An emotional James Haskell has been reacting to the news that his former club Wasps have entered administration.
Yesterday, the club made 167 players and staff redundant after becoming the Premiership’s second club to go into administration inside 21 days.
The Coventry-based club were suspended by the Premiership last week.
It has now been confirmed that they have suffered the same fate as Midlands rivals Worcester and will be relegated.
“It’s devastating,” Haskell told Sky Sports News. “Your thoughts are with the players and staff, and it’s not just the immediate people you think about, it’s all the support staff.
“Some players are going to be lucky to move on to other clubs, but the nature of rugby at the moment with the salary cap is these players are going to go from earning good money – rightly so for their skills and the way they put their bodies on the line – to reduced salary and some people won’t get a job.
“It’s awful, but I think it’s quite indicative of the way rugby is going. I don’t think Worcester and Wasps are going to be the only clubs, I think some drastic change needs to happen and, unfortunately, I think rugby has been faffing around for too long and not dealing with this issue.
“I think it’s a very dark day for rugby across the whole game.”
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