THE newly ring-fenced Premiership will be hoping that BT do not decide to reconsider their position over the new four-year £110m contract, although BT’s concern of a lack of competition will be hard to deny.
Without the threat of the drop and the loss of income that relegation brings, what incentive does an owner have to continue to invest in a loss-making business at the bottom of a ring-fenced league?
It was the dream of the RFU’s original negotiator with the Premiership that the clubs would one day become franchises like NFL teams. However, the NFL, unlike rugby, is the...