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He's suggesting that baseball losing it's place as "America's pastime" probably doesn't have a lot of lessons to provide us here in Australia relating to rugby. I assume you read the article, as IMO many of the issues facing Australian Rugby, also effect US Baseball, and US Baseball is coming...

I suppose your right, Rugby has nothing to fear, all these surveys are meaningly, kids today will flock to watch Rugby. I get your point, Rugby is special, and all these things effecting other sports who then make plans around the changing world environment, will not effect Australian Rugby...

I was not thinking to much about baseball, more the media shifts they are experiencing, falling rating and that young people are looking elsewhere and in nowhere near the numbers they used to. The parts were the article talks about E-games, same here, the total dominance of American Football...

Decent read if you are interested its from the USA mostly about Baseball, traditional TV streaming etc and the future. This quote was interesting from the article. """ The big question going forward is whether baseball can regain any real relevancy with young adults. They are the future after...

You got a point, but alas I came to the conclusion about 2 or 3 years ago to many people have their heads in the trough and earn a good living out of the existing system. Radical change would see most out of a job. Maybe they can hang on to retirement or build a nice nest egg and get a good...

Watched last night on 10 an interview with the head of F1 on Australia. He came across as very astute and one thing he said stood out. He said we will look at what we do this year and what worked last year. As you have to constantly change otherwise your sport will die. He also comes from AFL...

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Rebels have 17K in the bank, the cost of going to court for a few days is expensive, the lawyers are working pro bono. Normally lawyers don't work pro bono unless they see a better than average chance of winning. Two outcomes, first Rebels win, 8 million plus court cost plus legal fees say 10...

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Stew When I look at the rating, the biggest figures seem to be the nightly news across all channels. Roughly, 7==, 1, 273 9==, 1,158 ABC, 894 10==, 336 SBS ??? Say 3.6 to 4 million average, against a population of 26 million. What do people do when they don't watch TV is their...

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Stew Whats the 10, 000 at the end. SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC 2024 Nine 736,000 166,000 10,000

Strew 166K on a Saturday night seems great news, my recollection is last year numbers were nowhere 166K. If we keep these ratings the next media deal should be an improvement on the last one.

RM Any idea of the crowd, and how many do you think who were there tonight will turn up next match

What we are up against NRL just announced over 700 million revenue, and a big increase in ratings. AFL revenue is much higher than NRL. If they sell NRL highlight packages to the US networks there revenue will be even more...

Most will know my views over decades, that Super Rugby was the wrong way to structure a competition hoping to capture an Australia wide audience or even maintain existing status. Further, many would have seen my more recent comments that we need Waugh and Co, to use existing Super Rugby contracts to develop a...

This is somewhat minor news and in todays world not that important. However in the broader context of Australian Rugby or moreover Rugby across the glob it is. Just like say 20 years ago we had the private schools to ourselves. In the Pacific, and yes I appreciate the efforts to bring in a PI...

Just on Waugh, and his merry men, they find themselves in the kind would say challenging situation the cruel would say hopeless. With, extremely low budgets in comparison to his main competition in AFL trying to steal rugby’s position in private schools and in rugby heartland areas or previous...

The second part is the tricky bit, can buyers be convinced rugby has a future i Australia. The answer is certainty """Yes""" if the right systems are in place. A lot will depend on obtaining a new media deal. As I posted a lot to test the skill set of the new boys in charge. Its an unpopular...

Very true, however not impossible. Look outside the triangle, I would be looking at poaching someone from Australian Basketball they have made huge inroads over the last two to three years, and they too have a short season due to US player commitments. I have called for a US based franchise...