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2024 Guinness Six Nations
A look ahead: the 2014 Six Nations
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<blockquote data-quote="FrenchFan" data-source="post: 614102" data-attributes="member: 70871"><p>You haven't heard about it ? Our players get some 13 days or so this time compared to under a week last year before the start of the 6N. Not perfect, but encouraging.</p><p></p><p>>>yes i have heard about the recent agreement. ITs an extra week theyre getting which will get diluted to 5 days with clubs putting pressure on their employees (the internationals) to miss some training sessions, not go to every team with imaginery injuries etc its already happening. Its a lame duck agreement because it doesnt satisfy both parties. SA still thinks he doesnt spend enough time with the internationals (cant disagree on that one!!) and on the other side, some club presidents such as Lorezenti & Boudjellal are unhappy and went public, no love lost btw them and the Federation. The current system is completely dysfunctional. if i was club president, i would not agree to release my french internationals under the present agreement. Imagine paying a french international 30K to 50K grand per MONTH and receiveing a pathetic compensation of 500 euros (yes five hundred) from the Federation for every international game your highly paid employee is risking his health & club season. This doesn't make any economic sense for a pro sport when u look at the budget of the top 5 clubs now. Problem is the Federation is run by retards out of touch with both the professional game AND grass-root rugby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrenchFan, post: 614102, member: 70871"] You haven't heard about it ? Our players get some 13 days or so this time compared to under a week last year before the start of the 6N. Not perfect, but encouraging. >>yes i have heard about the recent agreement. ITs an extra week theyre getting which will get diluted to 5 days with clubs putting pressure on their employees (the internationals) to miss some training sessions, not go to every team with imaginery injuries etc its already happening. Its a lame duck agreement because it doesnt satisfy both parties. SA still thinks he doesnt spend enough time with the internationals (cant disagree on that one!!) and on the other side, some club presidents such as Lorezenti & Boudjellal are unhappy and went public, no love lost btw them and the Federation. The current system is completely dysfunctional. if i was club president, i would not agree to release my french internationals under the present agreement. Imagine paying a french international 30K to 50K grand per MONTH and receiveing a pathetic compensation of 500 euros (yes five hundred) from the Federation for every international game your highly paid employee is risking his health & club season. This doesn't make any economic sense for a pro sport when u look at the budget of the top 5 clubs now. Problem is the Federation is run by retards out of touch with both the professional game AND grass-root rugby. [/QUOTE]
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