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So, the fallout then.
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<blockquote data-quote="SelimNiai" data-source="post: 324393" data-attributes="member: 37756"><p>Just wrote this on <a href="http://iaindrmiles.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://iaindrmiles.wordpress.com/</a></p><p></p><p>"One game can make or break a season they say. Well, the game at the Memorial Ground on May 26th could make or break Bristol's near future.</p><p></p><p>Exeter won promotion to the Premiership that evening and the future looks bright for the and good luck to the for next season. The defeat has hit Bristol harder, harder even than the relegation a season before hand.</p><p></p><p>With the gap in wages and income between the Championship and Premiership being so vast sides who come down can't afford the inevitable drop in income matched between high wage bills for very long, a season or two at the longest. So for most sides, and it often turns out this way, their Championship experience is only for a season.</p><p></p><p>The extra season Bristol are destined to spend in the Championship are expected to cost the club in excess of £2.5 million, that is what all the extra TV money, gate and merchandising sales and corporate sponsorship brings in. So in an effort to keep themselves as close to liquidation as possible there would be the inevitable departures.</p><p></p><p>Seven players have already departed and with the rest of the squad told that if they want to stay at the Mem they will need to take a pay-cut, as much as 60% in some cases there will inevitably be more departures for other clubs. This is before the management can begin to try to bring players in to play for the Club in 2010-2011. For the moment however there is no knowing how the summer will pan out, there have been talks of linking up with Bath in a player loaning agreement and the desperate rumours of a mysterious rich businessman coming in with his cheque book to save the day.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully the situation will rectify itself and in a few years Bristol can be back where it belongs, back in English Rugby's top tier. A club with a history as big as theirs should not be allowed to go the way of sides like Richmond, dissolved and having to start from the lowest divisions. For the time being it is a case of standing by your team through the next few years as the upcoming few seasons could be some of the biggest in Bristols 132 year existence</p><p></p><p>Remember everyone,</p><p></p><p>The Futures Bright, The Future is Blue and White"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SelimNiai, post: 324393, member: 37756"] Just wrote this on [URL="http://iaindrmiles.wordpress.com/"]http://iaindrmiles.wordpress.com/[/URL] "One game can make or break a season they say. Well, the game at the Memorial Ground on May 26th could make or break Bristol’s near future. Exeter won promotion to the Premiership that evening and the future looks bright for the and good luck to the for next season. The defeat has hit Bristol harder, harder even than the relegation a season before hand. With the gap in wages and income between the Championship and Premiership being so vast sides who come down can’t afford the inevitable drop in income matched between high wage bills for very long, a season or two at the longest. So for most sides, and it often turns out this way, their Championship experience is only for a season. The extra season Bristol are destined to spend in the Championship are expected to cost the club in excess of £2.5 million, that is what all the extra TV money, gate and merchandising sales and corporate sponsorship brings in. So in an effort to keep themselves as close to liquidation as possible there would be the inevitable departures. Seven players have already departed and with the rest of the squad told that if they want to stay at the Mem they will need to take a pay-cut, as much as 60% in some cases there will inevitably be more departures for other clubs. This is before the management can begin to try to bring players in to play for the Club in 2010-2011. For the moment however there is no knowing how the summer will pan out, there have been talks of linking up with Bath in a player loaning agreement and the desperate rumours of a mysterious rich businessman coming in with his cheque book to save the day. Hopefully the situation will rectify itself and in a few years Bristol can be back where it belongs, back in English Rugby’s top tier. A club with a history as big as theirs should not be allowed to go the way of sides like Richmond, dissolved and having to start from the lowest divisions. For the time being it is a case of standing by your team through the next few years as the upcoming few seasons could be some of the biggest in Bristols 132 year existence Remember everyone, The Futures Bright, The Future is Blue and White" [/QUOTE]
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