Lol, no. Club rugby doesn’t break even as people won’t pay £100 a game. Breakaway leagues won’t change that. Most people don’t pay £100 for an international (but that’s gonna change soon in the 6n I’d bet). Rugby risks becoming even more elitist with this proposal and any bank that backs it is losing money
Ah right, history. Shoulda seen that one coming
Conferences for URC could work I think, just gotta make sure traditional meetups and rivalries are maintained, e.g. provincial Irish teams playing each other
I wouldn’t say college football is necessarily a step down from pro, at least when it comes to Top 25 teams playing each other. In fact there’s lots of football fans that care more about college than pro. At top programs like Michigan, tickets can be on the same level as pro - I mean, lookup pics of their stadium, it rivals some pro stadiums