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[MegaThread] RFU Top Flight Future
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<blockquote data-quote="die_mole" data-source="post: 1103919" data-attributes="member: 73648"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/16/bill-sweeney-10-team-premiership-rugby-union-central-contracts[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/63276725[/URL]</p><hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" /><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Adopting elements of the French model</strong></span></p><p>Sweeney said he favours establishing a structure similar to the one that operates in France.</p><p></p><p>There the game's financial health is policed by the DNACG - a body, independent of the French Rugby Federation (FFL) and the French National Rugby League (LNR), that safeguards the finances of the 30 professional clubs in the Top14 and Pro D2.</p><p></p><p>"They define themselves as there to grow and protect the interests in the French game," Sweeney said, before highlighting the criteria each of the 30 clubs must meet in order to get a "licence to compete" - the right to start the season.</p><p></p><p>"They have to have a complete review of their financial projections and business plan, their assumptions around ticketing and hospitality - if they look out of whack to previous years they are scaled back," he said.</p><p></p><p>"They look at their projected finish in the league - which carries a bonus payment - and if they've finished no higher than ninth for the last 10 years and then say they're going to finish third that gets challenged."</p><p></p><p>French clubs also have to keep 15% of their yearly cost projections in cash in the bank and any benefactor wanting to cover losses must supply a bank guarantee.</p><p></p><p>Sweeney said the English game "needed something like that" in place.</p><hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" /></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="die_mole, post: 1103919, member: 73648"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/16/bill-sweeney-10-team-premiership-rugby-union-central-contracts[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/63276725[/URL] [HR=3][/HR] [SIZE=6][B]Adopting elements of the French model[/B][/SIZE] Sweeney said he favours establishing a structure similar to the one that operates in France. There the game's financial health is policed by the DNACG - a body, independent of the French Rugby Federation (FFL) and the French National Rugby League (LNR), that safeguards the finances of the 30 professional clubs in the Top14 and Pro D2. "They define themselves as there to grow and protect the interests in the French game," Sweeney said, before highlighting the criteria each of the 30 clubs must meet in order to get a "licence to compete" - the right to start the season. "They have to have a complete review of their financial projections and business plan, their assumptions around ticketing and hospitality - if they look out of whack to previous years they are scaled back," he said. "They look at their projected finish in the league - which carries a bonus payment - and if they've finished no higher than ninth for the last 10 years and then say they're going to finish third that gets challenged." French clubs also have to keep 15% of their yearly cost projections in cash in the bank and any benefactor wanting to cover losses must supply a bank guarantee. Sweeney said the English game "needed something like that" in place. [HR=3][/HR] [/QUOTE]
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