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<blockquote data-quote="dasNdanger" data-source="post: 684456" data-attributes="member: 61962"><p>In the US we all pay to have television - be it basic cable or satellite. However, the three main networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) are included in all basic cable/satellite packages, so therefore basically 'free' in that if you have any sort of television programming, you will get those channels (and the match aired on NBC, so it was available to anyone who wanted to watch). </p><p></p><p>Usually rugby in the US is only available on premium sports channels that you have to pay extra for - in some cases $15 dollars a month for just ONE channel. Therefore most people in the US never have seen a rugby match unless they like the game already and are willing to pay for the extra channel<s>. So to have a rugby match air on 'normal' television is really a huge thing, and hopefully people flipping through channels in search of something exciting found the match, and watched. </s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>EDIT: Here's a fun read: <a href="http://www.foxsports.com.au/what-the-fox/us-public-react-hilariously-to-nuts-and-intense-all-blacks-rugby-test/story-fnn4peyo-1227109897415" target="_blank">http://www.foxsports.com.au/what-the-fox/us-public-react-hilariously-to-nuts-and-intense-all-blacks-rugby-test/story-fnn4peyo-1227109897415</a></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>das</s></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dasNdanger, post: 684456, member: 61962"] In the US we all pay to have television - be it basic cable or satellite. However, the three main networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) are included in all basic cable/satellite packages, so therefore basically 'free' in that if you have any sort of television programming, you will get those channels (and the match aired on NBC, so it was available to anyone who wanted to watch). Usually rugby in the US is only available on premium sports channels that you have to pay extra for - in some cases $15 dollars a month for just ONE channel. Therefore most people in the US never have seen a rugby match unless they like the game already and are willing to pay for the extra channel[s]. So to have a rugby match air on 'normal' television is really a huge thing, and hopefully people flipping through channels in search of something exciting found the match, and watched. EDIT: Here's a fun read: [url]http://www.foxsports.com.au/what-the-fox/us-public-react-hilariously-to-nuts-and-intense-all-blacks-rugby-test/story-fnn4peyo-1227109897415[/url] das[/s] [/QUOTE]
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