Quote: The Ghost of '99 "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.'"
I would argue that the large clubs have had no incentive to grow their fan bases. When you're salary cap is limited, there's only so much worth you can get by being richer, and getting and training new fans can be costly