Stand-Offish wrote:
If it ain't broke don't try to fix it.
The answer is to market the game better and get interest and sponsorship up ... but they are rubbish at that as they showed with the Stobart deal.
Spot on. I hope they've learned lessons from the Stobart debacle.
One of my concerns is that the RFL could believe that by having 20 elite teams, and forcing them to have second teams, the better clubs would be able to better manage the talent coming through as they would potentially be better coached in that environment than in the present system.
The non-elite teams would then have to pick up players further down the chain. That would lower the quality of the games played. The non-elite sides would probably not be able to exist at a semi-pro level. It could well spell the end for many League One clubs.
Should they go down a 20 team route, the current 12 in Super League would be included. Who would the RFL choose as the other 8?
1) Toronto 2) Toulouse 3) Leigh 4) London Broncos 5) Featherstone 6) Halifax 7) ?
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Eleven of the following 13 teams would be consigned to the scrap heap: Dons, Batley, Dewsbury, Rochdale, Swinton, Sheffield, Workington, Whitehaven, York, Keighley, Hunslet, Newcastle, and Oldham. Surely that wouldn't be right or fair?
