Re: The NZRU fucks NZ rugby good and proper

Bobs wrote:

> Kip wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:10:45 +1300, Peter Ashford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > You are aware of the bugetary difference between Otago and 
> > > Auckland/Canterbury aren't you?
> >
> >
> > Cry me a river. You'd be a big fan of the salary cap then?
>
>
> This salary cap rips my rectum, big time. Teams like Auckland have 
> Waitakere City and Auckland City in their talent pool which is about 
> 650,000 people. So therefore Auckland is going to churn out a lot of 
> class players...and yet because of this fucking salary cap, shit teams 
> like Southland are actually going to have a fair chance of poaching a 
> lot of our up and coming talent. Seems to me that the Auckland Region, 
> with 1.3 million people, is once again going to prop up NZ rugby and 
> once again get no recognition for it.

The flip side of that is that tallented Auckland players who can't get 
in the Auckland side will still be playing rugby and getting game time - 
that is good for NZ rugby all round.