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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 798097" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>Totally agree with that. Its just the financial aspect that bothers me beneath AP level, I don't want to see any of these clubs go to the wall on the back of ambition. I hate the idea of ring fencing and franchises, but that's inevitably the direction of travel for the top flight. </p><p></p><p>In athletics the likes of Farah, Ennis-Hill etc make a very good living. But they are the exceptions and even Greg Rutherford struggled to get sponsors after winning gold in 2012. In essence its 2 completely different sports - the very elite few and the rest. And I see rugby as much more akin to that than football with a tiered professional structure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 798097, member: 73144"] Totally agree with that. Its just the financial aspect that bothers me beneath AP level, I don't want to see any of these clubs go to the wall on the back of ambition. I hate the idea of ring fencing and franchises, but that's inevitably the direction of travel for the top flight. In athletics the likes of Farah, Ennis-Hill etc make a very good living. But they are the exceptions and even Greg Rutherford struggled to get sponsors after winning gold in 2012. In essence its 2 completely different sports - the very elite few and the rest. And I see rugby as much more akin to that than football with a tiered professional structure. [/QUOTE]
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