Sale owner: Game `needs to sort itself out´ to safeguard clubs financially
(The Guardian Sports News)

o Simon Orange urges more transparency over players´ contractso Premiership Rugby `plans changes´ after Saracens fineThe Sale co-owner, Simon Orange, has insisted rugby union has to `sort itself out` financially in order to protect the sport´s long-term future and called for more transparency on players´ contracts in the wake of Saracens´ breach of the Premiership salary cap.Orange, who led a consortium that took control of the Sharks in 2016 and has invested significant sums in the club, believes more must be done by the sport´s authorities to ensure clubs are protected if wealthy backers decide they want to withdraw their investment. `The game needs to sort itself out,` he said at a media day at the club´s Carrington training ground on Wednesday. Continue reading...