tad rhino wrote:
so you would be happy to have say 7, profitable clubs, 4 or 5 who make the numbers up at the top level and the rest go part time or bust?
Salford, Huddersfield, Widnes and to a degree Wakefield offer nothing to the competition off the field. nothing at all
As I have said I think a 14 team SL - locked in minimum 5 years that covers all the areas the competition wants to include:
West Yorkshire - Leeds, Bradford, Castleford, Huddersfield/Halifax
Lancashire/Cheshire - St Helens, Wigan, Warrington, Leigh/Widnes
Humberside - Hull and KR
France - Catalans and Toulouse
London - Broncos
Canada - Toronto
All other clubs are linked to one of these - say Featherstone to Leeds, Wakefield to Castleford etc
Home and away once no magic weekend unless its part of a regular fixture and each seven lose a home fixture the following year the other seven do likewise
Top 5 playoff for place in GF - no hub cap - prize money based on place in table to encourage competition towards the end of the year. CC to be played for by the top 8 each year.
No other games on the day the televised matches are on if this is practical - would a Saturday afternoon be attractive to a BBC?