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By Matt Hardy Saracens Rugby’s new chief executive Mark Thompson discusses TV broadcast deals, the club’s path away from their recent £5m loss and the state of rugby union and its future. Being a rugby bigwig cannot be far from the most stressful job in sporting governance; the English game is a borderline failure and clubs are churning loss after loss. But Mark Thompson, formerly of sports marketing agency Two Circles and then-Premier League football team Burnley, is taking on the challenge as the newest chief executive in Premiership Rugby. The Saracens CEO is a new breed of data-driven boss…

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