JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

They always say that hindsight is 20/20 vision, making it easy to see mistakes that were made and finding the correct answer when you look again.
The mistakes that are currently decimating our professional club game were made long ago and were cemented in place during the time frame between 1998 and 2010 when Francis Baron was in charge.
Baron oversaw the increase in player payments for international games and the increasing strain the England team costs put on the game during that period, but he also oversaw what was a financial watershed moment ...