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Should the Pumas stay in the RC, for the next seasons. Yes or No? Argue
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 602478" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>NFL finances players and coaches multi-million dollar salaries and multi-million dollar dividends for owners, all on the back of a competition that runs for only 4 or 5 pre-season games, only 16 regular season games and only four play-off games. That is a total of 24 or 25 weeks (5½ months) including the pre-season.</p><p></p><p>Their rosters and pro-footballers lists are much longer than any rugby competition. 32 teams each with a maximum 53 strong player roster means almost 1,700 pro-footballers to support, and that doesn't even count the extra players on the roster during pre season (32 teams times 37 players = 1184) </p><p></p><p>How do they do it?</p><p></p><p>Well, one of the reasons is higher ticket prices. Short seasons mean well rested players and a quality product to sell to the public. Doing what rugby does, making a product available readily, means its cheap. If you make a product that is in short supply, you can demand a higher price for it. </p><p></p><p>Shorten the season to half many matches, you'll have better rested players, with less injuries. That means teams can have smaller rosters, and they do not have to rotate their squad so much to get through the demands of a long season. You put a better product on the park, with better quality rugby, and its in shorter supply, so you can demand a higher price at the turnstiles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 602478, member: 20605"] NFL finances players and coaches multi-million dollar salaries and multi-million dollar dividends for owners, all on the back of a competition that runs for only 4 or 5 pre-season games, only 16 regular season games and only four play-off games. That is a total of 24 or 25 weeks (5½ months) including the pre-season. Their rosters and pro-footballers lists are much longer than any rugby competition. 32 teams each with a maximum 53 strong player roster means almost 1,700 pro-footballers to support, and that doesn't even count the extra players on the roster during pre season (32 teams times 37 players = 1184) How do they do it? Well, one of the reasons is higher ticket prices. Short seasons mean well rested players and a quality product to sell to the public. Doing what rugby does, making a product available readily, means its cheap. If you make a product that is in short supply, you can demand a higher price for it. Shorten the season to half many matches, you'll have better rested players, with less injuries. That means teams can have smaller rosters, and they do not have to rotate their squad so much to get through the demands of a long season. You put a better product on the park, with better quality rugby, and its in shorter supply, so you can demand a higher price at the turnstiles. [/QUOTE]
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