Yes, we are indeed living in momentous times with rugby no exception to the seismic movement in the tectonic plates that underpin our sport and society in general.
Our Exeter neighbours opened their Premiership season with a creditable win over champions Leicester Tigers, suggesting that normal service is being resumed at Sandy Park. On the other side of the coin, cash-strapped Worcester Warriors took a 45-14 hiding at London Irish to deepen the gloom at their Sixways stadium.
In a recent Mail on Sunday article, it was reported that Premiership clubs have racked up debts of more than £500 million. In anyone's terms that is no small sum. The hard facts suggest that Plymouth Albion's 'Project 150' is on the money and the blueprint other clubs would do well to consider as best practice.
You read it first in my Plymouth Herald column three weeks ago, when I wrote of the Rugby Premiership: 'All that glistens is not always golden. In a recent interview, Sale FC stalwart Richard Trickey said the Premiership 'Looks like a Bag of Worms! Premiership club's balance sheet confirms he certainly has a point.
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