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SaleTown
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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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Thatbloke
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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)
Shameful
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Breakdown
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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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Broken down. Beyond repair.
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Thatbloke
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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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Breakdown
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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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Broken down. Beyond repair.
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fatbear
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A scenario: your ambitious Championship club signs up for T2, dutifully includes 10-15 Prem players in league games, wins league.
Then there is a play-off with the Prem bottom club. Mysteriously, none of the 10-15 Prem players are available for either game. Prem bottom club wins play-off easily against disrupted Championship side who aren't accustomed to playing together as a XV or their players who have got fed up at being sidelined in favour of Prem kids have quit or been released to save money. Hey presto - there is no promotion from T2 to the Premiership. Except nobody can prove that there isn't.
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Broken down. Beyond repair.
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Thatbloke
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Perfect scenario - just what was intended in the first place!!
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SK 88
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Just on this point the time for that legal challenge is now at the point they are starting the process. Once its in motion the bar for stopping and reversing it will be much higher. The time for a CMA challenge (if teams really feel it is a cartel) is now.
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Kimbo
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Yes, it's an utter shi'show as expected, but I have no idea why people are running with the idea that clubs will have to have 15 Prem loanees/DRs.
To quote: "In addition clubs will be able to dual register up to 15 players". No compulsion indicated there.
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fatbear
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No need to register dual registered players if you don't want to
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maggers
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Is the requirement to have 30 players capable of playing level 2 at the time of registering interest or at the start of next season?
If the former, that will scupper any club not already at level 2.
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