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There are so many issues with this.
Just two off the top of my head.

I wonder if the RFU understand the potential legal backlash from clubs if a team is parachuted (especially if they don't have a team or coaches and haven't played a game of rugby in two years) in above a club that can evidence that they exceed the arbitrary minimum standards?

The other item is that's quite interesting is the financial stability section. The only financial Stability they require is for 2025/2026. That's not stability. 

Clubs like Caldy (who will struggle to satisfy the minimum criteria), with a second and third team with 100's of M&J's and volunteers are a far more sustainable club than clubs who have one professional team backed by a sugar daddy who might drop dead/go broke/lose interest at any moment. Rugby is full of clubs/teams that pumped money in season by season and then crashed and burned when the money disappeared. 

This proposal appears to be rewarding that model, not preventing it. 

The reality is, in a hundred years, clubs who own their own property (or a long lease at least), have diverse revenue streams away from match day, have minis and juniors as members of the club, have a solid plan to spend within their means and create a welcoming family atmosphere will survive. The others I'm not so sure about.
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I'm sure Big Eddie will clarify soon enough but I don't think Caldy (and clubs of a similar ilk) will aspire to be part of this jamboree? It's criminal that the RFU refuses to recognise what such clubs have achieved through sheer hard work and financially sustainable ambitions only to throw it all back in their faces and say "you're not wanted" (carefully disguised within minimum standards)
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This part is so Orwellian that I think I almost threw up on my keyboard at its utter deviousness, disinformation and transparent malignancy:


"There will be a play-off transition mechanic to drive a jeopardy narrative between the

adjacent leagues."    
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You could perhaps add "to be manipulated by whatever means to ensure that clubs we want in a certain league remain in that league" 
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"The Tier 2 Board was established in July 2024 with an independent Chair and representatives
of the Championship Clubs and the Rugby Football Union." says O'Shea.

Not quite true. It was established TO HAVE an independent chair, but it does not currently have one and these invitations have gone out without a chair in place. So that does rather undermine the process. 

Also, these formats go against the interests of traditional rugby clubs who operate sustainably and in favour of those that rely on financial "supporters" and are happy to hand over control of their team selection to a Premiership club. This is a recipe for the creation of a zombie league.

Anyone with the interests of the game as a whole at heart (and that in theory includes the British government!) should resist these proposals and reject this process.   
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Originally posted by *Stalwart *Stalwart wrote:

I just hope the Championship clubs stick together  and refuse to have anything to do with this s*** show.

Just like they stuck together on the Championship Cup !
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