Championship for Leicester?

If they are found guilty should they not face the same penalty as Saracens.

castleparknight wrote: If they are found guilty should they not face the same penalty as Saracens. Would that then mean that two go up? I cannot see the PRL or RFU allowing this to happen and then Leicester having to stay in the Championship for a couple of years...... yeah right that is bound to happen, they will move heaven and earth to prevent that from happening.

I should imagine that if found guilty Sarries will be screaming for Leicester to face the same sanction. The RFU/PL have set a precedent

With Sale snapping up star players one after the other (Tuilagi last year, now Ford for next year) and having 10-15 South Africans in their squad, I am surprised how they can be within the Salary cap.

Bristol, also have a number of high profile players and have now re-signed Genge for next year.

Perhaps the RFU should inspect the books of all Premiership clubs without delay?

As for punishment for exceeding the salary cap I would suggest that any club found guilty of such should lose their RFU funding for the following season - this would save the hard-up RFU some money.

I suspect South Africans are cheaper than home based players. Converting their salaries back to SA rand will give them a hugely comfortable post playing-retirement position back home.

Edited by cheshire exile - 29 Dec 2021 at 17:44

cheshire exile wrote: I suspect South Africans are cheaper than home based players. Converting their salaries back 8th SA rand will give them a hugely comfortable post playing-retirement position back home.

That may be correct, especially for the average Saffa.

However I was under the impression that there is a payment from the RFU which is connected to the number of English qualified players in each match day squad.

Assuming this is still correct they must be forgoing this every game?

castleparknight wrote: If it was anything like the £20K (I am happy to be corrected) that the Championship got paid for the whole season then clubs will probably happily forgo that option.

No idea how much it was, but I would seriously doubt it was as low as £20k a season - more like £20K a game?

That final sentence is nonsense.

marigold wrote: Champ clubs get max £150k for this season but some of that ring fenced to only be spent on certain areas eg £50k on medical. Lot less than the £560k before the pandemic-and even then the majority were losing money each season. Full time 2nd tier pro league simply not financially possible

It seems to me that the whole mess in the Championship was caused by the RFU publicly stating they wanted a full-time 2nd tier without providing realistic funding levels (40 players @ £40k = £1.6m)

It raised expectancy amongst players and in some clubs that full-time was possible (even if pay levels would be considerably lower than many at Premier Level)

It now seems the RFU have abandoned the dream of a full-time 2nd tier and are actively discouraging it by slashing the funding -were they expecting the teams to somehow obtain a sugar-daddy each to fund their dreams?

I totally agree, some teams seem to have relied on the £500k-£650k supplied by the RFU as their main source of income alongside match day income in some cases (e.g. Leeds being effectively bust but allowing to have one more season at Championship level -and of course an extra £500k).

With the Premiership salary cap reducing to £5m per season from next season one might hope the RFU funding to each team will be reduced - however the prospect of 14 teams will likely swallow up any savings.

Firstly I totally agree that there should be a salary cap AND that it should be totally transparent. What I do wonder is how many clubs are making "extra payments" through ghost companies set up by clever accountants. Can't believe its just been Sarries and now Leicester?