Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:
I don't begrudge anyone trying to get into the superleague and hope that whoever it is that gets in is given the chance to stay up and avoid all this in 2022.
It still doesn't make cutting everyone but the chosen 12 adrift right though does it? The collective behaviour of the superleague clubs has been short sighted and greedy. Ultimately, it's ended up with them paying a bloke who's never done anything in football 400K/year to deliver a reduced TV deal, falling standards on the pitch and reduced attendances at superleague matches and events (before Covid-19).
Also, what the Bull management choose to do or have done in the past is not down to me or any other fan. You need to disconnect the two. If we are parachuted into SL to get thumped every week, on less money and not get relegated I won't be there to see it. I'm sure lot's of fans will still go and I'm not saying there's anything right or wrong with that just that I won't be one of them. Similarly, if the club goes out of business or ends up in some sort of reduced set up due to the SL clubs failing to get a decent TV deal I won't be watching SL for my Rugby league fix I'll be lost from the game. Again, other people will choose differently but I won't be on my own.
FWIW, there should be some long term strategy for the whole game, something that seems to have been lacking since Richard Lewis departed.
As a sport we keep on looking for a "moonshot", including a drive to get Bradford back in SL all too soon.
There is no plan, not for SL, not for The Championship and most importantly for the grass roots game.
"We" would rather chare the dream in N .America than spend more time and effort enticing kids into the game.
IF SL have cut the lower leagues adrifit, in terms of passing some of the Sky monies down the line, then, there should at least be the chance of them (Championship and League 1) trying to do some kind of independent deal.