PRL - the Insistence on Suicide

[SéniorHuevo]

That CVC deal was a virus. And many of the clubs who signed up to it are now either a) bankrupt -non existent or) left with a club they can't get rid of.

Quins losses were almost a match of the money CVC deal don't give and now Exeter bleeding cash. Fact is owning a rugby club provides a fraction of the coverage as a football team and is geographically limited.

The salary cap should have been slashed and the only way out of this looks like the RFU eventually deciding they don't want to bail this out, letting players go wherever and financial reality take over.

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Quins losses were almost a match of the money CVC deal

Quins also look like they are only just going to fall short of breaking even, as per the CEO, only because Big Game had a lower attendance than expected. Not too shabby tbh

 

[SéniorHuevo]

Quins also look like they are only just going to fall short of breaking even, as per the CEO, only because Big Game had a lower attendance than expected. Not too shabby tbh

Well I am talking about last year's accounts. If they are close this year that's a huge success. But then you have the other 9 bleeding. You either need to get a cap that means clubs make money if you are actually running it like a franchise league , which means hard cuts now for 3 or 4 years and bin the p shares so you can actually expand or you bin the salary cap completely and have p and r with lower stadium standards so clubs can shuffle around. I would probably go the first option having seen Exeter finances.