The Breakdown | Saracens scandal may spell end of a way of rugby life

The affair has shown the regulations are ineffective as a deterrent and clubs stoke their own inflationary pressuresThe end of an era was how Mark McCall described Saracens’ relegation to the Championship but will it also mark the end of a way of life? Will a club that has in the last 10 years based its squad around a core of English players it has either produced or signed young look to recruit from outside and minimise the financial impact of a player quickly going from a paltry wage to a substantial one after being capped by England?Two months after protesting they had not breached the Prem…