RoyBoy29 wrote:
Take away the money backer, the free tickets, the beer tents, and the pathetic trolls on her and they will be a nothing team.
That's true Roy, but take away Ken Davey and the bars around the Huddersfield stadium, and any reduced ticket price offers and what would you be left with there?.....I'd say the Huddersfield schools RL, the Huddersfield ARL and the Huddersfield Academy - and that's the real difference. We need RL player development systems based around, and at, pro-clubs.
But we also need rich Rugby League club owners too and if you remember there was a rumour Argyle was buying into London Skolars. Had he done that he'd have been a hero I suppose? I guess he knows he's seen as a bit of a villain here staying put in Toronto, hence he offers to bring in players the SL clubs can't afford thus adding (stars) to the player pool that way. I know people say "well if he signs a whole team of stars it will be just like Wigan's boring and damaging 1990's dominance. What if he was allowed say four?
It's difficult isn't it? What isn't difficult is to conclude that if New York, Ottawa, Montreal etc all started to come into Superleague replacing clubs with academies and strong local games here then it would be a disaster. TWP on their own could be OK but SKY pay for a British League for British fans to subscribe to, no more than three overseas clubs are allowed anyway (McManus quote)
