Chief executives rather than owners must plot way forward as pandemic forces hard decisions to be made across Europe
Lord Myners had it in one in the introduction to his report on the Premiership’s salary cap. “A lack of transparency,” he wrote, “is an obstacle to the clubs reaching the point at which trust and cooperation are restored.”
He was talking about the relationship between clubs and their supporters but it goes wider than that. The Premiership met this week to discuss cutting the salary cap because of the financial devastation caused by the lockdown, but even though a decision was taken nothing has been announced.
Written by Paul Rees
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/11/the-breakdown-urgent-need-transparency-all-sides-rugby-premiership-salary-cap under the title “The Breakdown | Urgent need for transparency from all sides on Premiership salary cap”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
