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    <font face="Arial">Salve a tutti.<br>
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      <font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">s</font></font>ono
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          assiduo di Virgin Radio, in quanto appassio<font face="Arial">nato
            di musica e cultura ro<font face="Arial">c<font face="Arial">k,
                e ho scoperto di r<font face="Arial">ecente che V<font
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                            italiano di football americano<font
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                              Dando un'occhiata al sito della Italian
                              Football <font face="Arial">League (<a
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                                si scopre che le squadre del campio<font
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                                  seguenti, divise fra North Conferen<font
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                                  Giaguari To<font face="Arial">rino<br>
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                                      <font face="Arial">Lions Bergamo<br>
                                        <font face="Arial">Panthers
                                          Parma<br>
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                                            Milano<br>
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                                                    Ferrara<br>
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                                                      Ancona<br>
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                                                        Roma<br>
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                                                          Firenze<br>
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                                                          Lazio<br>
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                                                          Bologna<br>
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                                                          Bolzano, che
                                                          risulta<font
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                                                          "piccol<font
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                                                          con <font
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                                                          di utenza di
                                                          circa 100.000
                                                          abitanti. </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
                                                          <br>
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                                                          si chiede
                                                          spesso <font
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                                                          le città più
                                                          importanti in
                                                          Italia no<font
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                                                          riescano a
                                                          produrre
                                                          squadre
                                                          rugbystiche di
                                                          vertice, e di
                                                          come sia
                                                          possibile
                                                          risolvere i
                                                          problemi
                                                          logistici e di
                                                          reclutam<font
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                                                          che una gro<font
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                                                          <font
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                                                          impone. </font></font></font></font></font></font></font>Beh,
                                                          ma se ci
                                                          riescono le
                                                          squadre di
                                                          football amer<font
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                                                          perchè non ci
                                                          dovrebbero </font>riuscire
                                                          le società
                                                          rugbystiche ?<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <font
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                                                          Rhinos Milano,
                                                          ad esempio,
                                                          hanno un
                                                          roster di 66
                                                          (sessantes<font
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                                                          !!!) giocatori
                                                          in prima squ<font
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                                                          e sq<font
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                                                          di tutte le
                                                          cate<font
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                                                          dall'under 9
                                                          all'<font
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                                                          19<font
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                                                          che, cos<font
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                                                          ad occhio e
                                                          croce,
                                                          sembrebbero
                                                          abbastanza
                                                          interessanti,
                                                          anche se non
                                                          sono in
                                                          possesso dei
                                                          dati completi.
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                                                          Ora,
                                                          un'analisi sul
                                                          mondo del
                                                          football
                                                          americ<font
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                                                          in Italia
                                                          richiederebbe
                                                          sicuramente
                                                          molto più
                                                          tempo,<font
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                                                          ma certo<font
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                                                          non ci si può
                                                          non porre </font></font></font>interrogativi
                                                          sulla capacità
                                                          (o incapacità)
                                                          gestionale che
                                                          pone i n<font
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                                                          club a
                                                          frammentarsi
                                                          nell<font
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                                                          re<font
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                                                          più <font
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                                                          a collocarsi
                                                          in realtà
                                                          geografiche s<font
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                                                          periferiche <font
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                                                          marginali</font>.
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                                                          tema <font
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                                                          su cui sarebbe
                                                          opportun<font
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                                                          eserci<font
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                                                          un'analisi
                                                          approfondita,
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                                                          da parte
                                                          preconcetti <font
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                                                          a tutti.<br>
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