Baron calls for block on £296m PGP plan

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TWICKENHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 23: Francis Baron, RFU chief Executive faces the media during the RFU Core Values Launch at Twickenham Stadium on September 23, 2009 in Twickenham, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

By NICK CAIN

Francis Baron has called for the RFU Council to insist that the RFU Board puts a moratorium on the current PGP negotiations being undertaken by its chief executive Bill Sweeney, which is reportedly worth £296 million to the 10 remaining Premiership clubs.
Baron, a former RFU chief executive with outstanding fiscal credentials, says it is crucial that the brakes are put on a potentially ruinous financial transaction: “We have had four clubs go bust in the past year, three from the Premiership, and the Championship title-holders. The Premiership is clearly a broken model, and u...

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