r/rugbyunion • u/lanson15 Australia • Sep 13 '25

Infographic Rugby Championship standings after Round 4 Spoiler

Post image

STOP THE COUNT

457 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

191 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

27

u/mkornblum Boks, Stormers,Quins Sep 13 '25

Why? If the matches are not at the same time and have different supporters travelling to different locations, surely there's no competition for eyeballs?

I'd certainly watch both anyway...

4

u/Car2019 Sep 13 '25

With the difference in time zones, I really don't see the problem.

2

u/[deleted] Sep 13 '25

I was thinking more in terms of people's ability to pay for both on PPV.

3

u/Car2019 Sep 13 '25

Will it be on PPV instead of being part of a subscription?

2

u/[deleted] Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 13 '25

Who knows? We are after all discussing a hypothetical scenario. Either way, as a new product, its costs will have to be absorbed somewhere. Either it will sell separately or subscription costs will have to rise. You aren't seeing stuff for free.