Something that will need to be addressed with this new competition is eligibiltiy rules. Not some claptrap about stacking clubs etc, but given the number of Kiwis plying their talents in various competitions, does this risk becoming an ITM feeder competition.
If you exclude people ineligible under Super Rugby rules, does this risk diluting the quality of the competition. Or, inversely, does it create a way to get the Pacific Islanders that get snatched from the Auckland transit lounge on their way to Australia.
Or, in order to boost the competition do they look to allow many Argentinians, currently in Europe, to play. Do they continue to hobble Argentina's rugby in order to protect our own by mandating lesser quality players only in the competition.
These are the questions when you look at revenue vs. development. Would love to hear what people have to say.
