Quote: JerryChicken "The only thing I'd add to that is that the sport needs money to attract better players to clubs other than the usual suspects (ie the five teams who you can even now predict will be in the playoffs).
Its absolutely pointless to let the usual suspects sign the best players with this "wishlist" of more money, if this wishlist came true then you need central contracts and players allocated to the clubs who DON'T regularly make the playoffs, however that would need a massive change in the way that club owners and more especially supporters cling to their own club interests - very few people in and out of the game have the actual concept of professional rugby league at heart, I'm convinced that most of what is now down to a hardcore of club supporters are quite happy to see their own team walk all over opposition teams by 50 points every week - its extremely short sighted.'"
There is nothing short sighted about that at all. People pay good money and support THEIR team. There is nothing wrong with that or a desire to see THEIR team hammer another. It happens in the NRL also. It is incredibly arrogant and ignorant to critisize them for that.
We all want a competition that produces high quality intense games, but why should supporters put money into a club to be penalised for supporting a club that is run successfully? The problem is from the bottom, not from the top.
