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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 730667" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>With respect mate, you're assuming that the balance between fairness and profit should fall on the side of fairness. That's not how it works. Rugby is a business, and the NZRU need South Africa, which is why they wouldn't consider a breakaway tournament with Australia. </p><p></p><p>The problem for you is that to get South African AND maximise the value of Super Rugby, it's economically more manageable to sacrifice some fairness by limiting travel through a conference system that also increases the number of generally lucrative local derbies. </p><p></p><p>Yes, it leads to rewards for conferences with weaker performing teams, but if you have a conference system you also have to reward conference winners. It's known as a trade off.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, I'd have preferred a fairer NZ-AU breakaway super comp, because you could make it properly fair and not worry about conferences, but NZ aren't interested in that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 730667, member: 12207"] With respect mate, you're assuming that the balance between fairness and profit should fall on the side of fairness. That's not how it works. Rugby is a business, and the NZRU need South Africa, which is why they wouldn't consider a breakaway tournament with Australia. The problem for you is that to get South African AND maximise the value of Super Rugby, it's economically more manageable to sacrifice some fairness by limiting travel through a conference system that also increases the number of generally lucrative local derbies. Yes, it leads to rewards for conferences with weaker performing teams, but if you have a conference system you also have to reward conference winners. It's known as a trade off. Honestly, I'd have preferred a fairer NZ-AU breakaway super comp, because you could make it properly fair and not worry about conferences, but NZ aren't interested in that. [/QUOTE]
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