: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:58 am  

This could end up costing the Cougars a great deal of money. Have a read of this to see what i mean.

This could end up costing the Cougars a great deal of money. Have a read of this to see what i mean.

: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:46 pm  

I've read it but I don't see what you mean.

Are you suggesting that there will be fewer games and therefore less income ?

: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:53 pm  

View from the full back wrote:

I've read it but I don't see what you mean.

Are you suggesting that there will be fewer games and therefore less income ?

If they do get demoted then we could have one less home game. So yes there will be less money.

: Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:07 pm  

But you said "a great deal of money" - was that just an exaggeration?

: Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:27 pm  

View from the full back wrote:

But you said "a great deal of money" - was that just an exaggeration?

With the amount of home games we have next year. I would say to lose the income from a home game, would leave a big whole in the finances for the year.
We will have a bigger outgoing of money than last year, so every penny will count.

: Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:05 pm  

guess who wrote:

If they do get demoted then we could have one less home game. So yes there will be less money.

It could also be beneficial for us.

Should Leigh be reinstated they'd bring an awful lot more fans than Gateshead.

What's more annoying is that despite a salary cap being in place clubs are still running into trouble.

The RFL should start to audit clubs more closely and look to deduct points from clubs who are clearly living beyond their means.

I'd like to see the practice of directors putting money in as loans banned too. It put those clubs at an unfair advantage, and in Gateshead's case vulnerable to them being called in at any time.

It's a real shame that mistakes being made by clubs in the past (us, Rochdale, Doncaster etc) are still happening.