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bobbybobson

Still don't believe that Aus and NZ 'need' anyone else to have a sustainable comp. The idea that there isn't enough money in the Australasian market never seems to be backed with any hard data, just hand-waving. If Aus + NZ can support ten pro soccer franchises then NZ + Aus they can do the same for...

bobbybobson

"Look at Daniel Carter, he's hanging out with Lewis Hamilton and people like that, and the place you can do that is Auckland."

He's lost the plot

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Best tournament on the calendar, can't wait

bobbybobson

I suppose it couldn't be any more ridiculous than what we have at the moment

bobbybobson

Clayton Kershaw is on track, most dominant athlete in the world right now. He's not as good as Arrieta at the moment. If Pujols holds up until past 40 he could overtake Bonds HR record too. He's on a different planet. K/B ratio of 22, WHIP of 0.7..he's ahead in almost every meaningful category ERA?...

bobbybobson

Clayton Kershaw is on track, most dominant athlete in the world right now. He's not as good as Arrieta at the moment. If Pujols holds up until past 40 he could overtake Bonds HR record too. He's on a different planet. K/B ratio of 22, WHIP of 0.7..he's ahead in almost every meaningful category

bobbybobson

Not sure why a private sporting club choosing to remain male-only is an issue

bobbybobson

Clayton Kershaw is on track, most dominant athlete in the world right now.

bobbybobson

Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote:
bobbybobson wrote:London or NY. LA would also be up there.
The city which struggles to hold onto an NFL franchise due to the general apathy of its residents? Nah.

More to sports than the NFL. The Dodgers alone get close to 4M through the gate each season. Pretty serious stuff.

bobbybobson

London or NY. LA would also be up there.

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Rochdale

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If they were called the Auckland Breakers I might care about them

bobbybobson

One thing that arises out of this discussion is the frequent reference to SR franchises, 'stealing' players from another ie: Whitelock, Laulala and Bird. It's not easy for us to sometimes put our petty provincial parochialisms aside. I recall the uproar when Justin Marshall and Jeff Wilson 'went No...

bobbybobson

Wonder what the actual salaries are, less sponsorship? Compared to say, MLB, where the mean salary is $4M, cricket has a loong way to go as well (if there is anywhere to actually go).

bobbybobson

She looks the prototypical NZ girl-next-door; good luck to them

bobbybobson

OomPB wrote:NZ crowds will average 6000 without SA teams.

bobbybobson

He always seemed to have a glow of immortality...only 69. RIP

bobbybobson

Given the links between the cartels, police, military and various levels government, it doesn't seem that violence in Mexico is something that can be 'controlled' as may be possible elsewhere

bobbybobson

Paradise City and Duff's bass playing are the only worthwhile things they ever produced. Can only imagine how dire a reunion would be. Next

bobbybobson

MJ, IMO...great list of players that

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Cape Town appeals, partly due to the tanking Rand

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Certainly the greatest ever

. The Ted Williams of rugby - I imagine he'll excel at whatever he chooses to do now.

bobbybobson

Jesus f**king Christ

Nothing to say that will mean anything..

bobbybobson

Franchises will never happen in English rugby. It will require clubs voting themselves out of top tier existence and the owners ceding power to the RFU. Absolute non-starter. It wouldn't really though would it. They could and probably should introduce a franchise, i.e. license system, into the top ...

bobbybobson

Well being a club and a franchise are not mutually exclusive (in fact it is pretty clear that the former doesn't really mean anything at all), and it seems entirely reasonable that the top tier of English rugby could be cut by a couple of teams with a license-based system introduced. Easy

bobbybobson

It's a nice looking design. Seems a reasonable gender allocation based on historical achievements.

bobbybobson

Summer/autumn tours every year are overkill. Would rather an alternating pattern of SH -> NH one year, NH -> SH the next. If there were more competitive nations and a wider range of destinations, then I would see the value in doing it annually, but as it stands there are too many of these tour match...

bobbybobson

Someone mentioned the CC earlier and the run of Northern Transvaal (now Blue Bulls). You have to take into account the fact that that was in the amateur era. I think it is much more difficult to achieve that in the Pro era. Besides, as an outsider, I would say that the Crusaders' SR success is more...

bobbybobson

It's impressive, but hardly an unheard of run of success, and lets not pretend that the ITM Cup is equivalent to the NPC Div. 1 of old. It is what it is. Back in the days of the NPC the standard may have been higher, but teams had access to their ABs. The playing field is level for all the province...

bobbybobson

It's impressive, but hardly an unheard of run of success, and lets not pretend that the ITM Cup is equivalent to the NPC Div. 1 of old.

bobbybobson

Cubs couldn't step up and the Mets rotation is ridiculous.

Games 6 and 7 in KC should be fun. Will be happy with either team winning.

Five years ago if you'd predicted a Mets - Royals/Jays WS you'd have been laughed out of the room...great stuff

bobbybobson

Almost no general buzz/atmosphere compared to NZ in 2011.

The rugby's been good, but the lack of promotion, coupled with the fact that about 90% of England's population didn't seem to care in the first place, has made it a bit of a damp squib for me.

bobbybobson

French clubs don't "develop" international rugby players, certainly not those from the Pacific Islands. They pay them - that's it. Take Fiji, for example. How many of their RWC squad members were "developed" by European clubs? Point out the ones who didn't learn to play rugby in Fijian, NZ and Aust...

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Ted. wrote:
You may now apply to AC for your thread starting licence.

bobbybobson

Are you actually complaining about people making noise at a sporting event? Cos that's what it seems to boil down to. They've paid for their ticket, they're enjoying the game as they please, and they aren't really bothering or offending anybody (except for maybe you). Are you actually trying to pol...

bobbybobson

Big teams protected. Small teams penalized. It was ever thus. Do England still have a team QC? Case where a big team got nothing for eye gouging? I'm not sure you and Nui have got the hang of this one. If it helps, the problem isn't we think 9 weeks is too long for gouging. It's that we are at unco...

bobbybobson

Are you actually complaining about people making noise at a sporting event? Cos that's what it seems to boil down to. They've paid for their ticket, they're enjoying the game as they please, and they aren't really bothering or offending anybody (except for maybe you). Are you actually trying to pol...

bobbybobson

It's not 'an effort to annoy folk' and I've never, like the other poster, heard anyone who has ever been annoyed other than you. It's trying to drum up an atmosphere. It's having to laugh, a celebration of the sport etc. Get a couple of hundred European fans together in the same place and they will...

bobbybobson

If it means expanding the length of the tournament then no. But I understand that the scheduling could be improved.

bobbybobson

Hell of a try, game on.

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