If 9 lose the NRL to 10, does that mean 9 will need to push the Rugby Union harder?
LOL.
And before the usual suspects start hacking at me for being a scummy Pimms drinking golden dunny Union Troll, and while I think that such a scenario could be a fantastic outcome for Union, I really think 9 would rather go down swinging in a sea of red ink than suffocate slowly on the ratings that prime time Super Rugby would deliver if put up against Rugby League. They would be better off with re-runs of Top Gear. They'd probably be better off with re-runs of I love Lucy.
In any case, I just can't see a business case where 9 let 10 outbid them, or where 10 are seriously going to pay what 9 must to retain it.
That won't stop 10 beating the pans, shaking their spears and looking hungrily at the NRL to make sure 9 over-pays through the nose for it of course and places further stress on their budgets so maybe 10 picks up other opportunities that 9 are now too poor to compete for. Its a corporate jungle out there. If you can't kill the wildebeast before the other tribe does at least make sure they're too exhausted to carry it back to their village so you can snipe at them and wear them down for the next clash.
