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i remember reading somewhere that Mitsubish contributes $8million/year to there team in the Japanese league. I dont know how true that is, but it does highlight the potential sponsorship dollars that are available in Japan.
I think Japan could in someway act as a cash cow to Australian rugby, If a Japanese team was brougth into the S14, then not only would the Japanese team benefit from the sponsorship dollars available in Japan but it could be quite possible that Japanese companies would also sponsor Australian teams. We could have the Toyota Brumbies, Sony Waratahs etc.
Then again, the sponsorship culture in Japan is a bit different to Australia, they tend to own the team rather then pay of naming rights and stuff like that, so it could be a small issue in that regard.
Even in Australian you see it a bit already, with Emirates Western Force and the HSBC Waratahs, the Chartered Accountants Brumbies and the QR Reds
i meant in terms of Japanese companies sponsoring the australian teams, they were probably bad examples considering those companies operate in Australia too.
Yes well thats true, the Japanese team will be hard since it is supposed to be a joint venture team between the JFRU and ARU, so i wonder who will be calling the shots on it, where the funding and stuff will come from, and whether private equity will be allowed in.
If the Japanese team is admitted we will just have to hope they cant offer to much money and steal all our S14 teams top players.
byes wouldnt work.
because argentina would need one after their tours, meaning at least 3 byes for them.
and thats only if they play all their games in the other countries at the same time.
i was thinking about this the other day.
same story for japan really as well i would say.
geographically i dont think it would work.
I might have to agree, the travel would be too much, it's bad enough at the moment. I wouldn't mind just seeing the Super 14 being made home and away over 26 rounds, you can still have a couple of teams having the bye so it would probably be 27 rounds, but that may see logistical concerns raised again.
Something needs to be done for Argentina and Japan but it would seem to be logistically difficult to incorporte both of them into the Super 14