SailGP's latest innovation has arrived and it's poised to create ‘a lot more rivalries’.
Sailing’s trailblazing competition announced the introduction of its first-ever Athlete Transfer framework, which is effectively a transfer window. Iain Percy opens up on SailGP's newest team!
Given the lucrative nature of transfer windows in football, where an eye-watering £2.6billion was spent in the Premier League last summer, it was only a matter of time before SailGP followed suit.
But it wasn’t necessarily a desire to walk the same path as another sport that meant such a framework was needed.
Why did SailGP introduce a transfer window?
Instead, SailGP managing director Andrew Thompson pointed out a lack of professionalism at the top end of sailing as a driving force.
"I guess over the l

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