Oh and the only think that would be great about a return would the opportunity to celebrate every loss the parasites get.
They're desperate and clueless. Most the Premier clubs are basically bankrupt and propped up by owner's loans. Unsustainable wage structures. There are no sleeping giants out there with large potential fanbases or commercial appeal. Rugby's leadership is deluded in that they think they have some product that large numbers of people will want to watch. They are scraping around to find enough professional clubs as they know the next TV deal will be much lower than the current one if they can't boost numbers of games etc.Wasps, Worcester & London Irish returns would be 'great for rugby'
The boss of Premiership Rugby says he welcomes the prospective return to professional rugby of Wasps, Worcester and London Irish.www.bbc.co.uk
This is incredible - likely going to be allowed back into the 2nd tier next season...once they've fully paid off existing rugby creditors.
How much do Wasps owe non-rugby creditors - local Coventry businesses etc? Wasn't the local ambulance service owed some money by them? What about paying those off as well?
It's a f*&king joke.
Premiership Rugby has agreed a two-year extension with ITV for a selection of free-to-air matches and a new highlights show.
The new deal will see ITV broadcast seven live games including the Premiership final in the 2024-25 season.
A rebranded highlights show called Gallagher Premiership Unleashed will be shown every Wednesday night.
In a major reshuffle, it will be presented by social media personalities instead of former players Topsy Ojo and David Flatman as it was last season.
Three YouTubers who go by the names of Ruckstar Lizzie, Squidge and Rugby Nause will take over hosting.
Wonder how much they are paying. Did see a report a year or two ago that they had to roll contacts over for additional years on the same terms as there was zero interest. Can't imagine ITV have gone in high for rights they know nobody else is bidding for. Not sure 7 live games a season is quite the 'we can be like the Premier League' level of coverage they want.However, ITV are seemingly forking out a fortune for their coverage...
Is it April 1st? That sounds like absolute shit for any sport but do they really think the rugby audience is one that will go for this?In a major reshuffle, it will be presented by social media personalities instead of former players Topsy Ojo and David Flatman as it was last season.
Three YouTubers who go by the names of Ruckstar Lizzie, Squidge and Rugby Nause will take over hosting.
Remember doing some digging when Wasps were up here telling anyone who would listen that rugby was going to be as popular as Premier League football and the viewing figures are absolutely appalling. That was in our League 1 days and one of our games on Sky got more viewers than they got for the the season on BT!Canal+ pay £116m a year to cover French rugby
Over here, BT paid £36m a year and are rumoured to have paid less to extend the deal
what happens if the current 2nd tier teams stick together and tell the RFU to do one. They can't have a tier 2 with just 3 teams they are trying to parachute in.RFU confirm deadline for additional teams to apply for new Tier 2
Additional clubs wanting to take part in the new 14-team Tier 2 league in 2025/26 have been set an October 13 deadline to apply.www.rugbypass.com
what happens if the current 2nd tier teams stick together and tell the RFU to do one. They can't have a tier 2 with just 3 teams they are trying to parachute in.
or is this like when we get to 'choose' things like if we want PL u21s to play in the EFL Trophy, you get a vote but if you vote no they're cutting off the supply of money?
Why did people assume that the 'new' Wasps would start at the bottom of the pyramid? Technically it doesn't even happen in football.
Why did people assume that the 'new' Wasps would start at the bottom of the pyramid? Technically it doesn't even happen in football.
Can't think of any football clubs who went bust, missed a couple of seasons, and then got dropped straight into the Championship.Why did people assume that the 'new' Wasps would start at the bottom of the pyramid? Technically it doesn't even happen in football.
Theres no 'bottom of the pyramid' as such. You get accepted into whatever league accepts you. See Nuneaton Town.AFC Wimbledon started at the bottom of the pyramid when they restarted.
Even the "free" ITV games only get around 1m views. None of the clubs sell-out their grounds. Premier rugby were crowing that average attendances were the best ever last year at around 15,300 - what they didn't mention was it took an extra Quins game at Twickenham and Saracens game at Spurs to alter those figures quite radically. Those 2 games boosted total attendance by an extra 120.000 odd (added about 1500 onto the average)Remember doing some digging when Wasps were up here telling anyone who would listen that rugby was going to be as popular as Premier League football and the viewing figures are absolutely appalling. That was in our League 1 days and one of our games on Sky got more viewers than they got for the the season on BT!
Cov get £133k but pay £50k for insurance from thatYou've answered your own question mate. They'll simply reduce funding to Tier 2 clubs even further. It used to be around £600k a season I think now it's only about a 1/3 of that. Figures not totally accurate but around that.
Correct.Cov get £133k but pay £50k for insurance from that
Premiership Clubs get £3.3m top line
Why did people assume that the 'new' Wasps would start at the bottom of the pyramid? Technically it doesn't even happen in football.
Theres no 'bottom of the pyramid' as such. You get accepted into whatever league accepts you. See Nuneaton Town.
Hmmm, this is about as near to building a stadium as when we were moving to the Uni.Wasps: Former Premiership club secure land to build new stadium in Kent
Former Premiership club Wasps move a step closer to a return to professional rugby by securing land to build a new stadium in Kent.www.bbc.co.uk
New stadium in Kent appears to be what they are going for now, along with entry to the Championship for 25/26. I would presume to do the 2ndnpart of that they'd need to be using Worcester's ground or have some other ground share set up in a random part of the country. Cumbria Wasps anyone?
will be reliant on the wider development going ahead and them somehow finding the money to finance a stadium and get it through planning when there's already huge opposition from the locals.10-year option on land as part of a wider development scheme in Swanley, Kent.
@KenilworthSkyBlue why dont you go and watch them in Kent?
What was it you said when they were here? 'I just want to watch top class premiership rugby'.
Is this true? What was his username at that point?
Unfortunately I don't have a spreadsheet,
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