Cough, cough, cough clears throat a little more.
I just wonder what poster in this thread often suggested that Super Rugby should runs its own competition and be separate from the national teams. Sorta like US models of franchise models or at least start moving to this.
Some said sounds good, most did not, to prove my point I suggested the A-League O O O O O sorry. It would never work and stop mentioning this as we know it won't work and so on and so forth.
In todays Roar and let me copy just a little, in an interview with Andy Marions after Marions discussions with outgoing CEO Rob Clark and soon to be gone director Hamish Mac.
The question below is sooooooooo soooooo soooooo the obvious way to go, and yes we should have a separate and IMO privately owned and run competition.
Graet question Bret.
Question from Bret McKay
Are we nearing the point where SANZAAR look after the internationals and Super Rugby is run independently?
Answer or part of the answer
“In terms of the relevance of SANZAAR in the domestic markets, I think we’ve also got to be realistic and understand that as much as Australia and New Zealand may want to work together, when it comes down to intricacies, or a decision that might impact the performance or outcome of any particular team on a weekend, be it from an officiating or judicial, or even just competition structure perspective, I think it’s always wise to have an independent party that’s sitting in the middle of that, so that you’re not damaging the relationship even further, and certainly, if you ever get to a position of an impasse, you always know you’re going to vote for the best interests of your union.
“From an independence point of view, I still think they’ll have a role to play, and we don’t necessarily have to worry too much about the running and the machinations around the competition, and rather just focus on the high performance and making sure we are getting the results.”
