Or if Leicester, Bath or Us happen to be in a relegation battle with the Cheats will their England players be excused too? It stinks.
It's unlikely to be a relegation scrap involving Sarries as -35 points in previous seasons would have seen them anywhere between about 6th and 10th, but they may well be touch and go for a European or at a push a play off place, where they may well be competing directly with the likes of Tigers, Saints, Glaws, Quins, Bath, Wasps, Bris, Sale, Chiefs who will be expected to release their players for the 6N as usual.
If there is even a whiff that England are not selecting Sarries players in order to give them a bit of a leg up in the league, then I can see other clubs refusing to release players and the EPS agreement disappearing down the toilet.