Broken and broke: Why it’s time to change the way top club rugby is run

Thirteen has not been a lucky number for Premiership Rugby.
Wasps are set to follow Worcester into administration and relegation after running out of money. Players and staff face an uncertain future at a time when the economy is contracting and the cost of living is rising rapidly. The game went for broke at the start of the professional era and broke is now the word.
Would Worcester and Wasps have faced winding up orders from the Revenue but for the pandemic? Probably not, but the current economic uncertainty, rising inflation rate and higher borrowing costs would have been a trigger. C...

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