Exeter chief executive Rowe calls for better centr

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/67124320

Exeter were realistic / savvy enough to 'start again' by letting their established / expensive  players go to France......

Whilst I agree with the RFU concentrating on the grass roots of the game, it is nonsense to say all premiership clubs as badly run. Covid and playing a season behind closed doors hit the clubs hard, taking the governments loan helped, but now that has to be repaid. Clubs like Leicester Tigers have invested hugely in the future with facilities for the men's. ladies and youth games. A hotel venture is up and running to help with off season finances, had covid not appeared a multi storey car park and another new stand was in the pipeline to be built. The fact that some clubs were being run badly does not mean you tar all with the same brush. The game does need the grass roots, but it equally needs a strong structure right to the top. The real problem is a minority pushing for ring fencing and trying to get the salary cap raised is killing the game, both financially overall and as a spectacle for all. There are good clubs like Tigers, Saints, Gloucester to name a few who are providing the players with a chance to climb to the top, bringing on youngsters, those of whom who either choose to or are not quite professional standard, are playing the Championship and National leagues that is also a vital part of improving standards in the grass roots.

I wonder if this is what Mr Rowe has in mind 

As if to amplify the problem is not just an English Premiership problem Ulster have announced a significant loss to due outside pressures.

tigerburnie wrote: As if to amplify the problem is not just an English Premiership problem Ulster have announced a significant loss to due outside pressures. Ulster Rugby: Irish province posts losses of £900,000 for 2022-23 season - BBC Sport

tigerburnie wrote: rugbychris wrote: I'm pretty sure we have discussed this all before but Tigers have their own sugar daddies. Without people like Scott pumping in money to cover debts then even clubs like Leicester are unsustainable which must have alarm bells ringing. Leicester Tigers directors Tom Scott and Peter Tom have made an investment commitment which could raise up to £13m for the club. The proposal would see Scott, a non-executive director, and executive chairman Tom increase their shareholdings in the club. Tom Scott is a long-standing supporter of the club and a valued member of the board of directors who over his tenure with the club has already invested over £10m." Leicester Tigers’ CEO Andrea Pinchen said in a statement. Yes exactly what I said, they are share holders in a business, not outside investors, one an ex player at the club with a connection going back decades, not what anyone(unless of course they have an axe to grind) would call a so called sugar daddy in the common use of the term. Companies commonly issue shares which of course attract dividends as opposed to say for example just taking money from fans/investors and not honouring the repayments.

I assume they have done some work on heating, and/or coverings to make this less likely.