Americas Championship should be expanded: poll

[Pulga]

https://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/2020/12/30/americas-championship-should-be-expanded-poll/

 

[Pulga]

Who would pay for an Americas B? Would they need to IRL members?

Depending on the domestic quota there are already teams who would be competitive.

[Yakstorm]

Colombia, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago and Chile are all IRL / APRL members and Argentina is down as having their 'membership pending'.

So their is enough teams there to run an Americas B with just IRL members.

Arguably the event could just be the three South American nations playing off to decide who gets to join the USA, Canada & Jamaica.

[langpark]

Three teams is perfect when trying to keep costs down and also gives each team one home and one away match. So it gives a level playing field for all. 

[Big Picture]

11 minutes ago, langpark said:

Three teams is perfect when trying to keep costs down and also gives each team one home and one away match. So it gives a level playing field for all. 

You're overlooking the fact that almost all of the countries here in America are very big geographically, so playing a home and away series would involve everyone travelling much greater distances than in Europe.  I can't think of a single American country where the amount of paid vacation is even close to what Europeans get (and in the US they don't even have any legal minimum for that), so the American countries' national teams with their part time players can't manage the travel to play home and away.

[langpark]

1 hour ago, Big Picture said:

You're overlooking the fact that almost all of the countries here in America are very big geographically, so playing a home and away series would involve everyone travelling much greater distances than in Europe.  I can't think of a single American country where the amount of paid vacation is even close to what Europeans get (and in the US they don't even have any legal minimum for that), so the American countries' national teams with their part time players can't manage the travel to play home and away.

Actually, cost and logistics was the first and foremost thing on my mind when I suggested that. Perhaps you think I meant you play each team home and away, I didn't. If we assume it is Brazil, Argentina and Chile, then you would get the following matches:

1) Brazil vs Argentina 

2) Argentina vs Chile 

3) Chile vs Brazil 

That's it. 

 

 

 

 

[fighting irish]

15 hours ago, langpark said:

Actually, cost and logistics was the first and foremost thing on my mind when I suggested that. Perhaps you think I meant you play each team home and away, I didn't. If we assume it is Brazil, Argentina and Chile, then you would get the following matches:

1) Brazil vs Argentina 

2) Argentina vs Chile 

3) Chile vs Brazil 

That's it. 

 

 

 

 

We've got to start somewhere, this seems like a sensible way to make progress. 

[Yakstorm]

Considering the Americas Championship is only going to be played in even years, arguably the 'B' tournament could be played in odd years to further minimise the impact on squads traveling, etc.

[Pulga]

There's been a Latin American Championship for quite a few years.

It just hasn't been every year.

[Yakstorm]

The Latin America Championship unfortunately has only been played twice and was never an IRL supported tournament.

Whilst no doubt a very important tool in helping fast tracking Brazil and solidifying Chile,  we need events like that to become part of the IRL structure to access funding and endure progression opportunities.

[Oxford]

America's Championship should be expanded

No point as we are a sport that's not only Totally failed in expansion but Totally rejected it as well.