Iain Sharpe makes some excellent points (Letters, Jan 7) in taking issue with views on the RFU’s second-tier revamp expressed in this column at the back end of December.
His criticism of the Premiership’s minimum standards criteria is perfectly fair and there are good reasons to think that the top league’s self-serving shareholding arrangements and built-in funding imbalances are a barrier to progress.
These things require addressing before any meaningful agreement can be reached but while we’re in deep waters here, there is no inherent reason why they shouldn’t be. If the Premier League, ma...