Top 200 rugby stars are committed to LIV golf-style breakaway league

[@dietermeyer3531]

8 teams, traveling circus style to different US cities in a season, that's over 400 staff members that have to travel to different cities, this is going to be a logistic nightmare, where are the teams going to train, where are they living? HSBC 7s is already challenging with 7 destinations and the teams are smaller.

[@pietkroon6548]

Sa and Nz wont be affected

[@dietermeyer3531]

USA already has a Pro rugby Comp called the MLR and has a draft system. Attendance are on the rise, but still small.

[@nsd_respect]

Old Trafford at the centre of things as usual. The famous and glorious Manchester United. Hated, adored, never ignored.

[@welshhibby]

the attention the club and the ground gets for a mid table team is utterly ridiculous.

[@merlinbotha363]

Hated , adored , full of rain it has poured

[@bottomeyeview2767]

ah.. thats the spirit buddy... we have to help the smalls clubs as much as possible to renovate their deteriating stadiums.

[@Nchima]

Okay, good report. But why is Old Trafford the display thumbnail? How is Man Utd in this? It’s not even the same sport.

[@johnharrison3671]

Because it’s where the English rugby league grand finals are played. But if this goes ahead, it won’t affect the English league much. Like how the premier league has most of the best footballers, Australian NRL has 90% of the best so…. The English won’t be affected by this much.

[@KingEddo8]

Off the bat with what we have at the moment. I'm not a fan. Ball sports like Rugby, Football, Cricket, whatever are not circuses, they are clubs and teams. You go to watch the team and support them. Changes are needed absolutely. Losing 3 Premiership teams, the scandals over at the WRU and the stagnation of club rugby in Europe is a shambles no doubt about it. However Americanising and following the footsteps of the Premier League and F1 with the sport is NOT the answer.

[@_warra_trophy_]

Do you follow cricket?

[@williamcarter3933]

This is League not Union

[@KingEddo8]

@_warra_trophy_ I do but not majorly.

[@KingEddo8]

@@williamcarter3933 Are you sure? They were talking about premiership clubs in the video not super league.

[@_warra_trophy_]

@@KingEddo8 do you think James Anderson would get a bid in the auction?

[@albertbrammer9263]

Fans would not necessarily support it. Look at the backlash to Super League in football.

[@user-mjg1067]

They'll need more than 20 that's not even 2 teams!

[@gavindoyle692]

Rugby Union is not NFL. Leave our game alone.

[@MightyCraicDJ]

click bait headline

[@ivankunz7959]

No,no,NO! They screwed up golf,please do not take rugby down that toilet.

[@rௐண]

Im surprised there no one has brought up any "human rights" concerns

[@David-m7r9f]

It won't last.

[@johnoxley1946]

these 2 guys are sprouting the exact same drivel that was sprouted back when World Series Cricket broke away and more importantly Super League (Rugby League) had it's breakaway, and guess which organisation eventually came out on top in both sports. The breakaway league did. The original sporting organisations had to pull there heads out of the sand and agree to teh proposed changes and finance arrangements, and both sports are way better for it. The same will eventually happen with golf too, but not until both Norman & Monaghan are gone from their respective organisations.