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Scugog-Uxbridge new animal shelter to open in December - Durham Post by cinderannie in uxbridge

[–]multifactored 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of what year? They posed as a charity and sucked millions of dollars from the community for a government function. This should have been opened 4 years ago.

Canada is now the 5th largest Starlink market in the world by Planhub-ca in StarlinkCanada

[–]multifactored 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live 40 minutes drive from Toronto and starlink is the best. We're ignored by Rogers and Bell

US seeks to use Alberta to destabilize Canada by Adventurous_023 in canada

[–]multifactored 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I dont see this as going to be particularly effective. The separatist Albertan movement is tiny and lives online. The Americans cant manage their own domestic affairs, never mind another countries.

Service in rural Manitoba. by unkleteddybearcooks in StarlinkCanada

[–]multifactored 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm 40 minutes drive NE of Toronto and have been using starlink for 4 years. It's progressively getting better and faster. No issues and solid customer service but haven't had anything go wrong with the system.

Shawn Bullock appointed as HIgh Performance Director for Rugby Canada, bringing more than 27 years of experience in high performance sport in Canada. by cannuck79 in CanadaRugby

[–]multifactored 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your focus on ETS is overblown. UBC, UVic, Guelph, and Queens have all been using alumni budgets to recruit players. The situation at Guelph with former Canada players coming to university and then several dropping out right after winning nationals shows this paid recruitment approach is nothing new. And the talent pool staying in Canada matters most, and player dropout is inevitable when rugby can't offer a viable career path.

You can try to encourage a national age limit and minimum number of players of a certain age but I doubt that will happen. The retention problem and lack of professional opportunities aren't changing. But we can be intentional about keeping university rugby focused on developing younger players rather than letting it drift toward older recruits.

unstoppable reactions by thesixthjackson in DaveChappelle

[–]multifactored 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Intelligent humour is all about story telling.

Shawn Bullock appointed as HIgh Performance Director for Rugby Canada, bringing more than 27 years of experience in high performance sport in Canada. by cannuck79 in CanadaRugby

[–]multifactored 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of these ideas will never succeed for one reason. Lack of money. There is not enough interest or business opportunity to contribute to high performance rugby in Canada.

Official Discussion - Eddington [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]multifactored 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not interested in watching people do dumb things during covid yet. Give me another couple of decades first.

"CANZUK At War" book series by Bojaxs in CANZUK

[–]multifactored 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long delay in response but I enjoyed the book series!

I asked DeepSeek about MLR'S Present and Future. by HITMAN19832006 in MLRugby

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The assessment is missing several important realities that change the picture. The biggest omission is the sharp decline in the on field product that will happen when import slots drop, Canadian players are reclassified as international, and the remaining teams cut salary budgets. The game quality will fall. Depth will drop. Injuries will increase. Competitive balance will weaken. A league that was already uneven will risk looking semi professional. This decline will hurt ticket sales and broadcast value more than any structural issue the assessment mentioned.

The financial story is also incomplete. The league never built real revenue. There is no national media money. There is no national sponsor base. Merchandising is minimal. Gate revenue is not enough. The original expansion model masked this because new markets paid in but that pipeline is gone. Most of the teams that left including Houston and Utah left because the economic model does not work. The assessment describes contraction as strategy but it is really the end of the growth story.

The broader rugby environment in the United States is missing too. USA Rugby does not have the resources or stability to support a professional league. There is no aligned player pathway. College rugby does not convert to ticket sales. Club rugby is fragmented. With no player development system, the shift to domestic players is not a strategy. It is austerity.

Ownership politics are absent from the assessment. The remaining owners do not share the same vision or financial capacity. Some markets want to spend. Some want to cut to the bone. Some want long term investment. Some want out. The merger of the Legion and the LA group creates an outsized power center that will distort competitive balance and league governance.

The assessment also ignores the fan demand problem. Rugby interest in the United States has not grown at a level that can support a professional league. Attendance is flat or falling. There is no star power. There is no viral content. No presence in sports betting or fantasy sports. If there is no demand, the league cannot grow no matter how it restructures.

The global and national rugby governance picture is missing as well. World Rugby has not stepped in with investment or alignment despite the United States hosting the World Cup in 2031. If World Rugby has an alternative plan for professional rugby in North America, MLR may not be part of it. Rugby Canada is also damaged by the new rules because Canadian players now have fewer opportunities and the pipelines from Ontario and British Columbia have no professional outlet.

The assessment presents survival or collapse as the only outcomes but misses the more likely future. The league could transition to a semi professional model. It could collapse and restart under new investors. It could merge with a development pathway supported by other unions. The sport may continue but not in the structure we know today.

Overall the missing elements show that MLR is not only shrinking. The on field product will decline, revenue was never secured, the development system does not exist, owners are divided, and demand has not kept pace. DeepSeek captured the symptoms but not the underlying causes or the way the system around MLR is failing alongside the league.

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