LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) - England's Prem Rugby clubs will face a "salary floor" minimum spend of 5.4 million pounds ($7.20 million) from next season as part of the league's push to drive up standards having decided to make it a closed competition with access only via "franchise" applicants.
Currently made up of 10 clubs, the Prem plans to expand to 12 in two years with new clubs admitted only on the basis of geography and after satisfying a series of financial and development criteria.
