Well, you need only consider all the madcap religions around the world to realise what people are apparently prepared to believe. In fact, I usually start every season believing we're in with a real chance of the double....but always change my mind when all the Fax/ Leigh/ Saints/ Leeds fans tell me I'm wrong!
Call me naive but I like to think that people aren't just chippy little internet trolls, and might actually have the courage of their misplaced convictions.
But I'm prone to this sort of thing. I was adamant that Leigh wouldn't be promoted and will be paying LISA (the organisation) £20 if I'm wrong.
Far from sure any player would ever deliberately lose a game but being pigged off might well affect the way they play the game.
Far as I know, contracts in SL are specifically for playing in SL, so would be voided if the club lost that status. When you think that the championship cap is around half the SL cap, it would be impossible to keep all their players anyway.