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<blockquote data-quote="danger" data-source="post: 279111"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Sep 11 2009, 09:00 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=411274" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>It sounds like absolute bullshit to me. He says teams can get promoted to premier division, but the teams in the 1st division will have a much lower salary cap. When the 4 teams go down, they will lose a hell of a lot of good players. Aaron Cruden Jared Payne and Rene Ranger are future all black prospects, there is no way their unions will hold on to them.</p><p></p><p>They wont be able to afford members of staff such as video analysts and individual trainers, and they wont gain any money because noones going to pack out a stadium to watch northland play north otago. Its taken Manawatu untill now to be a truely competitive team, thats what 4 years. Even if they do get promoted, they wont be able to rebuild themselves into the caliber they are now in a single year. the team that gets promoted will more often then not just drop straight back down the next year. </p><p></p><p>The real winners here are the power house unions like Waikato, Canterbury and especially Auckland. Its a return to the days where the best players play for the top 5 teams. and its bullshit. im watching NRL next year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="danger, post: 279111"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Sep 11 2009, 09:00 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=411274']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> It sounds like absolute bullshit to me. He says teams can get promoted to premier division, but the teams in the 1st division will have a much lower salary cap. When the 4 teams go down, they will lose a hell of a lot of good players. Aaron Cruden Jared Payne and Rene Ranger are future all black prospects, there is no way their unions will hold on to them. They wont be able to afford members of staff such as video analysts and individual trainers, and they wont gain any money because noones going to pack out a stadium to watch northland play north otago. Its taken Manawatu untill now to be a truely competitive team, thats what 4 years. Even if they do get promoted, they wont be able to rebuild themselves into the caliber they are now in a single year. the team that gets promoted will more often then not just drop straight back down the next year. The real winners here are the power house unions like Waikato, Canterbury and especially Auckland. Its a return to the days where the best players play for the top 5 teams. and its bullshit. im watching NRL next year. [/QUOTE]
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