Quote: Zoo Zoo Boom "The one thing this sport has lacked is a killer instinct to move the sport forward - 30+ pro clubs relying on the elite 12 to fund them is bonkers. Too much sentimentality - too much trying to ensure the weakest survive rather than encouraging them to grow at the cost of the top clubs. The salary cap is there to protect the weak - its a downward spiral that will continue until Sky go no more and its back to part time'"
Can you name any other sport in which a segment of the fanbase is absolutely determined to kill off a bunch of clubs for "not pulling their weight"?
It's gone beyond some sort of strategic thinking (which generally shuffles mythical clubs and mythical fan bases around) to genuinely believing that the problem with British RL is that we have too many clubs. It's insanity of the highest order. The big clubs have failed to grow their audiences and revenues and have taken that out on the smallest ones, which in turn offer the most pound for pound value in their communities.