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Invest in lower tiers rather than waste it on Championship

CHAMPIONSHIP clubs receive up to £650,000 a season from the RFU. Clubs below this level get nothing but a contribution towards travel expenses – and that, in my view, is how it should be.
Why should the RFU provide funds to allow clubs with no prospect of, and probably no aspirations towards, Premiership membership to maintain an artificially high playing status by paying inflated wages bills?
Nigel Melville was quoted on the importance of financial sustainability for clubs and this should not be based on central funding.
Premiership clubs are contractually entitled to RFU payme...

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