I am sick to the stomach over this although to tell the truth I never expected to get in but this farce takes the biscuit.
I am furious with the RFL but I intend to work hard so that our club does not suffer over this. Why should we walk away from our club because the RFL are corrupt? Maybe the Clubs hands are tied but the fans are not I will not be puting any money into the RFL anymore unless it directly benifits my Club.
All Championship Clubs fans should get together and put statements out , encouraging all Championship fans should no longer buy any tickets to any Super League Grand Final or travel down to Crusaders.Expansionisam has failed again but it will not be long before the RFL will promote them again and expect our clubs to inflate their crowds.
Crusaders Directors have just made a statement that they withdrew their bid because the finance was unsustainable in Super League so more than likely we will have them back in the Championship . Well let`s not spend our money going there , lets hold a fundraiser for our own Club instead and why doesn`t somebody start talking to PROBIZ to see if he fancies financing another breakaway he may be up for it.

But I feel slightly better getting t off my chest!!

If emails are sent on mass then at least they get the feeling regarding this... I will also send a letter when i have time later

I have emailed the RFL with a polite and concise view on todays decision. From what i have written, i think they can take i am unhappy and will not be attending any further RFL events.

whats look norths email i will join the party

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Clowns like Lewis and wood pay themselves 250k per and are stealing that money because they are killing the game. They say the licence system has strengthened the game yet more clubs are going to the wall than ever.I think it is time for the championship to break away take the challange cup with them and now sky have dumped us sort out our own TV deal

Mr Harry Gration,

Following todays franchise announcement I thought I would share my views as I have heard you will be interviewing Nigel Wood on tonights show,

As a Halifax RLFC Supporter I am confused and upset at the RFL’s decision, as you would expect many of us are.

Can you ask Nigel simply how he expects Fans of clubs outside SL with aspirations of top flight rugby can find the motivation to continue spending their hard earned money following the sport, when quite clearly the Governing body of this great sport are willing to support clubs breaking ‘rules’ quite clearly set in the franchise guidelines, and award these clubs with a licence?

Baffling to me.

Regards

hopefully this will be asked

Why just Wakefield's? Who says it was between us two? Why not vent your anger at Cas/Harlequins/Salford?

Do you know what really gets my goat, It goes to show that the licensing and the independant panel are totally full of e and inadequate at what they do.

Celtic Crusaders would have been allowed to stay in superleague had the club themselves not pulled the plug, So KPMG and savilles and Panel deem crusaders to be financially viable yet the people who know and run the club say they are not, what kind of credability does this give to the rest of the bids, NONE, so forget the past 3 years just because a money backer has come into wakey recently.

Its totally corrupt and I dont trust believe anything anymore. Whats more i don't beleive we ( as a club ) will do anything about it at all. I don't think they dare, and this isn't a dig but when we can't sack someone properly ( Stanley Gene ) what remote chance would we have of something like thiss, just being a realist, not a fantasist.

Thats very fair to TBH it should be Grade C licenses and companies who have been in Administration.

Hope this is better for ya.

Not outside Halifax judging by comments on various forums

Well Im a fev fan, and although our clubs have not seen eye to eye, I think todays events are disgusting, the fact is they would have kicked wakefield out had simple as that, the fact that crusaders were "made" to fall on their sword was purely so they only had to lose one club and not promote another! Had they actually kicked crusaders out they would have been obliged to kick wakefield out too, as they are as bad as each other.

And what ever the ins and outs, the crusaders ruined the championship last time they were in with one rule for them policy! and they have been a joke in super league, yet Dick lewis can stand their and say his manufactured league is a success. I think the best course of action for fans to take is a simple Wood and lewis out stance and campaign for promotion and relegation.


A sport played by warriors and run by weasels

So you sue and then I assume Wakefield counter sue and where does that get us. We won fair and square like it or not we are the better option.

However I don't like franchise and prefer these things to be sorted out on the pitch so I understand your annoyance. Wakefield are not your enemy the system is. Yet 15 years ago Halifax were happy to take their 30 pieces of silver with little concern to the clubs not so lucky so you can't take the moral high ground to much.

Somebody had to lose out.

You lost.

Get over it.

It's just a game.