brittish hopefuls! yet we have facillities that will turn most people off the sport!</p><p></p><p>apart from football, the state of sports in scotland at grass roots level is abismal and for another example - Graeham Obree (cyclist) boke the world one hour record - but he trained on public roads and the only veledorome he could use t set the record was in Norway! how many more people would Scotland (and Britain) produce if the facillities were there?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ecks tartan army, post: 145452"] i know exactly what you mean - we only ever played rugby in school twice, and its a shame because in football you have the players who are head and shoulders above the rest - and they are the only players who get to see the ball. (hence the good get better and the bad stay bad) Rugby is the one sport (in my area anyway) where everyone is on a level playing field in terms of abillity. and add to that the fact rugby is much more of a team performance - every player has to make tackles or win the ball, thus inspiring greater teamwork between people. but in scotland very few schools play rugby! we have a brand new astro-turf pitch (which will be ripped up at christmas), but our rugby pitch is covered in sand, bottles and dog-**** - and add to that the posts were recently removed! do the SFA really expect the starts of the future to walk into their nearest club when they dont know their ability? Scott Murray (one of the modern day greats in scotland) was discovered by chance by a coach in a supermarket - otherwise he would be playing basketball! although it is unfair to blame it on the SRU - the government is at fault here. also, sport in scotland could suffer even more as a result of the London Olympics - ok kis will be inspired by them but how can they pusue their dreams if the facillities arent there? i know this is a totally diferent example, but my local sailing club has been knocked back for funding for a new club house (ours is 30 years old and falling to bits) but were knocked back because they have built a brand new centre over 2 hours away! and this is a club that has produced a former olympic champion, a round the world yachtswoman and several current brittish hopefuls! yet we have facillities that will turn most people off the sport! apart from football, the state of sports in scotland at grass roots level is abismal and for another example - Graeham Obree (cyclist) boke the world one hour record - but he trained on public roads and the only veledorome he could use t set the record was in Norway! how many more people would Scotland (and Britain) produce if the facillities were there? [/QUOTE]
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