Should not rugby in america be on a television network, not a computer?
2007-01-23 06:35:31 · 8 answers · asked by pumula 2 in Sports ➔ Rugby
Not enough fans. Rugby is more popular in the UK and Austrailia. If Rugby were broadcast in the US, no one would watch it.
It is a good sport (No pads), and more rough than US Football, so I do think it is something that would appeal to the violent American culture if it caught on.
2007-01-23 06:38:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is rather odd. Behind the Olympics and the soccer World Cup, the Rugby World Cup is the third biggest sporting event on the planet with the 2003 World Cup drawing a cumulative audience of 3.5 billion. Rugby is always growing in the USA and if you look at the ex-pat community alone then I think people would be very surprised to realise just how many people would be interested - if over half the rest of the planet are interested in the tournament, I'd be surprised if it doesn't interest many people in america.
Setanta is a good option - when I was in New York during the Six Nations a couple of years ago, that's what the Irish Pubs showed the rugby on and it wasn't too hard to find... then again, nothing's hard to find in New York.
2007-01-24 04:02:06 · answer #2 · answered by Diarmid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, watching Rugby on a computer does suck, sucks big time in fact. Another person mentioned Setanta. As far as I know they are the only channel that shows rugby in the US. Fox Sports World used to untilthey became Fox Soccer Channel.
2007-01-23 18:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by just LAURA for now 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! I'm tired of seeing poker, golf, and tennis on ESPN. There are 1500 rugby clubs in America - you can't tell me there isn't an audience for rugby.
2007-01-23 20:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by irishman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like rugby, ya, that sucks. An expensive channel you find only on Directv and maybe Dishtv, I think, called "Setanta" shows rugby on tv. What match are you wanting to watch?
2007-01-23 14:39:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as there is no place to put commercials, it'll be hard to get it to catch on in the US.
I think in the future 7's might catch on in the states due to the fact that there is plenty of places to put commercials, and it is a little faster of a game.
Yes it does blow chuncks - big ones!!!
2007-01-23 15:54:22 · answer #6 · answered by wadecrptrng 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's far more fun to have the whole family and neighbourhood crowded round the TV!
2007-01-24 12:07:04 · answer #7 · answered by swisshorizon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought it should be watched live.
Just the way I was brought up I guess.
2007-01-24 04:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋