The decision from the Championship golf equipment comes after three former RFU chairmen called for Ilube, Sweeney and “the relevant RFU board members” to resign.
Martyn Thomas, Graeme Cattermole and Brian Baister claimed “huge and irreparable harm” had been performed to the repute of the RFU by the awarding of the bonuses.
The Neighborhood Golf equipment Union – a gaggle of grassroots golf equipment campaigning for change – additionally says it totally helps the letter from Thomas, Cattermole and Baister.
In an announcement responding to the Championship’s name for a vote, the RFU stated: “The RFU ends this newest four-year cycle with a robust stability sheet, no debt, a sturdy money place and optimistic revenue and loss reserves.
“We at all times see losses in a Rugby World Cup yr because of fewer residence video games and elevated prices related to attending the RWC. These income impacts have been anticipated, deliberate for and are in step with expectations.
“The RFU has continued to take a position strategically within the recreation in any respect ranges and for the final two years the RFU has been working exhausting to develop a redesigned Championship with the purpose of growing an entire recreation resolution to assist the event of England Rugby.
“The target has been to create a second tier that helps the English rugby system by growing younger English expertise, while supporting the golf equipment to develop into financially sustainable by rising native audiences, bettering requirements, and growing the worth of the league.
“Vital analysis has been undertaken and exterior unbiased recommendation sought to underpin the technique. Minimal requirements have been proposed together with elevated RFU funding and a mechanic for promotion and relegation with tiered capacities for entry into the Premiership and a governance construction to offer higher self-determination.”
