Yorkshire Carnegie....are they the only ones?

[grooveavenue]

Carnegie announced today that rhey are moving to part time, ending their dream re Premiership rugby in the near. Their budget was £2.3m
, third behind Irish and Trailfinders in the Championship. To be honest that doesnt sound a lot for the ambition they sought - what are the thoughts on this? Reading, it seems a number of backers cannot commit any longer and they spent £2.7m in any case
(the report is in the Yorkshire Post - I do not possess an ability to cut and paste here!(

Depressing for all. We hear of Nat 1 clubs investors for some 'lucky' ones but promotion and holding on to Championship status nowadays may be needs a massive step up in financial investments.

[Steve@Mose]

Yorkshire Carnegie to go part-time as cost of chasing the Premiership dream proves too much

[Oddsox]

I do not know any of the finer details. But, I never liked Yorkshire Carnegie, when they changed from Leeds & 'decided' they were going to Premiership BUT closing the door behind them.

I did shake Ian McGeechan's hand once, but gave him a steely stare (lol) as he was (possibly?) heavily involved in Leeds plan.

Exeter only club profitable - probably in all leagues - is a shocking stat.
They are my Prem team (from a distance) as went up from Championship with a ground, structure & regulation required, by the Prem Cartel only to find, half (heresay) teams in Prem didn't meet their own regulations to maintain the 'Club'. Plus of course, historic double header at Billesley, that helped keep us up & took us to Twickers - happy days.

Again, when Moseley went down from Championship - playing by the rules financially - we heard Jersey & others ..stayed up, breaking the rules?! Zero action resulted.

Congratulations to all at Moseley for running a steady ship, whilst producing an entertaining, fully committed team.

The money in Rugby from International & Premiership is vast & something is not fair.

Come on U Mose!

[Steve@Mose]

Yorkshire Carnegie players could boycott Doncaster Knights derby over pay fears

[grooveavenue]

...48 hours is a long time in R.U....but I wonder what the penalty is for not fulfilling a fixture?! .

[Shy Spa]

Yorkshire Carnegie: RFU Board decide club can remain in Championship

possibly with 28 point deduction if CVA not agreed by all creditors.

[grooveavenue37]

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly......we all know what happened in the end. Seems to me YC have tried and swallowed everything taking on an increasing facade of grandoise as they've moved along.

It really does seem a mess with the outcome known on 9th August.I hope the truth comes out too.

None of us want YC out of the game.

It's an important decision we await from RFU that will affect many more than the unpaid/uninsured players who have had to suffer.

Let's also believe that our friends in the Championship, National Leagues and beyond can enjoy a smooth 2019-20.

[grooveavenue]

Well now we hear that if YC cannot meet requirements by end of Aug Nat 1 could be playing with one less team...thats not good for anybodys pockets...the repercussions of YR mis management stretch far!

[grooveavenue]

I'm telling lies it appears..Yorks Carn have been let off the hook....no 29 point penalty....remain in Championship. All the people they owed have agreed to ?p in the £ as settlement of o/s bills. (What about players medical/treatment bills?!).

So we are all back to normal rather like many Rolling Maul contributors suggested. Doesn't sound right to me.