Dominique Debreyer, director of the National Direction of Aid and Management Control ( the financial gendarme of professional rugby, Editor's note ), gave an audit that Midi Olympique obtained. And his predictions are more than alarmist. "Taking into account the player contracts already signed and which run over the next season, nine Top 14 and seven Pro D2 clubs will not be able to present a budget that would allow them to enter for the next year." And this even before imagining the slightest recruitment! His conclusion? “Professional rugby must initiate a common commercial policy. Otherwise, there will be very big damage… ”
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