Summer squeeze asks questions of rugby’s affair with private equity | The Breakdown

The sport is stretching out for money but the product might suffer and Warren Gatland’s Lions are among those at riskSummer’s lease has an even shorter date for rugby union followers. The English season creeps into June this weekend and will stay there for at least the next 12 years, concluding towards the end of the month rather than the beginning.Cricket’s World Cup starts before the rugby season ends, far removed from the days when a campaign started on 1 September and finished on 30 April. The game is stretching out for more money, although English football seems intent on proving that you…