A opinion to ring-fence the English Premiership and salvage a draft approach to young gamers is being thought about by the Rugby Soccer Union.
Extinct Saracens chief govt Edward Griffiths has proposed a whole rebranding of the Championship.
The second-tier may maybe presumably be atomize up into two conferences – one for the north and one for the south.
BBC Sport understands the RFU and Griffiths hold had a “constructive assembly”, with discussions persevering with.
The 76-online page epic specializes in increasing gifted young English gamers, with the establishment of a brand fresh pathway for gamers thru regional academies and an unparalleled draft method – corresponding to the NFL and NBA blueprint in the United States.
There would additionally be a four-year stay on promotion and relegation to and from the head flight, whereas the Championship may maybe presumably be independently governed in represent to keep away from “a sludge of self-passion and compromise” which impacts other leagues.
The epic provides that the Championship would “swim in opposition to the tide” by approach to player welfare.
“In latest years, the historical knowledge within rugby has been that the most racy technique to generate more revenue is to role up more suits, with unintended consequences of elevated accidents and spectator fatigue of the equivalent ragged, identical ragged,” the epic reads.
“The English Championship will swim in opposition to the tide, and embrace the confirmed actuality that, in elite sport, more revenue is generated by staging fewer, bigger suits.”
The opinion become once circulated to Premiership clubs on the weekend, whereas the RFU insists the Championship remains “a in actuality necessary fragment of the English rugby landscape” despite funding cuts.
“We welcome an innovative method to increasing the ability of the Championship in the pursuits of English rugby which is aligned at some level of all championship clubs, leagues, and the RFU,” said an RFU spokesperson.
“We additionally welcome initiatives that entice more funding in the sport and strengthen more self-sustainable monetary stability.”