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<blockquote data-quote="Largejanner" data-source="post: 615035" data-attributes="member: 68020"><p>The PRL and the RFU need to stay out of this spat completely, I see nothing but trouble in the future if they don`t. Whilst I sympathise with the rather 'amateur days' view that we all have a vested interest in the long term future of European rugby as a whole, the fact is you cannot in this still relatively new world of professional rugby have competitions rigged to give financially unviable clubs/regions an unfair advantage. The 'market' must decide which clubs/regions/countries are successful in the professional world, do otherwise and we see the current Heineken Cup debacle. Welsh regional involvement in a proper club competition based in England might sound attractive, but sooner or later as with the HC someone will cry foul and say that a Welsh region being bunged £4m a year and prolonging Welsh dominance at 6N level as well as being excused relegation in certain circumstances might be a tad unfair.</p><p>Best we stay out of it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Largejanner, post: 615035, member: 68020"] The PRL and the RFU need to stay out of this spat completely, I see nothing but trouble in the future if they don`t. Whilst I sympathise with the rather 'amateur days' view that we all have a vested interest in the long term future of European rugby as a whole, the fact is you cannot in this still relatively new world of professional rugby have competitions rigged to give financially unviable clubs/regions an unfair advantage. The 'market' must decide which clubs/regions/countries are successful in the professional world, do otherwise and we see the current Heineken Cup debacle. Welsh regional involvement in a proper club competition based in England might sound attractive, but sooner or later as with the HC someone will cry foul and say that a Welsh region being bunged £4m a year and prolonging Welsh dominance at 6N level as well as being excused relegation in certain circumstances might be a tad unfair. Best we stay out of it! [/QUOTE]
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