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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 866568" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Well, I think everyone thinks the format is a lopsided heap off manure. The organizers have admitted as much with them reformatting the tournament mid-contract. We'll have to wait and see if the restructure is a step in the right direction.</p><p></p><p>Its a tough one to balance the different partners' priorities though along with financial imperatives; derbies supposedly bring in the most cash, Aus also wanted derbies to make up for a lack of domestic league while derbies mean less travel but then you have Argentina and Japan enter the fray since we want to expand the game and develop those teams and tap into those markets which mess up the travel factor again as well as symmetry the team numbers from different nations, SARU get bullied by the ANC to find a spot for the Kings, the tournament is spread across 4 different continents, time zones are a mess.. you get the idea. A fair tournament format doesn't exist. For years SA has had to carry the travel burden disproportionately. We still do. With the Sunwolves in the SA1 conference and the Jaguares also assured to play us every year the Stormers have for instance had literally double the kms traveled that the Blues do. Its gonna be unfair one way or the other no matter what.</p><p></p><p>No need to apologize. I apologize for being rude. Its just frustrating as a SA fan being in SR. We literally can't win without having to hear; Oh, it was travel, or the ref, or the format, or sickness or whatever it is easiest at hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 866568, member: 39190"] Well, I think everyone thinks the format is a lopsided heap off manure. The organizers have admitted as much with them reformatting the tournament mid-contract. We'll have to wait and see if the restructure is a step in the right direction. Its a tough one to balance the different partners' priorities though along with financial imperatives; derbies supposedly bring in the most cash, Aus also wanted derbies to make up for a lack of domestic league while derbies mean less travel but then you have Argentina and Japan enter the fray since we want to expand the game and develop those teams and tap into those markets which mess up the travel factor again as well as symmetry the team numbers from different nations, SARU get bullied by the ANC to find a spot for the Kings, the tournament is spread across 4 different continents, time zones are a mess.. you get the idea. A fair tournament format doesn't exist. For years SA has had to carry the travel burden disproportionately. We still do. With the Sunwolves in the SA1 conference and the Jaguares also assured to play us every year the Stormers have for instance had literally double the kms traveled that the Blues do. Its gonna be unfair one way or the other no matter what. No need to apologize. I apologize for being rude. Its just frustrating as a SA fan being in SR. We literally can't win without having to hear; Oh, it was travel, or the ref, or the format, or sickness or whatever it is easiest at hand. [/QUOTE]
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