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<blockquote data-quote="danger" data-source="post: 279971"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (smartcooky @ Sep 25 2009, 08:13 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=413457" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>No it isn't, its about cutting the four teams that the NZRU want to drop, while teams that aren't performing, like North Harbour and Otago will be protected from the drop even if they finish at the bottom of the table. If the final were to be between, say, Tasman and Bay of Plenty, both teams will still be dropped because the NZRU have fudged the criteria, giving additional weight to things that do not matter in order to get what they want; the big five teams dominating and everyone being "asset" stripped to feed them. They have all their eggs in the Super Rugby basket, and don't give a **** about the ANZC. The Super 15 will be crap, its a compromise, because SARU did something that the NZRU are too gutless to do; stand firm to protect their National Championship, the Currie Cup. </p><p></p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p></p><p>Rubbish! How do you expect teams to hold on to their players when they are playing in some kind of crap, made up consolation competition. You watch what will happen next; </p><p></p><p>► The four teams that go down, a couple of which are VERY competitive right now, will be "asset" stripped of all their best players by the "Big Five". (Its already happened with Cruden, signed for Manawatu but with an "out" clause if they get chopped.). Some of us are old enough to rememebr that Counties-Manukau played Canterbury in the final of the NPC a few years ago, but a couple of years later, they got relegated and couldn't keep their players. Joeli Vidiri and Jonah Lomu played for them (they were known at the "Bruise Brothers") </p><p></p><p>► When one of the four go back up, they will no longer be competitive, they will cop a series of thrashings from the teams that have now got all their former players.</p><p></p><p>► Within a couple of years, Tew, or some other moron in charge from a Big Five union will end promotion/relegation because of the mismatches.</p><p></p><p>I promise you, if Tasman goes down, the Marlborough Union will go after the NZRU for compensation. They got the Tasman Union to upgrade Lansdowne Park, at huge expense, to meet <strong>their</strong> criteria. Then they'll be left with a White Elephant that they will no longer be able to afford to use if they aren't playing in the Premier Division, because no-one is going to pay Premier Division ticket prices to watch a bunch of amateurs running around in some noddy competititon. </p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p></p><p> The teams that should go down are the bottom four on the table, but they wont, because the NZRU will protect the Super Franchises.</p><p></p><p>I hope that a team like BoP, Tasman or Hawkes Bay wins the ANZC. That will really embarrass the dickheads at the NZRU. Better still, I would like to see a chopped team take the Ranfurly Shield down into Noddy Division with them. </p><p></p><p>I would love to see Tewbacca spin his way out of that.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Exactly what he said. Right on the money.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="danger, post: 279971"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (smartcooky @ Sep 25 2009, 08:13 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=413457']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> No it isn't, its about cutting the four teams that the NZRU want to drop, while teams that aren't performing, like North Harbour and Otago will be protected from the drop even if they finish at the bottom of the table. If the final were to be between, say, Tasman and Bay of Plenty, both teams will still be dropped because the NZRU have fudged the criteria, giving additional weight to things that do not matter in order to get what they want; the big five teams dominating and everyone being "asset" stripped to feed them. They have all their eggs in the Super Rugby basket, and don't give a **** about the ANZC. The Super 15 will be crap, its a compromise, because SARU did something that the NZRU are too gutless to do; stand firm to protect their National Championship, the Currie Cup. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> Rubbish! How do you expect teams to hold on to their players when they are playing in some kind of crap, made up consolation competition. You watch what will happen next; ► The four teams that go down, a couple of which are VERY competitive right now, will be "asset" stripped of all their best players by the "Big Five". (Its already happened with Cruden, signed for Manawatu but with an "out" clause if they get chopped.). Some of us are old enough to rememebr that Counties-Manukau played Canterbury in the final of the NPC a few years ago, but a couple of years later, they got relegated and couldn't keep their players. Joeli Vidiri and Jonah Lomu played for them (they were known at the "Bruise Brothers") ► When one of the four go back up, they will no longer be competitive, they will cop a series of thrashings from the teams that have now got all their former players. ► Within a couple of years, Tew, or some other moron in charge from a Big Five union will end promotion/relegation because of the mismatches. I promise you, if Tasman goes down, the Marlborough Union will go after the NZRU for compensation. They got the Tasman Union to upgrade Lansdowne Park, at huge expense, to meet [b]their[/b] criteria. Then they'll be left with a White Elephant that they will no longer be able to afford to use if they aren't playing in the Premier Division, because no-one is going to pay Premier Division ticket prices to watch a bunch of amateurs running around in some noddy competititon. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> The teams that should go down are the bottom four on the table, but they wont, because the NZRU will protect the Super Franchises. I hope that a team like BoP, Tasman or Hawkes Bay wins the ANZC. That will really embarrass the dickheads at the NZRU. Better still, I would like to see a chopped team take the Ranfurly Shield down into Noddy Division with them. I would love to see Tewbacca spin his way out of that. [/b][/quote] Exactly what he said. Right on the money. [/QUOTE]
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