Sign the petition – support rugby on television
Sat, Jan 23, 2010, Posted by Vic Drover 
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supporting more rugby on T.V.
To whom it may concern,
Live coverage of International rugby matches on network or cable TV is essentially non-existent in North America, even during the Rugby World Cup.
Thus, the January 21st announcement by BBC America to air matches from the 2010 Six Nations Championship is welcome news to the thousands of rugby players and fans in American.
In addition, we expect the popularity of rugby to increase in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics and thus live rugby could be a growth area in both America and Canada for broadcasters of this type of programming.
Thus, we the undersigned strongly support BBC America in their live broadcast of the 2010 Six Nations Championship as announced on 21-Jan-2010 and would encourage both BBC America and BBC Canada to schedule more live programming of rugby union.
Yours in rugby,
The Undersigned
This petition will be sent to :
BBC America
ATTN: LeToya Glenn
747 Third Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY
USA 10017
212.705.9436 (B)
letoya.glenn@bbc.com
Canwest/BBC Canada
ATTN: Jane Collins
121 Bloor St. E.
Suite 1500
Toronto, ON
CANADA M4W 3M5
(416) 967-2471
jcollins@canwest.com
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supporting more rugby on T.V.
Tags: Canada, Olympics, Six Nations, USA
I will watch the rugby and support the sponsers!
More rugby please!
Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph! I didn’t hear
a “Harrumph” over there.
As a non playing member of the rugby community I think televised
rugby is grossly under broadcast in the United States and that if
given the opportunity the American population can and will fall
in love with the sport of rugby.
Yes, I hope so too. Be sure to pass the petition to everyone in your address book.
Already watch the BBC news. Would love to watch
Rugy. Will support the sponsors.