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ob
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Fri, 09 May 08 12:15 GMT
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I lived in the USA for 6 years, played rugby there, and followed football avidly.
Most of the rugby club were people who had played both football and rugby at college, but stuck with rugby when they left because there is no amateur football.
Lessons can be learnt from all sorts of unlikely places (didn't England once take ballet lessons?) but you have to be sure they are relevant to rugby. Success in a different field is not proof.
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the whistleblower
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Fri, 09 May 08 09:56 GMT
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Your credibility is not helped by the fact you don't know how many US states there are. I would argue that the popularity of American Football arises because the US has no popular participation in team sports, so all 300 million inhabitants must take their sport vicariously through TV. And there is something narcissistic about a poster advertising his own thoughts as "must-read" stuff, as though it had been penned by a person of genuine stature.
You make some fair points, however, none of which are new - except perhaps the idea that the iRB has much to learn from US sport. Your discussion of that proposition is narrow, amounting to an unsupported personal view. You're entitled to it, of course - but I'm afraid it isn't an amazing insight.
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Icm5Fa#s
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Thu, 08 May 08 20:42 GMT
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Come on guys did you read my post at all.
I am not making the point about its lack of world wide appeal. I making the point how its captivated its current fans with strategies and playing styles and how ELVs focus was flawed to this extent. Why else would any body sit thru it for 4 hours.
USA is 52 states, thats really 52 small countries.
This message edited on Thu, 08 May 08 by Icm5Fa#s
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Oldmanmartin
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Thu, 08 May 08 18:01 GMT
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Remind me, how may countries contest the Superbowl? (Or the 'World' series, come to that). Despite their financial success these two sports are non-existent as far as international competition is concerned.
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ob
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Thu, 08 May 08 12:35 GMT
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Icm5Fa#s - "American Football. The most financially successful contact team sport on the planet."
Not in Europe it wasn't.
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Icm5Fa#s
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Wed, 07 May 08 21:29 GMT
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This is a must read, please cut and paste link..
http://betterrugbyrules.blogtown.co.nz/foundation-posts/
Read the foundation post titled:
ELVs – The ELV Committee flawed, scope flawed.
The IRB have learnt nothing from American Football. The most financially successful contact team sport on the planet.
Thanks
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