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Todd Blackadder calls for play-offs to be expanded to Top 6.
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 905216" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>Or if you have an enforceable salary cap. I'd have thought that 20 odd years into professionalism, everybody would have come to terms with the fact that money is important in success and that the challenge for each club is to achieve what they can with the resources they have / are able to attract.</p><p></p><p>What positive effect do you expect to come from stymying the ambitions of all but 24 clubs in the country, creating a chasm between professional and amateur leagues and destroying development opportunities for academy players?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is not true at all, I would suggest you read the LRFU's statement on the matter. They have not split from the RFU at all, however 24 of their member clubs have opted out of the English Clubs Championship (i.e. the league pyramid) in order to form their own league structure. The new leagues will be treated by the RFU as merit tables, the clubs will still fall under the auspices of the RFU and continue to enjoy the associated benefits as previously.</p><p></p><p>The main motivation for the move appears to be a reduction in travelling, but ironically, it has been suggested that another factor in the decision is to avoid proposed RFU restrictions in payments to players at lower levels.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What would this achieve for English rugby? As above, National 1 hasn't exactly got a queue of teams ready to make the step up, so I don't see what positive effect strong arming two of them into doing so would have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 905216, member: 58362"] Or if you have an enforceable salary cap. I'd have thought that 20 odd years into professionalism, everybody would have come to terms with the fact that money is important in success and that the challenge for each club is to achieve what they can with the resources they have / are able to attract. What positive effect do you expect to come from stymying the ambitions of all but 24 clubs in the country, creating a chasm between professional and amateur leagues and destroying development opportunities for academy players? This is not true at all, I would suggest you read the LRFU's statement on the matter. They have not split from the RFU at all, however 24 of their member clubs have opted out of the English Clubs Championship (i.e. the league pyramid) in order to form their own league structure. The new leagues will be treated by the RFU as merit tables, the clubs will still fall under the auspices of the RFU and continue to enjoy the associated benefits as previously. The main motivation for the move appears to be a reduction in travelling, but ironically, it has been suggested that another factor in the decision is to avoid proposed RFU restrictions in payments to players at lower levels. What would this achieve for English rugby? As above, National 1 hasn't exactly got a queue of teams ready to make the step up, so I don't see what positive effect strong arming two of them into doing so would have. [/QUOTE]
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