Number of clubs who have had license removed by the RFL since franchising started = 0

League extended to accommodate all existing clubs + 2 new ones originally, and now 1 team withdrew and replaced with another. Therefore RFL never had to boot anyone out so don't give us a load of BS about what a 'tough decision' it is.

Absolute disgrace. Everyone should fire off an email to the RFL. I will be doing when home from work.

I am afraid the only chance of me starting to regularly follow Fax was if they managed to get back into SL. I love RL as a game, but if there is no chance of promotion then there is no interest for me.

Commiserations to all Fax fans, I thought you deserved your place in SL.

I would love to know how the business department at Leeds University managed to find that a club in administration was a better financial prospect than one that was not. Not sure they'd get a pass on thier dissertation for that if they were entering it for a degree. What a complete shambles this whole franchising system is.

I can't beleive in his speach he patted himself on the back for how franchising was helping the clubs, yet since franchising has been introduced, three clubs in Super League have entered administration and still remain there. The one thing that franchises are supposed to stop. Well done sir!

Thats me done with the sport. I want to watch a vibrant and meaningful sport where my club as a chance of success / promotion. This decision sadly provides prrof that the RFL will NEVER give us a license. I can no longer pay to watch a meaningless league. Pains me enormously but my back is turned on RL forever after today. I'll see the season out but thats it.

I'm thinking the same dude.

Quote: chris_smith "Thats me done with the sport. I want to watch a vibrant and meaningful sport where my club as a chance of success / promotion. This decision sadly provides prrof that the RFL will NEVER give us a license. I can no longer pay to watch a meaningless league. Pains me enormously but my back is turned on RL forever after today. I'll see the season out but thats it.'" same for me thats it with rugby league till they get rid of them lot at RFL headquarters and stop all this bull **** quote from www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/artic ... ation.html "It would not have been fair to the players, the supporters, the other clubs or the engage Super League competition for us to proceed with our application" too late matey should have said this 3 years ago.

Quote: chris_smith "Thats me done with the sport. I want to watch a vibrant and meaningful sport where my club as a chance of success / promotion. This decision sadly provides prrof that the RFL will NEVER give us a license. I can no longer pay to watch a meaningless league. Pains me enormously but my back is turned on RL forever after today. I'll see the season out but thats it.'" same for me thats it with rugby league till they get rid of them lot at RFL headquarters and stop all this bull **** quote from www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/artic ... ation.html "It would not have been fair to the players, the supporters, the other clubs or the engage Super League competition for us to proceed with our application" too late matey should have said this 3 years ago.

I Dont want to agree with you.

But i have better things to spend my money on.

Gutted.com......

i wouldnt have been at all down about, wakey down...and us staying down, but this really does take the biscuit!!

the RFL should not just be embarassed, they should be ashamed!

so what incentive does this give to Cas and Wakey to spend a shed load of money on a new stadium....... NONE !!!!!!!!!!

What I don't get it, while we may have been worse than Wakey (ha!) that we didn't even get a C license.

Has the way that's done changed etc now as well?

I thought you only need 4 points to get a grade C license all of which, for us, would be covered by the stadium (and what comes with a good stadium) alone.

I'm afraid that's me done. Moving to uni in September and on top of everything else, I just don't want to be a part of this sport anymore. If they kick that big eared naive prat and co out, i'll gladly reconsider.

But at the end of the season i'm done. I wish the club all the best and thank them for all their efforts, its a great club and they deserve so much more.

It's all in the wording. All they said is we weren't awarded a 'C' License, not that we didn't get a 'C' grade.

The RFL covered their backs the other day by saying details of each bid would not be made public after the announcement. So Halifax could have got a 'B' grade for all we know. What we didn't get was a Super League License, not that we didn't get a 'C' grade. We must have got a 'C' at least because the RFL said we met the super league criteria back in March.

Perhaps they are on their final final final "don't do it again or you'll get a spanked bottom" warning now

That makes no sense.... so it's probably correct

Halifax really need to rock the boat and smack some people with the paddles here with this decision. I'd say with the amount of fans the Club will lose on the back of this they've got nothing to lose. Get the media on side for a start starting with the folk at SSN. Every time something to do with Rugby League is on they look at each other with a 'Is this game serious!?' look. Yer man doing it this morning is clearly using all his strength to not just go 'WTF!?' at the screen.

I can understand why people are angry - I am too. But is saying we're done with RL the answer. That'll only hurt the club when they need our support more than ever! Then when we don't have the crowds the RFL can throw that back at us!