£450,000 a year for a bit of advice? Not bad that!

I couldn't understand why the Bulls had been spending massive amounts assembling a squad capable, on paper at least, of walking the league, when there was no apparent chance of promotion this year. Makes you wonder if, they've been told finish top and we'll make sure you're in - and then their spending doesn't look quite as idiotic.

And crap advice at that!

The stupidist things about the IMG grading is that clubs have to be SL ready to have a chance of getting into SL. It doesnt give clubs the opportunity of growing, on the back of success. Youre meant to grow based on the opportunity of getting into SL. This isnt how sport is meant to work.

All clubs have ambitions, but youre encouraged (forced) to spend money on non-playing matters (number of spaces in the press box, number of spaces for sponsors, etc) just to have a chance of getting into SL. Take Ipswich Town in the PL as an example. They wont be on a par with the majority of teams in the PL. But, if they manage to stay up this season, they can try and build on the success and invest for the longer-term. IMG doesnt afford this opportunity.

I think we all agree the IMG system is ridiculous ....... if this would have happened in soccer the media would have been all over it like a rash, but RL get away with it because the media don't care, despite the IMG's delusion that RL stadiums require 50 press seats (lolololololol)

Everything connecting our game with IMG is e! Allus has been from day one. ...and we voted in favour of it. Grrr!

Looks like Salford are in dire straits financially. They are having a meeting and asking for £500,000 advance on their central funding. The whole sport is devoid of money at every level.

Tip of an enormous iceberg

Every RL club is running on fine margins, living month to month, one letter or demand away from been in the mire.

Only going to get worse, there's less and less central funding, less revenue coming in, and costs constantly going up. The employee national insurance contributions is going to hit some clubs hard next year. Im sure TonyFax mentioned on the accounts thread some clubs have over 100 employees, that's going to be a huge cost increase

Copied from shaymen.net , the site I'm banned from apparently

Extract from a League Express interview with Fax chief executive Damian Clayton. Published today on totalrl.com and the community.

“The Shay is our home, and we are fully committed to making it work. Sustainability is crucial, and that’s why our ownership initiative is so important.

“It provides the opportunity to not only shape the future of professional sport here but also to enhance the stadium’s role as a thriving community asset for Calderdale.”


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I deliberately left the bubba in and I can see him now lol

Maybe this was fleas big bombshell

Full article https://www.totalrl.com/halifax-panther ... an-option/

Full article https://www.totalrl.com/halifax-panther ... an-option/

As you say nothing is done till it's done however I would be surprised if Damien would be so transparent given his nature to be attached to positive news.