In last week’s paper, Nick Cain raised issues for Premiership clubs and their acolytes at the RFU to ponder. He asks why the governing body seems ‘hell-bent’ on letting those clubs keep their ring fence.
He queried why many end-of-season Premiership matches are played in front of crowds well under the respective ground capacities. He comes to the obvious conclusion that ring fencing is a major cause.
Nick points to the unfair conditions put on entry to the Premiership. Not surprisingly, Championship clubs have refused to accept those conditions. He wrote that a compromise has been worked out...