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Twiggy Forrest is one of the world’s wealthiest men and he offered to bankroll RAPretty much ever since professionalism began, a high proportion clubs have been overpaying players relative to their incomes. This is not of course unique to rugby union however the sport lacks the quasi-mutualistic central distribution model of cricket or the steady stream of publicity-hungry businessmen (and now sovereign wealth funds) which underpin football.
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