Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "You do know the Lamport Stadium in Toronto was regularly getting 8000 for Championship games?
It did take off in Toronto Canada. Our sport has just looked a gift horse in the mouth.
Sadly our small time backward thinking clubs didn’t want Toronto in Super League as they were worried they’d take their place. They were denied a share of the tv money and obstacles put in their way. Instead we will have Wakefield, Featherstone, Leigh. The sports going nowhere.'"
Look, no offence or anything but so what?
8000 people turned up for some games. Even if they were all paying full price (highly doubt that was the case) that will not and never will generate enough income to fund a team on the other side of the Atlantic given their extended cost base. That's before you even get into the contracts some of the players are on.
I agree the sport is going nowhere and has been for years but a club in Canada is not going to change that.
TWP have dropped out of SL under the guise of Covid-19 and certainly that has created a number of issues. There are clearly bigger issues though. Players were not getting paid on time before Covid-19. They had spaffed their cash on a core of players and then struggled to scrape a team together when they had a few injuries. Even with their highly paid stars they were bottom of SL and shiiite.
Now they are moaning about having to sort visas, something that is their responsibility. They are complaining about the impact on their sponsors - everyone is in the same boat.
I am pro expansion if it can be done but TWP are not showing themselves as a shining beacon of how to do this. I agree that the RFL must also shoulder some of the blame for letting it get to this point, for example, why were they allowed to sign or be in advanced discussions with new players when they were obviously so f ucked.
