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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1176500" data-attributes="member: 73592">Well, personally, I don&#039;t believe they&#039;re the only ones who&#039;ve been offered one - though I fully accept that they&#039;re the only one&#039;s who&#039;ve made it public that they&#039;ve accepted one (or rejected, in Arundell&#039;s case).Let&#039;s face it, of those you&#039;d expect to be offered the central contracts - not many have announced they&#039;re club contract, let alone an RFU component. If RFU were making announcements without player/club being ready, I&#039;m sure we&#039;d be hearing tonnes of complaints about that.There&#039;s also the complicating factor that the new agreement between clubs and RFU that was expected to be complete by December, still isn&#039;t complete - and the central contracts seem to be very much a part of that process.ETA: that complicating factor may have put the kibosh on anyone else being offered a central contract (as might the new negotiating team for the players, now I think of that), so they may be the only ones - and more the RFU jumping the gun (or suddenly having someone different to negotiate with - seemingly those least willing to compromise)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1176500, member: 73592"] Well, personally, I don't believe they're the only ones who've been offered one - though I fully accept that they're the only one's who've made it public that they've accepted one (or rejected, in Arundell's case). Let's face it, of those you'd expect to be offered the central contracts - not many have announced they're club contract, let alone an RFU component. If RFU were making announcements without player/club being ready, I'm sure we'd be hearing tonnes of complaints about that. There's also the complicating factor that the new agreement between clubs and RFU that was expected to be complete by December, still isn't complete - and the central contracts seem to be very much a part of that process. ETA: that complicating factor may have put the kibosh on anyone else being offered a central contract (as might the new negotiating team for the players, now I think of that), so they may be the only ones - and more the RFU jumping the gun (or suddenly having someone different to negotiate with - seemingly those least willing to compromise) [/QUOTE]

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