O miscare necesara, de mult asteptata

IRB, forul international de conducere a rugby-ului, este in discutii avansate cu factorii de decizie din lumea tenisului pentru o imbinare necesara si de mult timp asteptata a celor doua discipline sportive. Conform oficialilor, aceasta decizie indrazneata va fi benefica atat pentru spectaculozitatea competitiilor sportive, cat si din punct de vedere financiar.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) is to meet with representatives from the highest levels of world tennis to hold talks about a possible merger between the two sports.

Officials from both the IRB and the International Tennis Federation are to meet in London in the next few weeks for preliminary discussions about creating a new 'super sport'.

[...] "We believe that by combining two high profile sports we can appeal to a wider audience," said an IRB spokesman at a press conference in Dublin. "Rugby is not only a sport but also a business and we have to run it as such. We have to appeal to different audience demographics and a possible hybrid version of rugby and tennis is something that will attract television and corporate sponsors."

Detalii despre aceasta propunere care se prefigureaza a fi principala decizie sportiva a secolului XXI, aici.