All club Directors are custodians of their respective clubs and as such should run them accordingly. More importantly to me the RFL Board are custodians of the actual game. I see no drive to protect the grass roots area of the game and indeed manipulation of the attendances to claim that they are on the increase within the game. In actual fact SL attendances, with certain clubs, are higher but the lower echelons of the game find themselves trying to survive on diminishing crowds.
Millions of £'s over the years have gone into expanding the game away from the heartlands but we still fail to grab national media's attention and sponsorship from the major companies.
Union, which is no where near as entertaining as league on the field, has huge success off it with clever marketing and investment in all levels of the game.
I would be very interested to see the 5 /10/15 year strategy plan from the RFL for the game and see where the grass roots are positioned in that.