“There is a saying ‘never waste a crisis’, and that judgement against Saracens was a big springboard to enhance the whole system,” he says. He now has an ocean of data to dive into. Copies of players’ contracts, image rights deals and other employment arrangements are sent to Rogers within 14 days of being signed....
The Football Association has defended paying chief executive Mark Bullingham £1.32m last year – including a £450,000 bonus – saying he had “met and exceeded robust targets”. Bullingham is thought to be the highest-paid chief executive of a sports governing body in the UK. The 50-year-old’s earnings for the year ending July 2024 included a...