Premiership Credibility Article

[Neils]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/oct/06/credibility-draining-away-from-premiership-leadership-sale-covid#comments

[coddy]

It's easy to beat PRL with a stick at the moment but if as claimed Sale have them over a barrel with legal threats then perhaps they have some sympathy in the bank.

Perhaps a few more facts will soon come to light and then we'll see if PRL are as weak as Kitson suspects.

[FishingWasp]

Even if "more facts come to light", it still beggars belief that PRL put in charge of the decision re last Sunday, as I understand it, an ex Sale player who was also Sales Operations Director, and allegedly remains a good friend of Dimes. Did they not think that, regardless of whether he acted without prejudice, it would not look good, and that many stakeholders would be suspicious? I can see that it might have been useful to have him "on the case" as support, but in charge....
Did no one at PRL insist that they did a little time considering unintended consequences, or do a little scenario planning before Sunday?
Certainly looks like a professional sport being run by amateurs, which is not fair to the clubs players or staff, nor the fan base.

[Shugs]

Yes, was a bit shortsighted wasn't it. However there is a certain temptation to facing a massively depleted Sale in a semi final 2 and a half days after they last played.