Better Rugby Rules

…for selecting offshore players for the ALL BLACKS.

Source: Henry favours home-based ABs – for now – Reuters

Eligibility for the All Blacks should continue to be restricted to players based in New Zealand but the situation may change in the future, coach Graham Henry said.

“There may be (a change) in the future because I know that Sanzar are looking to widen Super 14. When that occurs … then that may be a factor but at the moment no, because I think it decreases the value of New Zealand rugby,” Henry said.

My Comments: There is no bloody way I will waste my time watching the Auckland Blues with Aussies in the team, while our Auckland boys are playing for Western Force cause their getting a million bucks. What do rugby administrators understand about tribe versus tribe and not wallet versus wallet. The ELVs have alienated the mature rugby fan with the ‘force back style’ of the game that it produces and add to this the taking the game away from the traditional fan base (playing in Hong Kong, Denver, Tokyo, etc, god knows where else.), and to let the star players importance be worth more than the game is more stupidity.

Capitalism revenue models do not work in professional sport, socialism does (all get equal revenue). Example, UK soccer clubs are in debt upto 3 billion pounds, see how its work there, yeah real good, just wait for the world wide recession to hit and UK soccer clubs will be bankrupt, I guess they will want a government bailout just like the UK banks, thats it Nationalise soccer clubs, each council could own one (ha) ! Henry, Tew and Hobbs are thinking for the now, and not the long term consequences, dam fools !