Re: The RFL cannot attract money; drop P & R, install franch : Tue May 24, 2016 8:23 am  

W.T.W wrote:

Calder won't happen.
London failed epicly the first time round.
You've included Catalan, Tolouse, Toronto & Montreal - But no Cumbrian sides.

Maybe - instead of messing about changing the structures year after year - We should stick with something longer than 3 years and let it develop. Have some patience with it - Something the RFL seem to lack.

Increase the Salary Cap in the Championship to the same as the Super League and we may well see the new structure working.
How they can expect to get a competetive league structure with such a difference in the Salary Cap is truley mind boggling

London is improving in the Championship (now 2nd). A second investor could give them the boost they need to become a successful Super League club.

No Cumbrian sides because they have neither sufficient population/fan base, nor a geographical centre, nor sufficient financial backing to succeed in Super League. Newbies Toronto and Montreal and Toulouse possess all of these vital factors. Moreover Toulouse just thumped Barrow Raiders at Barrow to show that they are a more serious candidate for Super League than the feeble Cumbrians.

Re: The RFL cannot attract money; drop P & R, install franch : Wed May 25, 2016 7:49 am  

Exiled down south wrote:

What like repeated insolvency.

Oh come on, it's been years. TWO years. That's ages.

Re: The RFL cannot attract money; drop P & R, install franch : Wed May 25, 2016 5:53 pm  

spegs wrote:

Yes, without its customer a business ceases to exist. I don't give a flying toss as to whether our sport is global, universal or just played in my back garden. I go to watch my team with my heart. The ideologists can continue to preach their rhetoric. I am the reason Rugby League exists...

What a ridiculous post.

YOU are not the reason RL exists at all.
Without players, there is no rugby league. They are the most important, not some self-centred know-it-all who preaches from the stands.

Going to watch your team with your heart doesn't get players on a pitch. It doesn't get the best players in your pitch. It doesn't get most out of the players on your pitch.

People want the sport to grow so that their team can achieve more than winning a small competition in front of a few people. It's why the Champions League is so big, and that it exists alongside the Premier League. And why that exists instead of the Yorkshire League.

Professional sport is about achieving the most possible. The most possible isn't just what's I'm front of you today, it's what could be in front of you tomorrow. Some people are worried the team they support won't be able to achieve that and hope tomorrow never comes.

Re: The RFL cannot attract money; drop P & R, install franch : Wed May 25, 2016 7:40 pm  

So the players ain't supporters themselves and are willing to play in front of nobody?
Self centred know it all? That statement says a lot more about you than it does me...

Re: The RFL cannot attract money; drop P & R, install franch : Wed May 25, 2016 9:40 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

London is improving in the Championship (now 2nd). A second investor could give them the boost they need to become a successful Super League club.

No Cumbrian sides because they have neither sufficient population/fan base, nor a geographical centre, nor sufficient financial backing to succeed in Super League. Newbies Toronto and Montreal and Toulouse possess all of these vital factors. Moreover Toulouse just thumped Barrow Raiders at Barrow to show that they are a more serious candidate for Super League than the feeble Cumbrians.

Jean, you are so funny at times, you really are.....good man !

Re: The RFL cannot attract money; drop P & R, install franch : Fri May 27, 2016 7:54 am  

Wellsy13 wrote:

What a ridiculous post.

YOU are not the reason RL exists at all.
Without players, there is no rugby league. They are the most important, not some self-centred know-it-all who preaches from the stands.

Going to watch your team with your heart doesn't get players on a pitch. It doesn't get the best players in your pitch. It doesn't get most out of the players on your pitch.

People want the sport to grow so that their team can achieve more than winning a small competition in front of a few people. It's why the Champions League is so big, and that it exists alongside the Premier League. And why that exists instead of the Yorkshire League.

Spegsdoes have a point , ultimately what determines a ' pro ' sport is that people ( attending or TV ) are willing to pay to watch

Expansion is vital , but it has to be done via ' sport ' , not just money
Professional sport is about achieving the most possible. The most possible isn't just what's I'm front of you today, it's what could be in front of you tomorrow. Some people are worried the team they support won't be able to achieve that and hope tomorrow never comes.