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Post by lostinspace on Sept 21, 2022 19:48:16 GMT
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Post by eppinggas on Sept 22, 2022 8:11:50 GMT
It's increasingly looking like a smaller basket case version of football. The Clubs are paying the players too much money and are not sustainable. Pantsdown reckons Clubs simply need to "generate more revenue". www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/62992223This is total nonsense. Premiership Clubs have accumulated £500mil of debt. Some of this is down to Covid admittedly. However the main problem is down to Clubs not balancing their books, and the main reason for this is players salaries. Covid exacerbated the problem. Bristol "bears" (WTaF) are OK because Pantsdown will continue to bail them out. This doesn't end well. |
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Post by lostinspace on Sept 22, 2022 10:02:29 GMT
It's increasingly looking like a smaller basket case version of football. The Clubs are paying the payers too much money and are not sustainable. Pantsdown reckons Clubs simply need to "generate more revenue". www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/62992223This is total nonsense. Premiership Clubs have accumulated £500mil of debt. Some of this is down to Covid admittedly. However the main problem is down to Clubs not balancing their books, and the main reason for this is players salaries. Covid exacerbated the problem. Bristol "bears" (WTaF) are OK because Pantsdown will continue to bail them out. This doesn't end well. read the Pantsdown thing and a touch of sour grapes and a hint at blaming the powers that be for their woes' he is in a position where he could possibly "lose" a big chunk of cash and not suffer as a result[personaly], If as he says it's down to alack of marketing then why does he not force the Bears on the surrounding areas, i am in Cheddar and there is the odd car sticker about,and that is it....i know several of others from around here and just up in Shepton Mallet who prefer to go to Exeter |
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Post by eppinggas on Sept 22, 2022 15:14:13 GMT
Just had a quick look at Wasps history on wiki... "In 1990, (Rob) Andrew captained Wasps to their first Courage League title". No he bloody didn't! It was my cousin, David Pegler. |
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Post by lostinspace on Sept 22, 2022 15:51:30 GMT
Just had a quick look at Wasps history on wiki... "In 1990, (Rob) Andrew captained Wasps to their first Courage League title". No he bloody didn't! It was my cousin, David Pegler. you can actually put that right on WIKI,as it's an "open to all" dictionary,they welcome additions from peeps with the relevant and CORRECT info......so go on ...put them right  |
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Post by eppinggas on Sept 22, 2022 17:02:46 GMT
Just had a quick look at Wasps history on wiki... "In 1990, (Rob) Andrew captained Wasps to their first Courage League title". No he bloody didn't! It was my cousin, David Pegler. you can actually put that right on WIKI,as it's an "open to all" dictionary,they welcome additions from peeps with the relevant and CORRECT info......so go on ...put them right Thanks. There is very little on the internet about the early leagues and the pre-professional era. Bit like football. My son says that before the pemiersh*t there was no football, like it was invented in 1993. To be fair he was born in 1994 though... |
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Post by lostinspace on Oct 12, 2022 14:29:05 GMT
Wasps have announced that Saturdays game v Exeter will not go ahead after officially entering administration due to excessive and unsurmountable debt....2 down ...how many to follow?
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Post by Nobbygas on Oct 12, 2022 16:40:31 GMT
Rugby tried to be too big, too fast. How many of the Premiership rugby clubs actually own their own ground? I must admit I haven't looked it up.
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