NPC v Super Rugby
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@Machpants said in NPC v Super Rugby:
Whatever makes NZR the most money - we need it. I'll watch both equally happily
I love the NPC because I get to watch the Magpies, but the three tiered system is perfect for me and I like being able to watch Super, then the ABs and then the Magpies.
I have no issues with the quality of the NPC, it's our 3rd tier but usually the rugby is of a pretty good standard.
Obviously if only one could survive I would take the NPC then daylight.
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The whole thing looks like a conspiracy to to prise open Ta$man's iron grip on the NPC!
Will have to be NPC if it's going to run for more than a few weeks - but, as a one season option there might be some challenges to overcome. One might be how to avoid a suite of mismatches between teams stacked with All Blacks and teams not - especially if some of the Div 2 teams are stacked (e.g. Taranaki).
Maybe some of the ABs should go into a draft?
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NPC all day every day, which given my teams lack of success since, well, ever, is plain odd!!
Having a solitary AB back for us would be huge.
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Super makes more money because of SATV rights, but either would do well in a post-Covid world due to pent up demand and limited supply (in terms of top flight matches per year).
If we could actually choose either, I would select NPC because of the Ranfurly Shield.
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@Stargazer For the better of the competition. A smaller economical comp is better than no comp. Would generate revenue too.
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@Stargazer said in NPC v Super Rugby:
@Hooroo I suggested earlier to shorten the comp by scratching cross-over games. That's as far as I would want to go. The unions in the Championship need the income, too, and their SR players and ABs need to play.
Everyone needs the income so that is a mute point.
I would assume they would be allowed to loan their AB's to the playing provinces.
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@Stargazer said in NPC v Super Rugby:
@Hooroo Yeah, nah.
If this scenario would happen, I'd boycot all games and rather watch the replays on my MySky.
But that doesn't matter. In a time with no sport, only a small % would be like you. Everyone else would be hanging out for something to watch.
Its worth an email to NZRU a an option, I think. (Have too much time on my hands obviously)
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It'd have to be a full round-robin, and six team finals series. No byes required so this would take 16 weeks. It could theoretically start Friday July 31st and finish Saturday Nov 14th. This is only two weeks later than the NPC used to finish, and assuming there's no EOYT, then why not go into November?
Provincial squads at full strength - or better than full strength if NH contracted players are able to play - playing in good weather come October (ala Feb and March in SR) would draw fantastic crowds and would be a wonderful panacea for many unions and NZR.
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So the ABs won't be playing this season?
The July tests and RC won't happen if players from both hemispheres aren't playing regularly beforehand and there are still international travel restrictions in place. The ABs would only go on an EOYT if they had a revenue sharing agreement in place to replace lost income from cancelled domestic tests.
