Transfer fees could bring problems

I SEEmy old Ospreys coach Scott Johnson has put the cat among the pigeons once again by raising the question of transfer fees in Rugby Union. He loves to stir the pot, but this is an issue that isn’t going to go away.
I would plead for a bit of caution before we plunge headlong into a transfer market that could not only destabalise the fragile financial nature of our sport, but also help to create an unbreakable elite at the top end of the club game.
Rugby didn’t learn from the mistakes of football when it turned professional in 1995 and the complex nature of transfers could mea...

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