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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: markymark Date: March 19, 2026, 6:43 am
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       As a FAN, that blows! I'm sure they will clean up all the good
       players and hoover all the trophys up.
       Apologies ;-)
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: JammyGit Date: March 19, 2026, 7:40 am
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       [quote author=Yareet link=topic=7997.msg151190#msg151190
       date=1773920347]
  HTML https://www.bathrugby.com/content/bath-rugby-202425-salary-cap-audit-complete
       As winners they had a deeper dive into their cap which they seem
       to have passed.
       I'm not naive enough to believe that all the clubs are
       completely and totally above board but AFAIK, despite the
       questions among fans, the powers that be seem to be happy with
       what Bath are doing.
       Which is very different to the Sarries situation
       [/quote]
       Yes. A bigger question is why is Dyson taking this share and
       what makes it an attractive proposition for him.
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: Rugbycat Date: March 19, 2026, 7:44 am
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       [quote author=JammyGit link=topic=7997.msg151195#msg151195
       date=1773924051]
       Yes. A bigger question is why is Dyson taking this share and
       what makes it an attractive proposition for him.
       [/quote]
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: Yareet Date: March 19, 2026, 8:20 am
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       [quote author=JammyGit link=topic=7997.msg151195#msg151195
       date=1773924051]
       Yes. A bigger question is why is Dyson taking this share and
       what makes it an attractive proposition for him.
       [/quote]
       What makes Sale an attractive proposition for Simon & Michelle
       Orange? What made Exeter an attractive proposition for Rowe?
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: Archquin Date: March 19, 2026, 8:26 am
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       efficient tax planning :-)
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: dinsdale Date: March 19, 2026, 8:37 am
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       [quote author=Yareet link=topic=7997.msg151200#msg151200
       date=1773926421]
       What makes Sale an attractive proposition for Simon & Michelle
       Orange? What made Exeter an attractive proposition for Rowe?
       [/quote]
       Combined with Dyson is getting on a bit and literally has more
       money than he knows what to do with. I wonder if the new stadium
       will be the Dyson stadium or similar.
       James Dyson could buy every club in the country - or the world -
       fund them for a decade and it would still be noise on the bottom
       line of his accounts.
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: sussexquin Date: March 19, 2026, 10:33 am
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       [quote author=markymark link=topic=7997.msg151191#msg151191
       date=1773920609]
       As a FAN, that blows! I'm sure they will clean up all the good
       players and hoover all the trophys up.
       Apologies ;-)
       [/quote]
       You can't say that! There is a blatant contradiction in
       Trademarks!
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: JammyGit Date: March 19, 2026, 10:37 am
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       [quote author=Yareet link=topic=7997.msg151200#msg151200
       date=1773926421]
       What makes Sale an attractive proposition for Simon & Michelle
       Orange? What made Exeter an attractive proposition for Rowe?
       [/quote]
       Rowe joined Exeter's board back in the 90s before there was any
       money to be made from rugby and has given a huge part of his
       life to the club. Simon and Michelle Orange are old-school
       missionaries trying to bring the light of civilised rugby to the
       league heartlands.
       I don't think billionaires like Dyson have hobbies like normal
       people, though, and everything is transactional for him; him
       buying 50% of a club already bankrolled by an extremely rich
       backer is concerning to me. Maybe I'm wrong. But then it's not
       like Craig hasn't been one of the key people trying to bend the
       finances of the sport in a way that would allow finances to
       dictate success, so...
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: Iamsnakes Date: March 19, 2026, 2:27 pm
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       Perhaps he will take Bath out of Europe and outsource the team
       to Asia!
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       Re: Dyson takes 50% share in Bath Rugby
       By: A222Quin Date: March 19, 2026, 4:33 pm
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       We’ll have even more shots of him and Bruce Craig together
       during every break in play on TNT then….
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