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<blockquote data-quote="danger" data-source="post: 280018"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Sep 25 2009, 07:16 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=413518" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Thats the thing though, Otago has so much history, a new stadium a super franchise and a large population, North Harbour has a massive population, quality players coming through and alot of money. </p><p></p><p>Every team can stake a claim and give credible reasons why they should be allowed to stay. The teams at the bottom arent being outclassed, its not like Otago are out of their league, they're playing good rugby, they're just getting edged out on game day. Thats what you want out of a competition. Why do we HAVE to cut 4 teams.</p><p></p><p>The only union that has a real case to answer is Counties, in that they are struggling on the field, financially, and for sepectators.</p><p>Theres no doubt in my mind that they are only a couple of years away from being right though, they just got a new stadium and all they need is a few more years to sign their young talent and the team should come right, with a performing team comes a crowd.</p><p></p><p>People don't realise what a great nursery counties is. There are 4 current all blacks from the counties region. The real danger is that if we drop South Auckland, we may lose all that PI talent to a growing rugby league community. We demote Counties, we lose the young Jonahs and Sitivenis to the Warriors.</p><p></p><p>The answer at the end of the day is; Don't cut any team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="danger, post: 280018"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (William18 @ Sep 25 2009, 07:16 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=413518']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Thats the thing though, Otago has so much history, a new stadium a super franchise and a large population, North Harbour has a massive population, quality players coming through and alot of money. Every team can stake a claim and give credible reasons why they should be allowed to stay. The teams at the bottom arent being outclassed, its not like Otago are out of their league, they're playing good rugby, they're just getting edged out on game day. Thats what you want out of a competition. Why do we HAVE to cut 4 teams. The only union that has a real case to answer is Counties, in that they are struggling on the field, financially, and for sepectators. Theres no doubt in my mind that they are only a couple of years away from being right though, they just got a new stadium and all they need is a few more years to sign their young talent and the team should come right, with a performing team comes a crowd. People don't realise what a great nursery counties is. There are 4 current all blacks from the counties region. The real danger is that if we drop South Auckland, we may lose all that PI talent to a growing rugby league community. We demote Counties, we lose the young Jonahs and Sitivenis to the Warriors. The answer at the end of the day is; Don't cut any team. [/QUOTE]
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