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       #Post#: 156830--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: JammyGit
       Date: August 4, 2026, 3:05 am
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       Aren't agents great?
       #Post#: 156832--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: Camquin
       Date: August 4, 2026, 3:18 am
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       The Champ clubs get less in total than the RFU pays one Prem
       Club - and their influence on the RFU is as Bogart would put it,
       not worth a hill of beans.
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       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: FrostAndFire
       Date: August 4, 2026, 3:29 am
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       --- Quote from: Quinky link ---
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       > Maybe in a few years, if he achieves anything like e.g.
       Dallaglio,  Hill or Back. At present he's not even first choice
       for England.
       >
       > There's hyping, and then there's Eddie Hearn.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Might as well go in asking for a lot so you can eventually
       compromise at a higher salary that he'd otherwise get. Depends
       on how much Hearn tries to did his heels in. Saints have shown
       they'll let a player go rather than pay more than they want to.
       #Post#: 156834--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: Nico Wilson
       Date: August 4, 2026, 4:16 am
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       I'd like to see the 2025/26 salary cap report which
       unfortunately isn't yet available.
       #Post#: 156835--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: Yareet
       Date: August 4, 2026, 5:26 am
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       --- Quote from: Nico Wilson link ---
       >
       > I'd like to see the 2025/26 salary cap report which
       unfortunately isn't yet available.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       As champions, Saints will be subject to the deeper dive so I'd
       imagine any issues would come to light
       #Post#: 156836--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: Nico Wilson
       Date: August 4, 2026, 5:31 am
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       --- Quote from: Yareet link ---
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       > As champions, Saints will be subject to the deeper dive so I'd
       imagine any issues would come to light
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Yes, agreed. I was actually thinking of seeing if there's a
       correlation between spend and league position. I know we (Quins)
       spend up to the cap yet ended up 2nd from bottom.
       #Post#: 156838--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: Rugbycat
       Date: August 4, 2026, 6:18 am
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       --- Quote from: Camquin link ---
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       > The Champ clubs get less in total than the RFU pays one Prem
       Club - and their influence on the RFU is as Bogart would put it,
       not worth a hill of beans.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I believe that their agreement was required to remove
       relegation, but they now probably have zero influence on the
       prem clubs, but really should they.
       There seems to be a divide between the champ clubs and the
       national league 1 clubs also, as any new prem franchise has  to
       play at least a year in the champ, so I would assume that a club
       does not get promoted if a new franchise appears like the
       Birmingham team being suggested.
  HTML https://www.rugbyworld.com/featured/where-next-for-champ-rugby-184283
       #Post#: 156840--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: Camquin
       Date: August 4, 2026, 7:48 am
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       As I understand it, from what those who were in the room have
       told me, the discussion went, we are getting rid of promotion.
       If you agree we will give you more crumbs at some point in the
       future, but if you say no, we will take all the crumbs away now.
       I also understand that there will remain one club relegated from
       the Champ, and only one guaranteed promotion place.
       Currently, there is also a play off for a second promotion
       place. But that can be replaced by bringing in a franchise.
       #Post#: 156841--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: Yareet
       Date: August 4, 2026, 8:05 am
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       --- Quote from: Nico Wilson link ---
       >
       > Yes, agreed. I was actually thinking of seeing if there's a
       correlation between spend and league position. I know we (Quins)
       spend up to the cap yet ended up 2nd from bottom.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Apparently in 2024-25, the clubs who spent up to (or close to)
       the cap were Bath, Sarries, us, Tigers and you.
       Those teams finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th.
       Newcastle were widely mentioned as spending the least and came
       bottom.
       Which to me suggests that spend has some correlation but isn’t
       the only factor.
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       Re: Pollock to demand £1m a year at Northampton - Hearn
   DIR By: Banstead Quin
       Date: August 4, 2026, 9:47 am
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       So being a legend on Instagram makes you £1mil.....I might have
       to rethink my working strategy
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