Bill Sweeney said: ‘I think everything is on the table to be discussed’ in relation to central contracts and has thrown the Rugby Football Union’s support behind a 10-team Premiership
RFU chief also looking at 10-team Premiership from 2024
Central contracts have surfaced perennially since the union failed to introduce them when the game went professional but, with player wages increasing, officials from the RFU and Premiership Rugby Limited have conceded the financial crisis has arrived, in part, because the clubs’ costs far outweigh their revenues.
Sam Simmonds has already agreed a move abroad next season and a host of other internationals are expected to follow with better wages on offer, despite the fact that makes them ineligible for England as per the RFU’s existing regulations. “I think everything is on the table to be discussed,” Sweeney said. “There are certain phrases which are like nuclear buttons, and the phrase ‘central contracts’ tends to have that nuclear effect.
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