MANY thanks to Jeff Probyn (TRP July 12) for highlighting the hypocrisy of Premiership clubs in invoking their contractual rights in refusing to release players for additional internationals, while forcing their players to accept cuts to their contracted salaries.
The former would benefit the whole game by improving the financial position of the governing body, while the latter furthers only the narrow interests of the clubs.
Looking further down the leagues, Gareth Dyer of Preston Grasshoppers deserves applause, too, for his proposals in last week’s paper for big cuts to pay caps/thr...