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The capacity rules will be 5,000 in first season, 7,500 for the next two seasons and 10,000 in the fourth season. The proportion of seating will be confirmed later, but is not going to be oppressive because the whole point is to reduce the amount of capital-intense change in favour of just making a crowd-friendly experience to attract more people to the game. There is no TV-ready requirement, not least because RFU/PRL did not even try to sell Championship rights in the last deal.
I think the main point here is that the clubs now know what they have to do and can pitch the prospects to investors. People like Dicky Evans were looking for this level of certainty to make plans for their future. It's always been the case at Tier 2 that some clubs are happy just to be there and others will want to go for the glory. If you are Ealing, for instance, London Irish vacated Brentford so that is available - it would cost a lot of money if they are only getting 1500 people per game, but at least you have something to aim for.
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in-the-know
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Call me a cynic but does anyone else smell something a bit odd with the RFU?! Why have they made a U turn now? I think they are hoping that at least 2 of the franchises get rekindled into level 2 and then expand the Premiership back to 12 teams and pull up the draw bridge again?
This might be a carrot for potential investors looking at London Irish, Worcester and Wasps. Who would invest in them if there was never a way back into the Premiership? There’s always dirty deals being done behind close doors and I wouldn’t be gobsmacked if there’s something going on here….
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workerbee
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So what has been agreed
What does not appear to have been agreed
We have yet to hear officially what is happening next year
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rugbychris
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Nothings changed has it? It's still ringfenced in reality. Win the champ and then have to beat a perm team over two legs whilst commiting to expand your stadium to 10000 capacity over 4 seasons.
That's going to take massive massive investment which no one has the appetite for. |
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FHLH
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and as I said above for <20 hours/annum league rugby (plus possible cup depending on draw)
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"My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts."
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That will be very fiercely resisted by the current 12. My guess is that they might possibly allow a bit of regional tweaking if say Darlington finished very close to top of Nat 1, but no Phoenixes. |
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WEvans
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I really hope the 12 remain united against the bankrupt clubs and franchises but suspect the RFU have already made up their minds that they want them in.
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