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       #Post#: 102151--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: Brown Bottle
       Date: January 10, 2023, 6:05 am
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       --- Quote from: Neil Quinnock link ---
       >
       > ...
       > On a separate topic, does anyone know what the contract
       situation is for players who have career-ending injuries ? It's
       been suggested before that Lewies had a broken kneecap from
       which you never fully recover, so does the club have an option
       to terminate his contract early and he receives some sort of
       insurance compensation instead ?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I appreciate the naffness of this response but it's somewhat
       inevitable; it depends on his contract and insurance.
       There is undoubtedly something they could negotiate but who
       knows to what extent.
       I'm pretty sure Geo Cronje, for instance, just agreed to bin his
       contract even though he didn't have to but I've no idea how that
       might have affected his insurance assuming he had some
       #Post#: 102152--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: Guildford Quin
       Date: January 10, 2023, 6:08 am
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       --- Quote from: Liverpoolquin link ---
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       > Marcus, Lewies and Evans all feature in the club’s Instagram
       post of training this week.  I can imagine all three taking
       bench spots.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Ah - maybe Lewies injury is not career-ending after all then !
       #Post#: 102153--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: never sleep
       Date: January 10, 2023, 6:22 am
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       --- Quote from: Brown Bottle link ---
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       > Off topic too but if Richmond and Caldy (and who else?) are
       fully amateur why is there so much fuss about Championship
       funding? And how can any division work with a mix like that?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I think that the issue is that the clubs still have to pay for
       expenses.
       E.g.
       Travel - you can imaging that flying a whole team to Jersey
       isn't cheap.
       Medics - I think that Championship teams need to have
       ambulances on standby
       Refs - I think that there is a cost for these too
       In the past seasons, Covid tests were very expensive. The tests
       all had to be handled by private labs.
       Also, even though the squads are amateur, the coaching staff,
       etc, are professional.
       #Post#: 102154--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: Yareet
       Date: January 10, 2023, 6:31 am
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       --- Quote from: Neil Quinnock link ---
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       > I'm hoping Northmore might be available soon - I can't
       remember what his injury was but he seems to have been out a
       long time. On a separate topic, does anyone know what the
       contract situation is for players who have career-ending
       injuries ? It's been suggested before that Lewies had a broken
       kneecap from which you never fully recover, so does the club
       have an option to terminate his contract early and he receives
       some sort of insurance compensation instead ?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I thought there was a standard contract that players use.
       Although I have no ide if this is obligatory. I'm sure I had
       also heard in the past that 6 months was the cut off. If you're
       out of action for longer than that, my understanding was that
       the club had an option to revoke the contract.
       Edit: a bit of googling found this
  HTML https://aragents.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Standard-Form-Player-Contract-2016.pdf.<br
       />It is from 2016 but suggests 9 months is the cut off (clause
       10.6)
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       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: Brown Bottle
       Date: January 10, 2023, 6:51 am
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       --- Quote from: never sleep link ---
       >
       > I think that the issue is that the clubs still have to pay for
       expenses.
       > E.g.
       > Travel - you can imaging that flying a whole team to Jersey
       isn't cheap.
       > Medics - I think that Championship teams need to have
       ambulances on standby
       > Refs - I think that there is a cost for these too
       >
       > In the past seasons, Covid tests were very expensive. The
       tests all had to be handled by private labs.
       >
       > Also, even though the squads are amateur, the coaching staff,
       etc, are professional.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Personally I think Jersey should cough up for that and I thought
       they did.
       The rest doesn't amount to a whole lot though. And why are the
       coaches professional. Great job if all you do is 2 evenings a
       week. &#128513;
       #Post#: 102167--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: J Scott
       Date: January 10, 2023, 9:58 am
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       I find it odd (not disbelieving what anyone says) that any
       Championship side is fully amateur as there are so many clubs
       below who would fit the semi-pro model.
       If they are fully amateur then the league is broken and won’t be
       fixed until it is a competitive professional league and the
       semi-pro/amateur teams feature in the lower leagues.
       #Post#: 102168--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: Brown Bottle
       Date: January 10, 2023, 10:59 am
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       --- Quote from: never sleep link ---
       >
       > I think that the issue is that the clubs still have to pay for
       expenses.
       > E.g.
       > Travel - you can imaging that flying a whole team to Jersey
       isn't cheap.
       > Medics - I think that Championship teams need to have
       ambulances on standby
       > Refs - I think that there is a cost for these too
       >
       > In the past seasons, Covid tests were very expensive. The
       tests all had to be handled by private labs.
       >
       > Also, even though the squads are amateur, the coaching staff,
       etc, are professional.
       >
       >
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Actually this article
  HTML https://www.cityam.com/championship-rugby-club-chairman-increase-funding-to-clubs/suggests<br
       />Richmond aren't amateur, even if they don't get paid very
       much.
       #Post#: 102171--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: QuinKent
       Date: January 10, 2023, 11:05 am
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       I’m not sure having all of Quins third-string and convalescents
       is doing London Scottish any favours, they never seem to win. If
       I were a Caldy fan I’d encourage them to have more Quins in the
       side.
       #Post#: 102175--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
       Date: January 10, 2023, 11:51 am
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       --- Quote from: QuinKent link ---
       >
       > I’m not sure having all of Quins third-string and
       convalescents is doing London Scottish any favours, they never
       seem to win. If I were a Caldy fan I’d encourage them to have
       more Quins in the side.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I think it’s massively detrimental to LS.
       No consistency each week in the side, so it’s difficult for
       players to get a feel of each other, and also if you were a LS
       player knowing If we send them a player they will obliged to
       probably start them..I can imagine that’s fairly demotivating
       #Post#: 102178--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 5 bodies back next week
   DIR By: never sleep
       Date: January 10, 2023, 2:07 pm
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       --- Quote from: Brown Bottle link ---
       >
       > Actually this article
  HTML https://www.cityam.com/championship-rugby-club-chairman-increase-funding-to-clubs/suggests<br
       />Richmond aren't amateur, even if they don't get paid very
       much.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I know that the players get a standard match fee.
       One player I spoke to said that if he plays in every game, then
       he could make around £3000 for the season. I think that this is
       to compensate people who need to take days off work to travel to
       away games.
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