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<blockquote data-quote="ALJ" data-source="post: 829511" data-attributes="member: 74322"><p>To my mind, the RFU must decide what it considers the Championship to be - if it is part of the feeder system then it should be funded more appropriately.</p><p>If not then they still need to focus on the basic of player protection and medical facilities.</p><p></p><p>What I don't understand though is how players can be on full-time contracts worth £6k a year - a basic minimum wage is over £10k so how do they get away with this?</p><p></p><p>Rugby seems to have a problem in that clubs do not seem to be considered businesses that should be self-funding but instead are often viewed as playthings for rich folk - the extra money creates a good product but is only sustainable at the whims of the self-same rich people.</p><p></p><p>At what level do we decide that clubs must be able to show that they can support themselves?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ALJ, post: 829511, member: 74322"] To my mind, the RFU must decide what it considers the Championship to be - if it is part of the feeder system then it should be funded more appropriately. If not then they still need to focus on the basic of player protection and medical facilities. What I don't understand though is how players can be on full-time contracts worth £6k a year - a basic minimum wage is over £10k so how do they get away with this? Rugby seems to have a problem in that clubs do not seem to be considered businesses that should be self-funding but instead are often viewed as playthings for rich folk - the extra money creates a good product but is only sustainable at the whims of the self-same rich people. At what level do we decide that clubs must be able to show that they can support themselves? [/QUOTE]
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