IMG Give Seven Clubs Grade A StatusSeven Betfred Super League clubs have been awarded Grade A status in the indicative phase of the new club grading process that is being introduced as part of Rugby League Commercial and IMG’s ‘Reimagining Rugby League’ strategy.Leeds Rhinos lead the way, following detailed analysis of every club’s performance under five pillars – On-Field Performance, Fandom, Finances, Stadium and Community.But they are run very close by three other clubs with Wigan Warriors, St Helens and Catalans Dragons all close behind.READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Cas appealing has they are not happy that IMG not scored them enough for their decades of failure to meet minimum standards or not scored for their artist impression of fictitious new grounds across multiple sites

Dont think Fulton CBA personally.

Ive a few friends / family members who are at their wits end with how the club is being run.

What does this all mean?
I get that IMG have come up with a criteria and have graded teams.
Does this mean that if we were to go for a 14 team league the likes of Bradford would get in but London wouldn`t?
And will this happen next year the year after or is it just indicative of what teams need to achieve?
And if so what happens when they do achieve it?

What does this mean for London, both in terms of recruitment ahead of next season and results during?
Win every game but still don't make SL for 2025? Can't recruit to make a fist of it on the basis they're only in SL for a year?
Which would beg the question, what's the point?

The point is to give teams a grade because we have a grading system.

Then the game will spread like wild fire and be flush with cash.

Its to force change through after years of apathy.

The scores given are only preliminary so plenty of time to get areas boxed off and on the way to improvement or alternatively do nothing.

Leeds the highest graded club, goes against what most have said on here regarding the state of the club.

Fantastic result for us, shows what a huge club we are in this country.

Nice to see cas finally be told to ship up or ship out.

I think it does the exact opposite.
It confirms that the results and performances have been way below those expected of the highest graded club in the league.

I thought that might come. It really doesn't as people have challenged the management of first team affairs not the club as a whole. Unless I missed those posts?

Absolutely, the grading obviously wasn't achieved through onfield performances. Great credit for growing the club as a whole. Though also to be factored in is the size of the city and opportunity that should create.

I'm loving all the Weegan fans on Farcebook complaining they should be top because they just won SL.

If they end up owning the stadium they possibly could be top of the pop's.