The latest statement emanating from Premiership Rugby that after months of so called "Salary Cap Investigation" they have now come to "private sanctions" with the clubs involved has left many rugby supporters deeply offended by and disillusioned with the domestic English game.
For years now it has been very difficult for English clubs to compete in European competition due to the high salaries payable elsewhere meaning that certain teams have been able to "buy in success" by engaging the worlds best players.
Now it seems that certain teams in the premiership, or perhaps more accurately their owners, are set on bullying Premiership Rugby into allowing them to cheat their way into being successful in a similar way.
The difficulties English teams have had in competing in Europe are now being experienced in the English Premiership by all bar the "Cheating Few".
The game we all love is now in deep crisis. If these "bully teams" and their owners (we all know who they are) are allowed to continue to flout the rules that all of the teams have signed up to our game will die as a spectacle.
By signing this petition you are sending a message to Premiership Rugby that unless they put a stop to the salary cap cheats, the support that we, as supporters, provide to our clubs and to the league will be put in serious jeapordy. Without the supporters the game and the league would be nothing. Ultimately we the supporters have the power, it's time that those running the teams and the league understand that without us they would have no league.
So this petition is to the management of Premiership Rugby......
We, the supporters of the English Premiership Rugby Teams demand that Premiership Rugby rigorously enforce the salary cap rules that they have created for the league which are there to ensure a fair competition. We also ask them to make public the "private sanctions" that have been imposed on the affected clubs and to make a clear statement that any future infringements by these clubs (or any other clubs) will lead to a points deduction penalty, not simply fines that can easily be absorbed by rich owners.
Updates
October 24, 2015
I am truly overwhelmed by the momentum behind this because I genuinely never thought so many of you felt the same way. This response is entirely down to your passion for the game and your refusal to let the integrity of rugby be ignored. Please know that I am just holding the pen while you are the ones making this issue impossible to overlook.
27 Comments
disgusted at the closed for policy which smacks of corruption and a flawed league. .supporters have been cheated
if they don't like the agreement, leave the league. The same 2 Clubs caused enough problems with the threatened Euro split. They obviously want to dictate how everything is run.
Grow some backbone RFU. Name and shame the clubs in question and doc them points or strip them of their title if necessary. You are ruining the sport by letting them get away with it. Stop being such cowards!!!
I'm an ex player and proud supporter of Rugby, my team is one of the most successful in the Premiership League, why should these rich owners of clubs be allowed to manipulate the rules ???
English rugby used to be held in high esteem for its integrity however those teams who use "back door" methods to get around the salary cap bring those ethics tumbling down.
If they can't stay within the agreements binding English premiership clubs bye bye.
Certain clubs have gradually extended the bar without penalty, what's the use of having a limit if they get away with it, penalise them harshly, stop them having matches at home to earn them any money, see what that does to them.
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The latest statement emanating from Premiership Rugby that after months of so called "Salary Cap Investigation" they have now come to "private sanctions" with the clubs involved has left many rugby supporters deeply offended by and disillusioned with the domestic English game.
For years now it has been very difficult for English clubs to compete in European competition due to the high salaries payable elsewhere meaning that certain teams have been able to "buy in success" by engaging the worlds best players.
Now it seems that certain teams in the premiership, or perhaps more accurately their owners, are set on bullying Premiership Rugby into allowing them to cheat their way into being successful in a similar way.
The difficulties English teams have had in competing in Europe are now being experienced in the English Premiership by all bar the "Cheating Few".
The game we all love is now in deep crisis. If these "bully teams" and their owners (we all know who they are) are allowed to continue to flout the rules that all of the teams have signed up to our game will die as a spectacle.
By signing this petition you are sending a message to Premiership Rugby that unless they put a stop to the salary cap cheats, the support that we, as supporters, provide to our clubs and to the league will be put in serious jeapordy. Without the supporters the game and the league would be nothing. Ultimately we the supporters have the power, it's time that those running the teams and the league understand that without us they would have no league.
So this petition is to the management of Premiership Rugby......
We, the supporters of the English Premiership Rugby Teams demand that Premiership Rugby rigorously enforce the salary cap rules that they have created for the league which are there to ensure a fair competition. We also ask them to make public the "private sanctions" that have been imposed on the affected clubs and to make a clear statement that any future infringements by these clubs (or any other clubs) will lead to a points deduction penalty, not simply fines that can easily be absorbed by rich owners.
Updates
October 24, 2015
I am truly overwhelmed by the momentum behind this because I genuinely never thought so many of you felt the same way. This response is entirely down to your passion for the game and your refusal to let the integrity of rugby be ignored. Please know that I am just holding the pen while you are the ones making this issue impossible to overlook.
27 Comments
I think it is a big worry that as Association Football is going through accusations and counter accusations of corruption that a deal is done behind closed doors with clubs that have been flagrantly abusing the rules set out by the RFU. If you cannot stand by your own sanctions then you have set a precedent that there is no salary cap and the rich clubs will continue to abuse the regulations. It is by no means a coincidence that the two clubs in question contested the final last year.
disgusted at the closed for policy which smacks of corruption and a flawed league. .supporters have been cheated
if they don't like the agreement, leave the league. The same 2 Clubs caused enough problems with the threatened Euro split. They obviously want to dictate how everything is run.
Grow some backbone RFU. Name and shame the clubs in question and doc them points or strip them of their title if necessary. You are ruining the sport by letting them get away with it. Stop being such cowards!!!
I'm an ex player and proud supporter of Rugby, my team is one of the most successful in the Premiership League, why should these rich owners of clubs be allowed to manipulate the rules ???
English rugby used to be held in high esteem for its integrity however those teams who use "back door" methods to get around the salary cap bring those ethics tumbling down.
If they can't stay within the agreements binding English premiership clubs bye bye.
Certain clubs have gradually extended the bar without penalty, what's the use of having a limit if they get away with it, penalise them harshly, stop them having matches at home to earn them any money, see what that does to them.
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I think it is a big worry that as Association Football is going through accusations and counter accusations of corruption that a deal is done behind closed doors with clubs that have been flagrantly abusing the rules set out by the RFU. If you cannot stand by your own sanctions then you have set a precedent that there is no salary cap and the rich clubs will continue to abuse the regulations. It is by no means a coincidence that the two clubs in question contested the final last year.