Yeah but there is no comparison.
Scotland: Funding of rugby = fuck all. Funding of football = lots
NZ:.....
Do I need to go any further? There is more coverage of football in Scotlands daily pages than there is pages in the Herald. NZ has zero fucking interest in the ASBP whether is it professional or not.
But to prove I am not anti it all and think small, lets decide to all go professional. Lets do some maths on it all, shall we? First off, an existing team in an existing environment.
What was the Phoenix salary cap?
What was their sponsorship income?
How much money did the FFA give them to cover the cap?
How many punters through the doors?
How many years did they break even?
Now lets do the same exercise for the ASBP
Squad of 20 and to be professional, you really need to be getting $40k per season minimum so lets set the cap at $1m shall we?
What income do they generate for sponsorship? Well according to Terms figures, excluding CWC cash and Pokie money, last year, all franchises combined to bring in a grand total of about $500k across ALL teams.
How much will NZF give to the 8 teams to cover the cap. You can bet the answer to that is a tidy 0
How may high paying punters do most games get? 200 at the most.
Do we need to go further with this?