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Premiership Rugby CEO Mark McCafferty said that "the league must monitor player wage inflation at England's top-flight clubs," according to Chris Jones of the BBC.
On Monday, the Rugby Football Union and Premiership clubs "signed new agreement" in excess of £225M ($297M).
However, "there are fears among some club bosses that extra revenue coming into the game will result in a drastic escalation in players' salaries." McCafferty said, "We have to strike the right balance on that. We have to watch it, manage it, and be careful with it." McCafferty "is confident the increase in funding will be spread evenly across the game." He added, "There is significantly more investment going into the academies, and there is also a recognition of all of the rest of the infrastructure which clubs have been producing." Discussions "will take place this autumn about the future levels of the Premiership Rugby salary cap," which is currently at £6.5M ($8.5M) for the '16-17 season, and £7M ($9.2M) for the following campaign (
BBC, 7/27).