In September the ten top-flight golf equipment reached a new agreement with the RFU during which funding of £33m a 12 months will likely be cut up between them, and a promotion play-off being performed between the underside aspect within the Premiership and the Championship champions.
However there’s but to be any settlement on funding for the second tier, with Pettipher saying that earlier than Covid-19 their RFU cash helped cowl a few third of the Pirates’ price range.
The Penzance-based membership are at present in search of new funding after long-time benefactor Dicky Evans ceased his funding because the Pirates ended plans for a brand new stadium in Truro.
Pettipher says the management on the RFU is just too centered on the elite finish of the sport, to the detriment of the game as a complete.
“It isn’t completely a remit to win England matches and fill Twickenham, however that’s the remit that’s working at Twickenham – a bit of binary planet system round that,” she stated earlier than presenting a replica of a letter the membership is sending to the RFU to the their native MP at Westminster.
“The authorized construction of the RFU is a union of member golf equipment throughout England, and the argument is by creating more cash right here you assist the sport.
“That is positive besides the cash goes backwards and forwards between an ivory tower elite of Premiership golf equipment, England groups after which Twickenham. When is it popping out to the remainder of the pyramid?”
Pettipher added: “Think about that is an environmental argument and we have determined we’re solely going to guard the massive beasts.
“We all know that if the coral dies, if the bees die, if the timber die, we all know in our ecosystem that you just want all of this to feed the massive beasts.
“However that doesn’t seem like within the management pondering of the union, which is accountable to authorities to manipulate its sport.
“We’re merely one membership – we now have our personal very particular difficulties that higher governing choices and higher management choices might rectify tomorrow.
“I am asking authorities to place substantial scrutiny and stress on their governing physique to higher govern their recreation.”
