ლას ვეგასში, სადაც ე.წ. "მეორე ეშელონის" ნაკრებების (მათ შორის, საქართველოს) ბედი წყდება, სამომავლო პერსპექტივების სამი ვარიანტი გამოიკვეთა... აბა, შეაფასეთ, ჩვენთვის რომელი აჯობებს. ისე, ქვემოთ ჩამოთვლილთაგან რომელზეც არ უნდა შეჩერდეს არჩევანი, ირბ-ს ჯიუტობისა და უკუღმართობოს ფონზე, მაინც დიდი პროგრესი იქნება.
Tier 2's Meet To Discuss Their Options!
Today's meeting of the Tier 2 Nations in Las Vegas is a long awaited opportunity to create a consistent international fixture list that will increase the number and quality of international fixtures for the Eagles 15's team. There are many barriers to making this happen. For a start their are existing competitions such as the Asian 5 Nations, Pacific Islands Cup and European Nations Cup. We also have the restrictions placed on us by Regulation 9 (International player release), this regulation creates international release windows, further complicated by different windows for the Northern and Southern Hemisphere's. We also want to play games against the Tier 1 Nations between World Cups, but they are reluctant to play Tier 2 teams during release periods because these fixtures are not as commercially strong as Tier 1 v Tier 1 games.
Last night the 'off line ' conversations continued, there is clearly a will to agree something but there appear to be three schools of thought.
1. A standalone Integrated 3-year Test match schedule for all Unions
Create a standalone 3-year international matches and tours schedule which ensures that there is a balanced schedule of fixtures played across all the Regulation 9 windows for the top ranked Tier 2 Unions. This is not much different to the way the current system works, only that we will know well ahead of time who we will play. All Tier 2's want to play the Tier 1's, but the games are not commercially attractive to the Tier 1's who prefer to play each other.
2. Annual 8-Team Tier 2 Championship (league) Creation of an annual 8-team Championship with matches on a home or away basis played over all the Regulation 9 windows in a calendar year. The 8 teams would be Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Japan, USA, Canada, European Nations 1 and European Nations 2. The European Nations teams would be determined based on the ENC tournament rankings from the previous season. The model assumes that Canada, USA and Japan will play fixtures in the Northern Hemisphere window (Feb/March) and the Pacific Islands unions will play in the Southern Hemisphere window (July/Aug). This would see the Eagles playing in the Northern Hemisphere release window, increasing the number of Eagles games each year.
3. Annual Tournament with two pools (conferences) of 4 teams
Eight teams would be divided in to two pools of four teams. Pool matches would be played in the June window in two standalone tournament formats with the winner of each pool playing a final in the November window in Europe. Easier said than done. This is workable format but a logistical nightmare trying to fit in games around existing tournaments, but establishes a global tournament for Tier 2's.
Other options will also be tabled, and at the end of the day we hope to have a framework to move this issue forward. An interesting days work ahead, I will update you when I can.
Posted by Nigel Melville at 6:53 AM
http://nmdirect.blogspot.com/2012/02/tier-...ir-options.html 
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