… Or, how a tweet led to a commission…
So, I tweeted a press release from the LNR revealing that the organisers of professional rugby in France had decided to include transfer bans of up to three years in its list of sanctions for salary cap offenders. It’s part of a much wider story for another time…
Anyway, the deputy editor of the Examiner saw it, retweeted it – and a short time later – I got an email asking if I could put together a 400-worder on it. Of course I could.
French rugby chiefs have toughened their salary cap regulations following a court ruling…
James Harrington: Freelance sports journalist 