Worcester winding up order

The International game is financially viable and attracts good TV audiences but the elite club game in itself isn't. It lives off the shirt tails of the money raised at Twickenham by the RFU. *

They should do all the things you say but won't as some owners have big egos and deep pockets. 

* As Twickenham should be the games cash cow it makes no sense playing in Football stadiums and taking money out of the game. 

Oh how the Premiership Club owners are bleating about their plight. 

And for the teams in the north who Rotherham was their closest game? A kick in the teeth for your club if they'd come back up, but a bonus for Sale, Caldy, Leeds and DMP if they'd been put back up. This is what I mean by ripple effect of one team dropping out. The rules are clear, it's just a shame that given that pretty much everyone knew they didn't have the resources/funding to raise a team that they couldn't have done it earlier. 

However, my point wasn't really about that one instance, my point is, it is a fragile ecosystem where teams rely on one gate, one sponsor, one event to make sure they survive. 

However what happened at OEs and previously at Halifax and other clubs outside the professional game has happened for years...........it is unlikely to ever to be completely eradicated because some clubs will over reach. There is also another very significant difference between the failure of a club at level 3 or below and the failure of a club at level 2 and particularly at level 1 being the Premiership. Clubs at level 3 and below do not get any real funding from the RFU, Championship clubs get aan amount of circa £140k but have to pay out virtually all of that on insurance and medical costs (mandatory) .....The Premiership Clubs get £20m+ per annum from the RFU

The Premiership is a totally different kettle of fish. A lot of livelihoods are at stake and most of us cannot see how the current situation is going to improve. Stephen Lansdown is right in that the professional game needs more revenue for it to be able continue in the manner it has been set up. 

For my part I cannot see where these new fans/eyeballs/advertsisers/sponsors/backers are going to come from. The only rugby that really generates revenues is the international game and that is probably driven more by jingoism than anything else.

Personally I do not think Premiership Rugby in its current form is sustainable .

Surely the contract is as a rugby player. If the club can't provide the rugby then the contract becomes void? 

It's not only married couples who have worked and not received wages tigerburnie.

As for season tickets I believe the various direct debit runs to collect money from ST applicants didn't actually take place so there are very few (if any) ST holders.

I would also take issue with your last statement about the business being punished. Whereas I totally agree with the sentiment the people who need punishing are those who "ran" the business. I would hate to see the club finally disassociate themselves with the owners only to then be further punished for the actions of these two disreputable clowns.