“It was not a personal time for a personal,” says Bill Sweeney, CEO of Rugby Football Union.
The proposal, which called the RFU to end the Sweeini work, Voting was voted against 65 %.
Those who support the proposal, such as the Lawyers of the Referees and the Championship, were martyred in many cases of failure to visit the Sweeini watch.
In a message to members of the members, Sweeini says this step caused personal losses, but added that he was ready to move forward in a mandate for reform.
“The section planted by those who presented the original SGM movement has played strongly in the media and it will be important not to admit that it was not an easy time for me personally,” said Sweeney.
“However, this role is a privilege and a scrutiny with an integral part of responsibility.”
Sweeney, 67, was widely criticized for taking 1.1 million pounds last year at a time of RFU losses.
RFU announced the operating losses of 37.9 million pounds last year, just a few weeks after the announcement of plans to establish more than 40 employees in the last round of repetition.
The second proposal was supported, to accelerate the reform of the English game, by an overwhelming majority at the meeting.
Looking at the future, Suene continued: “In the end, this process will help us to re -engage our membership and push the changes forward that we have long wanted to implement, and our members have provided a clear message that they want the leadership team that we have here to reach the job and make improvements.”
In the letter to RFU members, Sweeini included three areas in which the changes of change including reform of governance, improvement of communications and more support to develop participation.
“It is very important that many of the wonderful things that occur in the Rakhbi and the bright future that I think is in front of us.”
“We cannot do this together and look forward to a much closer relationship between the federation and all stakeholders in our future game.”