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This is interesting
Force to prosper from new TV deal
Nick Taylor
Western Force’s Future Force academy will be tripled in size as the club gets back on a firm financial footing with a boost from the Australian Rugby Union’s new $285 million TV contract.
The academy, established last year, currently has four graduates. That will be increased to 12 in 2016, with four or five players expected to come from local ranks.
ARU chief executive Bill Pulver pledged $10 million a year from the new deal to be spread among Australia’s five Super Rugby clubs, but it cannot be spent on professional player payments.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sp...it-of-tv-deal/