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May 08, 2004Edinburgh to get a bigger slice of the cakeScottish Rugby Union chief executive Phil Anderton confirmed yesterday that while there are cuts to the pro teams budgets for next season, the reductions have not been made equally across all the teams.
"The biggest cost area in the SRU is the pro teams and people said to me cut the teams back equally, but I'm not going to have a system of mediocrity across the piece because we want to keep everybody's ego intact. We want to reward winning, so, yes, we've put more money against the Edinburgh budget, to reward them for their achievements in reaching the Heineken Cup quarter-final and Celtic Cup final." You can read The Scotsman article here Comments
Posted by Andy on May 8, 2004 02:48 PM | Reply to this comment This is disgraceful. Surely it would be better to try and equal out the three teams and let them compete on a level playing field. This just shows that the SRU are Edinburgh biased, there is an obvious talent in Glasgow (GLASGOW Hawks winning the double). Bring in the money men and Franchise the clubs!!!! Posted by Mark on May 11, 2004 04:50 PM | Reply to this comment What's the point of the SRU setting up the three district pro side's then upping funding to one while taking money from the other two? It simply doesn't make sense. Shouldn't all three teams have the same budget, the same right, the same bargaining agreement, the same level in all three sides or is that just to easy for the SRU? Maybe the SRU misunderstood Matt Williams comments on "Fortress Scotland" to really meant an Edinburgh XV for the International scene?! Add a comment to this articleIf you're replying to an existing comment, please use the 'Reply to this comment' link above the entry. This will display the comments in a way which is far easier for other readers to follow.
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