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[Whatwhere]

Best to target the younger players. U20’s and u18’s.

There's more money and opportunity in Europe for the younger guys. I'm not saying it's impossible but you can make the kind of money I mentioned above playing ProD2 in France (2nd division) and there's even good money to be made in Federale 1 (3rd division).

Same could be said of Japan which currently has 2 tiers of professional Rugby soon to be 3 and the US with MLR.

 

[ed313909]

There's more money and opportunity in Europe for the younger guys. I'm not saying it's impossible but you can make the kind of money I mentioned above playing ProD2 in France (2nd division) and there's even good money to be made in Federale 1 (3rd division).

I played d2 a few years ago just for a run.... Laughable if you think they are getting paid over 100k. The vast majority I played with were getting paid a few hundred euros at most per win!

 

[sportas]

No you didn’t. Stop lying

 

[Whatwhere]

There's more money and opportunity in Europe for the younger guys. I'm not saying it's impossible but you can make the kind of money I mentioned above playing ProD2 in France (2nd division) and there's even good money to be made in Federale 1 (3rd division).

Which club?

 

[Whatwhere]

Still waiting on the name of the club you supposedly played for.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

He doesn't have to tell you anything.

 

[sportas]

cause hes talking shit

 

[Whatwhere]

He doesn't have to tell you anything.

If he really has played at that level in France he'd have no issue with telling me what club he played for. Otherwise, he's talking shit.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Is their an echo in here.

Maybe he hasn't been online.

 

[sportas]

I just love the fact he played fully professional rugby "just for a run"

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Fully pro?

Really lol.

 

[sportas]

Pro D2 in france is fully professional. Did you not know that?

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

I don't follow Union esp French union and the last time I looked a few years ago, there were teams down the bottom of that comp hardly paying anything so to say they are fully pro when some are just making up the numbers is a bit of a stretch. The more believable thing to say would have been, the majority of the 2nd div clubs are fully pro, the ones with ambition, not the ones making up the numbers just to survive. Not every team has a rich backer propping them up.

 

[sportas]

Just because some clubs aren’t as rich as others it still doesn’t change the fact that ProD2 is a fully professional competition.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Oh well, the Division 2 comp below SL is fully pro then.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

I'll add the NSW and QLD cups to the fully pro list too.

 

[sportas]

The English championship is a fully professional competition but like the ProD2 there are some teams who aren’t as financial stable as others, the difference is in ProD2 any club that gets promoted to D2 from federale 1 must pass an audit to ensure that are financially able to sustain a team at that level. You know a quick google search will tell you all this right?

 

[sportas]

I'll add the NSW and QLD cups to the fully pro list too.

Considering that the only full time players on every team unless contracted to NRL team have day jobs and the Comp it self is promoted as a semi pro comp will tell you that it’s not full pro ‍

 

[Shark62]

Considering that the only full time players on every team unless contracted to NRL team have day jobs and the Comp it self is promoted as a semi pro comp will tell you that it’s not full pro ‍

You are trying to discuss this rationally with a bloke with a massive rugby union chip on his shoulder. Good luck.

 

[Whatwhere]

I don't follow Union esp French union and the last time I looked a few years ago, there were teams down the bottom of that comp hardly paying anything so to say they are fully pro when some are just making up the numbers is a bit of a stretch. The more believable thing to say would have been, the majority of the 2nd div clubs are fully pro, the ones with ambition, not the ones making up the numbers just to survive. Not every team has a rich backer propping them up.

The average salary spend in the ProD2 last season was 5.7m Euros. With the lowest being a little over 2.5m Euro and the highest over 10m. The lowest spend was still more than the cap in the Super League. It's a little different in the Championship in England. With teams spending between £800k-£2m/ year on talent outside of the likes of London Irish and in the past Bristol who spend significantly more.