Champ clubs reject Prem 2 franchise model

1. A level 2 league which is accessible to all clubs based on their ability and results in the lower leagues.
2. Promotion and Relegation is sacrosanct.
3. A meaningful league programme based on a 12/14 team format. 

They were unanimous at the last meeting that they did not want a franchise league , although this seems to be ignored by the RFU at the last Council meeting, when they inferred that there was no vote on the franchise model and it was still up for debate. They have now opted to go directly to those clubs involved and try to get them to agree to their model. I think the strategy is called "Divide and Rule" in the hope they will get enough of the Championship clubs will agree and then fill the spaces with franchise clubs. 

What I would say the main issue is that the RFU will not sit down with the championship directly and put their model in writing, which would allow the Championship to put their proposals

1. There is no accountability to the vast majority of its shareholders (the member clubs)

2. Although the RFU has only one class of shares it treats individual shareholders very differently even though each shareholder only has one vote 

3. A tiny minority of shareholders (10 in total) each get 100+ times more of the available RFU resources than is enjoyed by most of the other shareholders

4. The RFU's Executive management team have under performed for the last 20 years

5. The CEO's pay packet is obscenely disproportionate to his abilities, the lack of risk and the scandalous lack of performance

6. The RFU is able to change its announcements/timetables at will with absolutely no regard for the impact on its shareholders (other then those special 10 shareholders)

7. The RFU doesn't engage with 99.95% of its shareholders but does engage fully and comprehensively with shareholders that collectively total less than 0.05% of the shareholder base

8. The RFU's Articles of Association and its corporate governance structures appear to perpetuate cronyism and a shocking lack of accountability

9. The sport the RFU is administering is in serious decline even without considering the existential threat of the 'concussion issue' 

10. The senior executives led by the CEO seem to be deluded and 'all over the place like a mad woman's p**s'

I would be a short seller of such a company......that is if I was able to find any buyers who would enable me to take such a short position

In all seriousness.

Yes.

That is exactly what they would support & exactly what they are aiming for.

If Waterloo sold the rights to exploit their name to a bidder from Liverpool the RFU would jump at the chance. 

From the, rather large, budget for match fees.

The idea goes that 15-25 players would effectively swap the majority of their match fees for guaranteed wages, with maybe 20% variable on selection or whatever.