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Originally Posted by Roninho
There are also nation vs. nation world cups in waterpolo, baseball, rowing and handball, and these are not huge moneymakers. The nation vs nation concept isn't new in sports and simply adding this concept to a sport doesn't make it an instant succes and imo is not a brilliant or great concept. The fact that most big tv-networks chose not to get the tv-rights suggest that they didn't found it a brilliant concept as well.
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TV networks don't give a toss about the concept, they care about how much the rights cost and how much they are likely to get from paid advertising. If it is a new event with low public profile then not much.