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Richard Cockerill believes rugbys top stars could be best placed to end the battle of wills over a long-mooted global season.The Leicester boss has challenged the worlds leading players to drive a change towards fewer fixtures, by accepting incrementally lowered wages to safeguard the sports long-term health.The Test match fixture card remains blank post the 2019 World Cup, with New Zealand already making veiled threats to go it alone and arrange their own international schedule after the tournament in Japan.Unions and governing bodies are already polarised in opinion on how to cram as many fixtures into 12 months as possible while also considering player welfare -- but Cockerill feels a radical solution may be required.I hear about player welfare all the time but we seem to play more and more rugby, so at some point theres got to be a scope of how many games the guys play and the intensity of those, said Leicester rugby director Cockerill.But the reality is that players want to play rugby, clubs dont make money, owners dont make money.The people that actually make the most money out of the game are the players, they do get paid very well and rightly so for what they do.I have suggested we play 25 percent less games and they get paid 25 percent less but theyre not so keen on that. And thats just the nature of it.Players want to play, they want to earn money and I dont blame them.But they have to understand that from a financial point of view they are the ones who do gain a lot from the game, dont they.It is what it is, until someone decides different. I dont know a solution around it.Its all about money isnt it?Englands Test stars endured 13 months unbroken preparation in the long build-up to World Cup 2015, and the home nations top players are already gearing up for another marathon campaign.Next summers British and Irish Lions trip to New Zealand has already come under fire for the scheduling of 10 matches, with anyone selected also featuring in the Aviva Premiership final facing a delayed arrival for the tour.Leicester coach Cockerill explained the full extent of summer tours means cramming the ideal scenario of an eight-week preseason into just three weeks.The Tigers had six players on Lions duty four years ago, and Cockerill believes any clubs similarly represented next summer will suffer a natural fallout for the following campaign.The Lions tour is going to finish on July 8, so if you give them five weeks off that means theyll come back to you in the middle of August -- and the season starts three weeks later, said Cockerill.That probably means missing the start of the season doesnt it.We gave our international players six weeks holiday, and theyll have been back four weeks by the time we start the Premiership season on Friday night.Youd probably want eight weeks for a preseason really, in an ideal world.But some of that is not the preseason but the downtime when the players get to rest and recuperate. Nick Markakis Braves Jersey . Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach. Julio Teheran Jersey . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. http://www.baseballbravesproshop.com/customized/ . Siddikur, whose previous win on the circuit came in Brunei three years ago, finished his bogey-free round with a birdie on the 18th for a total of 17-under 199. Indias Shiv Chowrasia, who has finished runner-up in this tournament twice, was in second place after a 66. Phil Niekro Jersey . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. Ronald Acuna Jr. Jersey . The All-Pro lineman got the leg bent under him while trying to make a tackle during the first half of a 22-20 overtime loss at Miami on Thursday night. The medical staff initially thought hed torn the ligament, and the test a day later in Cincinnati confirmed it. Only Drew Brees, Peyton Manning (5) have had more consecutive games with 300 pass yards and 0 interceptions than Brian Hoyer (4) ' ' '