Re: Breaking: RFL call off vote on Super League restructure : Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:16 am
freddies wig wrote:
Absolutely Griff. But, do you not think, that the years "licencing" have made the gap far too wide - the Championship clubs need loads of cash and the SL clubs cant afford a reduction? What a mess has been made just to get Crusaders into SL.
As an aside, Smokey is suggesting on the VT that championship clubs run as a competition involving 18-20 year olds that cant get a game in SL and as clubs developing the youth until ready for SL. I'm sure we all agree, our crowds would rocket with people wanting to pay £16-18 to watch that. Only a massive, clueless d!!k would suggest that!
I only hope my interest in RL dies before I have to suffer the fate of my club being destroyed so Wigan can play Saints 6 times a year
As an aside, Smokey is suggesting on the VT that championship clubs run as a competition involving 18-20 year olds that cant get a game in SL and as clubs developing the youth until ready for SL. I'm sure we all agree, our crowds would rocket with people wanting to pay £16-18 to watch that. Only a massive, clueless d!!k would suggest that!
I only hope my interest in RL dies before I have to suffer the fate of my club being destroyed so Wigan can play Saints 6 times a year
Licensing hasn't made the gap too wide. It's the lack of sufficient funds to properly support the game below $uperleague.
On the one hand, the game needs to pay enough to stop players drifting out to RU and the NRL, on the other, it needs to support its own pyramid.
And, of course, there aren't enough clubs to fit existing $uperleague criteria. Probably only eight or ten deserve to be there.