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Re: Mark Evans: England club rugby model not viable
DIR By: Monte
Date: August 18, 2018, 4:14 pm
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Not just us,but many of the Clubs
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Re: Mark Evans: England club rugby model not viable
DIR By: DazzaS
Date: August 19, 2018, 8:56 am
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Quins were one of the clubs that signed up to be part of the
alleged cover up for Bath and Saracens wish resulted in the
raising of the price cap so they knew what the were getting
into.
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Re: Mark Evans: England club rugby model not viable
DIR By: Camquin
Date: August 19, 2018, 9:51 am
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Given player wages are the bulk of the outgoings, there are only
two ways of cutting costs, reduce the number of players or pay
each player less.
While you are competing with the French, the amount you have to
pay to recruit or retain players is going to be dictated by the
rates they can offer, and currently their TV has more money for
rugby so wages are not coming down.
So the only way to reduce cost is to reduce the size of the
squad.
The academy costs are meant to be covered by funding from the
RFU - whether clubs spend more or less is up to them.
I suspect some underspend while other may overspend in the hope
of developing talents such as Marcus Smith.
Premiership sides are permitted to register more players than
Championship sides because Premiership clubs play though the
International window and hence need cover.
So perhaps you could drop the AWC, rearrange the fixtures so
there is no play in the International weeks, reduce the maximum
number of registered players to 40 per club. But would the
savings on wages outweigh the loss of gate, wet sales,
sponsorship and TV money? It is probably the latter that is the
kicker.
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Re: Mark Evans: England club rugby model not viable
DIR By: Quicker Quin
Date: August 21, 2018, 3:21 pm
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--- Quote from: DOK link ---
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> I thing David Ellis indicated the last jump in the salary cap
derailed us from being on target to at least break even.
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Plus the huge increase in numbers of office staff at the Stoop.
They have to be paid for somehow.
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Re: Mark Evans: England club rugby model not viable
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: August 22, 2018, 4:15 am
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ME oft propounded the theory that we will end up with a European
wide Premiership containing the richest and most succesful
Clubs, with a junior level of National Leagues.
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Re: Mark Evans: England club rugby model not viable
DIR By: Fursty
Date: August 22, 2018, 4:19 am
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--- Quote from: Quinten Poulsen link ---
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> Seems a bit odd describing him thus
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> "Former Saracens director of rugby Mark Evans"
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I think that's because the article was in response to the
Sarries having 1/2 their funding pulled.
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