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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 838472" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>It's an entirely valid argument, but completely simplistic. It only makes sense if you are happy with less TV money and most of your top players playing in France and England as the wage differences continues to widen sharply and hoping that fans will turn out to watch international reserves being the "star" players in the league. To suggest you cut the number of teams, scrap the conference system and things will be just like the gold old days is not realistic. That is not one of the options in the real world as proven by Pro12 in Europe exploring exactly the same options out of the understanding that they too will also lose their best players and devalue the league if they don't expand the territories they cover and gain more TV money.</p><p></p><p>The alternative is Super Rugby moving in the next 10 years towards incorporating an Asian Conference and an Americas Conference in the hope of getting enough TV money to retain the top talent. The problem is while that destination might be much better than the current situation, getting there over the next 10 years means accepting a less competitive league as it transitions and the talent in Asia and the Americas gradually improves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 838472, member: 74121"] It's an entirely valid argument, but completely simplistic. It only makes sense if you are happy with less TV money and most of your top players playing in France and England as the wage differences continues to widen sharply and hoping that fans will turn out to watch international reserves being the "star" players in the league. To suggest you cut the number of teams, scrap the conference system and things will be just like the gold old days is not realistic. That is not one of the options in the real world as proven by Pro12 in Europe exploring exactly the same options out of the understanding that they too will also lose their best players and devalue the league if they don't expand the territories they cover and gain more TV money. The alternative is Super Rugby moving in the next 10 years towards incorporating an Asian Conference and an Americas Conference in the hope of getting enough TV money to retain the top talent. The problem is while that destination might be much better than the current situation, getting there over the next 10 years means accepting a less competitive league as it transitions and the talent in Asia and the Americas gradually improves. [/QUOTE]
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