The Premiership is supposedly the pinnacle of English rugby, but most clubs in the second tier think staying put would be more sustainable
participation – and the hope of a revitalised “Tier Two” if his club do not make it up to the top division.
Doncaster said “yes”, having been the only club to meet the criteria last season, when they finished sixth. Coventry, one of England’s most storied clubs, gave a qualified “yes”. They finished third last year, and reckon they have the fifth-highest playing budget this year. It does require a realistic expectation of finishing top to bother taking the audit., and now has a business consultancy, believes in minimum standards; the revamped “Tier Two” from 2025 will have them, too.
Revenue is spread between Premiership clubs via A and B shares, as well as the so-called P-shares, understood to mean “perpetual”. “Of course Coventry are going to try and do the audit, if it’s on the grounds that the passage is more straightforward and achievable,” Johnston tells“It’s contingent on a change of attitude from PRL; they are the problem here. It’s not so much the RFU, although we hope they’ll have some positive influence and persuade them. But PRL is the villain here, without a doubt. The Premiership purposely doesn’t give that education. They let you fail, or they set you up to fail, because that suits them.
The ground is a 10-minute walk from the city centre, unlike the out-of-town CBS, former Ricoh, Arena once inhabited by Wasps, who went bust with debts of around £100m. “We are in the second or third fastest growing city in the country, with an automotive industry reinventing itself. And a fanatical sporting city: 22,000 spectators at the football club, 2,500 at the ice hockey.”
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