Promotion and relegation integral part of English rugby - forget about the Exeters if you pull up the trap door

Promotion and relegation are integral parts of the sporting DNA of these
isles.

You prosper, you go up.

You stuff up, you go down.

You meddle with
that principle at your peril.

It ought not be to be dismantled on a whim.

Or
for self-interest.

The rationale has to make sense on every level.

And not
just because it suits the boys at the top in their elite congregation.

Make
the case, and make it compelling.

As well as fair.

It is not all about the
bottom line.




Of course, there are plenty of factors in play.

And, of course, in a
professional busines…