Re: Lenighan blames West Yorkshire mafia : Thu Sep 20, 2018 4:36 pm
Juan Cornetto wrote:
I have been following League for 60 years and in my experience the game has always relied on imported talent to bring the crowds in, be it top international Union players especially from Wales, or top League players from down under.
However both these sources have dried up over recent years to such an extent that SL is very much the poor relation nowadays.
We have never produced enough home grown talent to replace these star signings and our own young players now lack the experience of playing alongside great players and learning from them. All this has produced a steady decline in the quality of the product to such an extent that all that is left is the physicality which on its own is just boring.
The time has come for some radical thinking to arrest this decline and maybe we should be seriously developing Nines RL in the UK which could bring back the crowds and sponsors and appeal to the TV audience.
However both these sources have dried up over recent years to such an extent that SL is very much the poor relation nowadays.
We have never produced enough home grown talent to replace these star signings and our own young players now lack the experience of playing alongside great players and learning from them. All this has produced a steady decline in the quality of the product to such an extent that all that is left is the physicality which on its own is just boring.
The time has come for some radical thinking to arrest this decline and maybe we should be seriously developing Nines RL in the UK which could bring back the crowds and sponsors and appeal to the TV audience.
Agreed - RU's style is becoming like RL but with significantly more money to back it up