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Steve@Mose
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Posted: 04 Oct 2023 at 23:15 |
Bill Sweeney: RFU chief executive says game 'on cusp of something quite spectacular'
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FHLH
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Premiership £m Everyone else £0
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"My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts."
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Rabbie Burns
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So out of touch still only interested in England and Premiership
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So many Christians not enough Lions
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rugbychris
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Sounds a bit like Putin. He doesn't know how many CEOs since 2003 (you would think he should) and now we need continuity. Comrade Sweeney for another 30 unelected years.
Expect the council to be disbanded so that he can rule with impunity.
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Old Gold
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Clueless.
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One Club
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Thunderbird
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Yes!!!! and I forgot to mention my massive £680000 a year salary.
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tigerburnie
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A bit of pruning at the top whilst the roots lack nourishment and are withering away, not quite as bad as Wales yet where their lower league clubs are cancelling games due to lack of players, but how long before clubs lower down have to throw in the towel?
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GreenThrough&Through
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The Premiership clubs have vehemently opposed central contracting in any form for years.
I'd be interest to know the value of the sweetener they are going to get for relaxing their position to allow 'hybrid contracts'.
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One For The Ditch
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Unless there is a concurrent investment in the community/grassroots piece, Sweeny's chat is for the birds.
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Runitback
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Deluded, he has to go !!!
Where do your prem players come from? Grassroots!!!
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Run with it
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Thatbloke
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Bill Sweeney is absolutely correct when he says "we are on the cusp of something spectacular" - spectacularly bad!!
How many times do we have to say that He and the RFU are only interested in England and the Premiership and the rest of the game can go whistle? Summed it up perfectly for me when there was "furore" that Council had the audacity to raise concerns on the eve of the World Cup "when all our attention should be focused on England and supporting the team" Hello!................ What we're all focused on is running our own clubs and getting support from what should be our governing body. I do get the fact that it's the international game that brings in 99% of the income and that means supporting the Prem clubs to provide the players so that has to be recognised and funded but not to a level where the rest of the game (2000+ clubs) are totally devoid of any support So "Hybrid Contracts are the answer" Surely there is only a finite amount of money available so Bill - carry on rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic whilst the rest of us are left to fall overboard!
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SK 88
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I think the claim England should "expect" better than more RWC Finals than anyone else in the last 20 years and more 6N victories than anyone else since the expansion in 2000 is arrogant beyond belief. That arrogance drives a lot of the problems from the RFU.
People here say "they only care about England & the Premiership", I can assure you they do not care about the Premiership, the Premiership is just strong enough to extract money from them during painful negotiations.
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HAVANT TONY
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I Remember when Bill Sweeney visited Havant for a game last season and after lunch he gave a speech and was roundly booed for the tackle height fiasco and then concentrated his speech on England and financial matters at the RFU, next to nothing about the community game!
We had questions to ask at the promised Q&A after his speech but he rambled on until 4 seconds before the match kicked off so no one had the chance to grill him! I bet that his statement saying they are on the verge of something spectacular doesn't mean much to the game at our level and below which is the life blood of English Rugby
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Big Eddie
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Rugby Chris you are spot on. I just dread to think how bad things could get without the persistent strategic and forensic oversight of the RFU Council ensuring transparency and equity ! I have it on good authority that an assertive free thinking RFU Council has prevented English Rugby from trending towards resources being skewed (ever so slightly) in the favour of elite clubs and teams. The RFU Council always diligently scrutinizes the Executive Management and their actions. On the rare occasions when the RFU Executive Management, led by our Bill, inadvertently suggests what could be viewed as an imbalance in the allocation of resources they swiftly act to redress the balance. Without fear or favour these selfless well qualified individuals ensure the actions of the RFU Executive Management are for the good of all the 2,000 + English Rugby Clubs. I know this to be a fact because a number of RFU Council members have told me so.
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''The future isn't what it used to be''
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Camquin
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I think the Council has about as must power as the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It is theoretically in charge, but in practice can only rubber stamp decisions made by the General Secretary.
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Sweeney Delenda Est
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Big Eddie
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Spot on! The structure probably never works because it is likely the RFU Executive Management may know how to divide and conquer and butter up the Council members, who may quite like being 'buttered up' by our Bill........'Butter Fingers Bill' has a nice ring to it In the existing structure the Executive Management have almost no independent check and can act with impunity.........never a good thing. My understanding is that in order to effect change it is the Constituent Bodies that would have to act through the Council. Am I correct in my thinking?
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''The future isn't what it used to be''
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HookerPaul
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Is he having a Liz Truss moment? She was on the cusp of something spectacular....Briefly!
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kempstonblue
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Deluded.
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The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused.
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Redted
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I remember him addressing the NCA AGM, spoke entirely about England. Then shortly later all financial support for NCA league teams was withdrawn!!
Funny it must have slipped his mind at the AGM or was he afraid to speak honestly and openly?
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Raider999
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Is it possible that the 20/25 centrally contracted players will be outside of the salary cap - leaving some clubs with loads more money in their salary caps? |
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