Ospreys and Scarlets have accused the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) of creating a U-turn after the governing physique introduced it can transfer away from a mannequin of 4 evenly funded skilled sides.
WRU bosses say they now intend to implement a brand new two-tier funding system a choice which Ospreys say has “created extra destabilising and debilitating uncertainty in our sport”.
Ospreys and Scarlets didn’t signal as much as Welsh rugby’s new Skilled Rugby Settlement (PRA) by the deadline of 8 Might.
The settlement was signed by Dragons and Cardiff, who have been final month taken over by the WRU having served formal notification that they meant to enter administration.
Final week Ospreys and Scarlets mentioned that they had requested the WRU for assurances that the takeover “is not going to disproportionally profit Cardiff and drawback the unbiased golf equipment”.
After Ospreys and Scarlets had not signed, WRU bosses now intend to implement a brand new two-tier funding system after serving a two-year discover on the present settlement that underpins the Welsh skilled sport.
That present PRA runs out in 2027 though it was resulting from be outmoded by the brand new five-year deal.
On Sunday, the WRU launched an announcement saying that with these golf equipment not signing by the deadline set, it had due to this fact taken the “tough however needed determination to challenge the formal two-year discover to terminate the present PRA settlement so as, particularly, to proceed with its debt refinancing.”
The governing physique made the announcement amid studies it intends to chop a group from its skilled tier.
The WRU has neither confirmed nor denied if reducing a group is a part of its plans.
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