Its in the nzrfu's best interest to keep actual global sports in New Zealand down, ( Football/Basketball/Trackandfield) but sports such as the americans cup/lawn bowls/ netball and bmx downhill mountain bike riding arent a threat, so they get the money. But the nzrfu doesnt want the government to give money to big global sports, because that would be a threat, so they just have a word or two to the government and the media to make sure this doesnt happen. If soccer and basketball started to get funds to get big into the schools, rugby union would be screwed.
Paranoid much?