Quote: tb "And apparently the current 14 SL clubs voted earlier this year to keep the number of clubs at 14 for 2012-14, even knowing that the RFL had already stated that one championship club would be given a licence. Apparently they'd rather take a 1 in 14 chance (well not really for Saints, Wigan, Leeds etc) of losing all SL TV money than have the pot split 15 ways.'"
It'll be the same situation as a few years ago when the SL clubs decided that in order to admit Catalans to the SL they would evict the bottom 2 clubs the following season thus allowing the NL1 champions to be promoted along with Catalans. Widnes proposed that rather than relegating 2 sides SL relegated no-one and added 2 teams thus increasing SL to 14 teams. Surprise, surprise the big clubs in SL who know they wouldn't be in danger of filling the bottom 2 places the following season voted against increasing the league and so having to further 'spread the wealth'.
You can bet that Wakey, Cas, Salford & possibly one or two others would have been in favour of increasing the league to 15 if a championside was added this time.
