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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: February 11, 2026, 6:46 am
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Well, CVC obviously see/saw something worth investing in. Tbh
its very easy to think of all the why nots but the trick is to
recognise the positive potential.
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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: February 11, 2026, 7:20 am
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There's some things that could be done at a "franchise group"
level that would save money for the teams while offering some
potential openings. For instance, look at the NZ teams. As a
group, they deal with a single kit manufacturer. That gives them
more clout than as individual teams in terms of cost
negotiations. If they want to, they can even co-ordinate things
like the upcoming "heritage" round where the teams have a
1996-inspired kit to mark 30 years of their current competition.
You could also look at having a few more sponsors for the whole
competition, while still offering individual franchises the
option to have additional individual team sponsors. Granted, we
already have Gallagher who have a patch on the sleeve and
sponsor the competition. But there's scope to offer branding as
a group that single teams wouldn't be able to offer.
You can consolidate a number of backroom areas too. For
instance, you could have central marketing departments handling
most of the stuff the clubs do now with a lot fewer staff. Yes,
you will still have some club-level staff, but there's a space
for cost savings there.
That's just a few areas where centralizing things could help,
and Franchising makes it easier to get that done. There's other
ideas like working as a group on non-matchday opportunities. We
put on a few concerts a few years back. What if you could use
the power of the group to present this as a "tour package" to a
group/musician? "Prem offers you a access, marketing, &
ticketing solution for a tour covering London, Exeter, Bristol,
Leicester, Northampton, Gloucester, etc" as a turnkey solution."
Working together as a group is usually more than the sum of its'
parts.
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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: Camquin
Date: February 11, 2026, 7:33 am
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CVC saw 27% of the revenue of the Premiership in perpetuity, or
at least as long as the RFU give PRL the marketing rights.
Which at the time looked to be a steadily increasing sum, it has
turned out not to be.
PRL turned over £75m in 2019 and £66m last year.
So while it has not been a spectacular return, it is a cash cow.
Which is not a description of a Professional Rugby side.
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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: Yareet
Date: February 11, 2026, 7:46 am
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--- Quote from: Fearless Fred link ---
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> "Prem offers you a access, marketing, & ticketing solution for
a tour covering London, Exeter, Bristol, Leicester, Northampton,
Gloucester, etc" as a turnkey solution." Working together as a
group is usually more than the sum of its' parts.
>
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Typical Prem - forgets everything north of Leicester
🙄😉
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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: February 11, 2026, 8:15 am
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--- Quote from: Yareet link ---
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> Typical Prem - forgets everything north of Leicester
🙄😉
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[emoji23]
To be fair I missed out Bath as well. I was looking at it in
terms of where a ground is relative to travel services,
amenities, etc. I doubt anyone would want to go to StoneX, The
Rec, KP, or the CorpAcq for gigs given location/the amenities at
the venue, etc...
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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: Yareet
Date: February 11, 2026, 8:44 am
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--- Quote from: Fearless Fred link ---
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> [emoji23]I doubt anyone would want to go to StoneX
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Have we actually found a post this entire board can agree on?
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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: February 12, 2026, 1:47 am
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I worked in Events for some years and you'd be surprised how
easy it is to make a pigs ear look like a ferrari.
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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: Rugbycat
Date: February 12, 2026, 6:58 am
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--- Quote from: deadlyfrom5yardsout link ---
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> I worked in Events for some years and you'd be surprised how
easy it is to make a pigs ear look like a ferrari.
>
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The Copthall/Allianz Park/Stonex, just looks like what it
basically is a mid 60’s stadium built for Barnet athletic’s
club, it is just a dump, with a nasty 3G pitch.
No matter how much you try to polish it, the leagues fixation on
capacity, rather than having a decent stadium does not make
sense.
Has to be the worst or equal worst stadium in the league.
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Re: Prem Rugby kicks 15,000+ stadiums into touch
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: February 13, 2026, 1:20 am
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Well I guess The Cheats are never going to spend any money on a
ground they don't own ;D
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