Ring fencing premiership and championship

[McTallshort]

Excellent game at the Butts today. 5k attendance. Need to start growing this

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Trouble, of a different type, for Nottingham.

Flooded Nottingham Rugby Club launches appeal to – literally – stay afloat

Nottingham Rugby Club have started a fundraising appeal after their stadium, pitch and clubhouse were left under water after severe flooding

www.theguardian.com

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Would be great if we could all just donate a tenner or something. I've always had a soft spot of Nottingham RFC as had family up there.

 

[McTallshort]

A statement from the Championship Clubs | 10.01.24 - Coventry Rugby

We emphasised in our last statement our principled objections to a franchise or selection-based Tier 2. Rather than seek to discuss these objections and others, the RFU has chosen to threaten us with effective relegation to the National Leagues for non-compliance, while ignoring the unresolved...

www.coventryrugby.co.uk

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

How is Bill Sweeny still in a job?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Correction: The truth about the 6NS-CVC deal

News, features and match reports from The Rugby Paper, the UK-based newspaper which specialises in rugby union at all levels ready for your viewing every Sunday of the year.

www.therugbypaper.co.uk

Jesus that is some correction

 

[McTallshort]

Just watching Billy Twelvetrees play for Ealing and they are unfortunately beating Cov

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Official Statement from Championship Rugby - 3rd June 2024 - Caldy RFC - Championship Rugby

The Championship Clubs have recently been issued with a deadline by the RFU to accept certain terms or effectively be removed from the current professional game structure. After nearly two years of discussion, which have been characterised by the RFU agreeing positions, sometimes unilaterally...

caldyrugbyclub.com

It's staggering how poorly run the RFU is, tbf

 

[Jimbo]

Official Statement from Championship Rugby - 3rd June 2024 - Caldy RFC - Championship Rugby

The Championship Clubs have recently been issued with a deadline by the RFU to accept certain terms or effectively be removed from the current professional game structure. After nearly two years of discussion, which have been characterised by the RFU agreeing positions, sometimes unilaterally...

caldyrugbyclub.com

It's staggering how poorly run the RFU is, tbf

Unbelievable it's not like there aren't any kind of blue prints abroad which could be tailored, though I do get when all is said and done it is a minority sport, that really needs addressing before much can change, chicken and egg really. Whilst not strictly in the their hands ensuring the 6 nations is accessible to all is pretty important, not saying FTA has to remain but putting it behind a paywall only the minority have access to won't help.

 

[odw26]

I went to my first Championship game a couple of weeks ago, London Scottish V Cornish Pirates, and watched a great game and had a great time and I'm looking forward to going back more frequently next season. It's so disappointing to see what can only be a concerted effort by the RFU to diminish the quality of the Championship to such an extent that there can no longer be any legitimate calls for promotion as there will be no one near the level required to step up.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

What do the championship clubs want exactly?

 

[Reiser99]

What do the championship clubs want exactly?

Fairer distribution of funding.
Genuine chance at promotion.
Fairer funding if they get promoted.
More support with government loans they were forced to take after the RFU unilaterally slashed their budgets and then didn't put it back up as promised.
More say in decisions that aren't forced on them.

 

[McTallshort]

And rejection of the franchises they will have to become to then reapply to become champion sides.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Fairer distribution of funding.
Genuine chance at promotion.
Fairer funding if they get promoted.
More support with government loans they were forced to take after the RFU unilaterally slashed their budgets and then didn't put it back up as promised.
More say in decisions that aren't forced on them.

But what numbers?
I see banded about the pro d2 like that's even relevant to the situation in England
I certainly don't support the refugees here but I would like to know what the Champ clubs starting point in terms of figures? Like they must know how much cut they want etc

 

[RedruthRFC]

What do the championship clubs want exactly?

To get treated differently to the rest of the English game and get more free handouts.

Fairer distribution of funding.

How would increasing the disparity between their free handout and the partial travelling costs that the other 2000+ clubs in the union receive make it fairer?

Genuine chance at promotion.

It exists. It's just that nobody since Bristol has been prepared to build a squad and infrastructure necessary to do it.

 

[BrokenWing]

Bristol didn't really need to build it did they.

Other clubs aren't so fortunate.

 

[RedruthRFC]

Bristol didn't really need to build it did they.

Other clubs aren't so fortunate.

They didn't need to physically build a ground to meet the MSCs, because they acquired it. I imagine that they had to build the rest of the infrastructure that I would associate with being Premiership ready (coaches, backroom / medical staff, etc).

 

[McTallshort]

To get treated differently to the rest of the English game and get more free handouts.

How would increasing the disparity between their free handout and the partial travelling costs that the other 2000+ clubs in the union receive make it fairer?

It exists. It's just that nobody since Bristol has been prepared to build a squad and infrastructure necessary to do it.

So only the premiership clubs should get these free handouts then and it's absolutely fine for them to be treated differently from the other 2000 plus clubs?

I suppose it comes down to whether you want a professional second tier or not

 

[Which Tyler]

So only the premiership clubs should get these free handouts then and it's absolutely fine for them to be treated differently from the other 2000 plus clubs?

I suppose it comes down to whether you want a professional second tier or not

Purely playing devil's advocate here, but the premiership clubs don't get free hand-outs. They get negotiated player release.

 

[McTallshort]

Purely playing devil's advocate here, but the premiership clubs don't get free hand-outs. They get negotiated player release.

Is that the only funding they get?