Elsewhere on a parallel world.

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There are always many opinions in regard to how money is split amongst participating clubs/regions or countries when it comes to the lucrative deals made with broadcasters.

There is the current situations where by SA to an extent is subsidizing New Zealand and Australian rugby by splitting their television revenue three ways.

I have read on here the same type of scenario occurs in Europe whereby England and France are the countries who “subsidise” the other nations by splitting broadcasting money, and not forgetting the fact that some said where Ireland or wales has to split their revenue with 4 teams, France and England has to split it with 14 and 12 teams respectively.

So in a parallel world where money is everything (not unlike this world) and countries such as South Africa, France and England decide to not split any money. How would things turn out then?

Let’s for argument sake say South Africa France and England, hereinafter called SAFE decide to combine their three countries into a group where revenue is sky high and spectator viewership is good.

Consider there is a global season (seeing that these money hungry administrators had some sense).

So SAFE decides to have a Super Duper Rugby tournament, hereinafter called the SDRT with top four teams qualified from their domestic competition which is the Currie Cup, Top 14, and Aviva and of course a bi annual comp called the Trivecta.

So, their calendar is pretty much booked except for the international window of June and November to accommodate three test tours.
Their season looks something like this.

Per four year cycle.

Year 1.
SDRT running for 13 weeks from late February to End of May
June Test series.
July trivecta
Aug through October Currie Cup, Top 14, Aviva
November test series.

Year two.
SDRT February to May.
June test series
July test series
Aug through October Currie Cup, Top 14, Aviva
November Test series

Year 3.
SDRT running for 13 weeks from late February to End of May
June Test series.
July trivecta
Aug through October Currie Cup, Top 14, Aviva
November test series.

Year 4.
SDRT running for 13 weeks from late February to End of May
June through july - RWC
Aug through October Currie Cup, Top 14, Aviva
November test series.

Due to the money available SAFE agreed to sign a contract in a meeting held at Geneva not to contract any player until age thirty outside of their borders to bolster their clubs or provinces. Hereinafter called the Geneva Agreement or simply put the GA.

The Celtic nations on the back of this, decides they will combine with Italy on a similar basis, even though money isn’t as freely available.
Australia and new Zealand decides to combine with Japan and continue an agreement similar to SANZAR on our world, but just called JANZAR.

Result.

With France and England getting the opportunity to expose their players to the hard and fast tracks of SA, and also the fact that they now develop and utilize the talent available from their own academies things improve dramatically. They have also moved to a regional system for the SDRT and has solid foundations to select players from these four regional franchises to improve their competitiveness and depth.

Australia and New Zealand along with Japan to a lesser extent ( mainly due to smaller forwards) continue to play a brand of rugby that excites and satisfies the need for laws to favour the attacking game.

The Celtic nations along with Italy provides solid sustainable regions with enough depth to compete at international level.

Sadly the tier two nations are still sucking the hind Holly Wilaboobie of the cow.

South Africa continue with monstrous packs of forwards, kicking the neoprene (or whatever these new ball are made of) off the pigs bladder, and are still plagued by politics, poor administration and the doppelganger of Morne Steyn.

That wasn't charcoal under the braai was it boet.

disneychilly wrote:That wasn't charcoal under the braai was it boet.

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