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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugger" data-source="post: 586244" data-attributes="member: 12699"><p>You guys aren't going to be hurting if you open up a couple of more spots on your team for foreign players. We had the same problem with Ice Hockey 30 years ago. The NHL used to only have 16 teams in the 70s and no Europeans played in the league. When the league opened up to European imports the European countries started producing a lot more hockey talent. Simultaneously, Ice Hockey started to become a lot more popular as a sport worldwide because these players that now played in the NHL from countries such as Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, Norway, Denmark, etc... helped grow the brand in their respective countries and the value of the NHL rose exponentially, the Toronto Maple Leafs for instance, are valued at $1 billion American dollars, you could probably trade the entire english and french rugby league's for that team. The NHL now has 30 teams and a rival league in Europe called the KHL has emerged which is seriously challenging the NHL for the hockey market and the top players. </p><p> </p><p>This growth in professional hockey has fuelled a better international game as well. Where before only 3 or 4 teams seriously challenging for a medal at World championships or the Olympics now you have 8 or 10 teams that are serious contenders and a bunch of other countries that can push the big guns close and pull off the occasional upset such as Belarus vs Sweden in 2002 where Belarus finished 4th at the Olympics. With privatisation of your leagues, players would also be able to make more money which would promote player welfare, which I am sorry but rugby has a pretty low standard for player welfare. The average salary of an NHL hockey player is around $2.5 Million American, what is the average salary in the Aviva Premiership? Like $100,000?</p><p></p><p>I am using the NHL as an example of why it is important for rugby to place more emphasis on developing a strong club game because this will only compliment the international game as was the case with Ice Hockey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugger, post: 586244, member: 12699"] You guys aren't going to be hurting if you open up a couple of more spots on your team for foreign players. We had the same problem with Ice Hockey 30 years ago. The NHL used to only have 16 teams in the 70s and no Europeans played in the league. When the league opened up to European imports the European countries started producing a lot more hockey talent. Simultaneously, Ice Hockey started to become a lot more popular as a sport worldwide because these players that now played in the NHL from countries such as Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, Norway, Denmark, etc... helped grow the brand in their respective countries and the value of the NHL rose exponentially, the Toronto Maple Leafs for instance, are valued at $1 billion American dollars, you could probably trade the entire english and french rugby league's for that team. The NHL now has 30 teams and a rival league in Europe called the KHL has emerged which is seriously challenging the NHL for the hockey market and the top players. This growth in professional hockey has fuelled a better international game as well. Where before only 3 or 4 teams seriously challenging for a medal at World championships or the Olympics now you have 8 or 10 teams that are serious contenders and a bunch of other countries that can push the big guns close and pull off the occasional upset such as Belarus vs Sweden in 2002 where Belarus finished 4th at the Olympics. With privatisation of your leagues, players would also be able to make more money which would promote player welfare, which I am sorry but rugby has a pretty low standard for player welfare. The average salary of an NHL hockey player is around $2.5 Million American, what is the average salary in the Aviva Premiership? Like $100,000? I am using the NHL as an example of why it is important for rugby to place more emphasis on developing a strong club game because this will only compliment the international game as was the case with Ice Hockey. [/QUOTE]
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