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    Las Vegas 7s $1 000 000 Championship

    There is a new sevens tournament being launched in the USA later this year, called the Las Vegas 7s $1 000 000 Championship:

    • The tournament is fully sanctioned by USA Rugby and is being run by an organisation called the American RFL.
    • The inaugural tournament is due to take place in the northern autumn, later this year.
    • 16 teams will compete in a straight knockout format, with the entire US$1 000 000 going to the winner.
    • It will be played at an outdoor gridiron arena (an earlier plan to play it in a smaller indoor arena was shot down by the USA sevens coach).
    • The tournament will be based around an open-entry format. While qualifying is currently a little fluid, the 2008 tournament will be a mixture of US and international entrants. The plan is for future editions to use open regional qualifying tournaments, around the USA, to decide the 16 participants.
    • The organisers are currently shopping-around a television package to networks over there. There will be a 2 hour special covering the tournament itself; however the main focus will be a subsequent 13 episode "reality" show following the journeys of the players in the lead up to, and during, the tournament.

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    International qualifiers?? TWF could use a million bucks.


    that would be alot of ciders at JB's

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    great idea i say!!

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    Quick....get a training game together so we can pick our best team!!!

    I'd bet they have CHEERLEADERS at the competition......


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    CHEERLEADERS ROCK!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by JediKnight View Post
    I'd bet they have CHEERLEADERS at the competition......
    I'm sure the TWF girls would happily oblige in that department.

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    For a million dollars NZ might send their full strength squad. If that's the case I wouldn't both with the US teams qualifying, might as well send your own full strength squad or you won't have a hope.

    Good idea though. Type of thing that might boost the profile of Rugby in the US. They would be quick to turn off the Rugby but if there is a reality component to it they might keep it on and realise they like it. Just hope it doesn't turn into a Gladiators type event where the players end up with names like Turbo and Nitro. Hopefully the main element of this show is the actual Rugby.

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    While you guys are hard at training. I'll help you out with the cheerleaders. Please send me pictures and videos girls.

    The reality show is a great concept because it will allow them to get more sponsors and advertise it heavily.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LarryNJ View Post
    While you guys are hard at training. I'll help you out with the cheerleaders. Please send me pictures and videos girls.

    The reality show is a great concept because it will allow them to get more sponsors and advertise it heavily.
    MOre importantly Larry it gives the idea longevity without cost, You throw 20 teams together for a couple of weeks, shoot about 1.4 light years of tape and edit the whole lot into a weekly special for the next sixteen years with "Human Drama" and all that other bollocks

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    C'mon the

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    20 rugby teams together in a Big Brother situation - so how much of the 1.4 light years of tape would be broadcastable?

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    All of it if cable picks it up.

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    And we refer back to a certain set of Sacramento Cheerleaders!

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