NICK CAIN

TONY Rowe has gone full circle. Exeter’s chairman and main backer was an ardent proponent of promotion-relegation when the club was promoted in 2010, before mutating into an arch ring-fencer a few years later. Now, we are witnessing the Exeter’s benefactor’s latest transformation, which is going into a franchise frenzy by acting as the Prem’s biggest NFL cheerleader.
However, at the same time as Rowe, 77, is waving his pom-poms in the air, saying he’d love franchising with no relegation to be introduced tomorrow, he’s also announced ...