Expansion is a good idea, if it means more players (and fans?), not sure Toronto bring this.

Keep the Bye for 2021, promote the top eligible team from the championship for 2022 and that allows everyone to recover as well as they can from Covid restrictions,

That’s a great call imo. We need expansion out of the heartlands for the greater good of the game. Relegation should be scrapped permanently. I’d look at London and York. However I’d start giving ultimatums to likes of Wakey to get their house in order too though. Their ground is a disgrace.

What "help" should they have received? They set the conditions of their promotion with empty promises the game owes/owed them nothing.
The new potential owner was trying it on as well he couldnt even provide proof of funding.

Can anyone else see a potential league split? If not now but at some time in the next couple of years?

We don't néed expansion
We need to fully support the existing clubs in the heartlands of RL. Clubs with a rich history. Stop the pipe dreams....

Embarrassed the vote went the way it did. But not surprised.

Glad Leeds voted in favour along with Catalan and Saints. They see the bigger picture and what the game was trying to achieve. Unfortunately at this moment in time I feel very disheartened with the game.

Perhaps that will change. But the game just becomes more and more of a minority sport for local people.

I just wanted more.

The thing is though, however much I want expansion Toronto being in our domestic league got as many people from outside the game thinking WTF as much as seeing it as a positive.

Its only a bigger picture if it’s actually viable

Dodgy bid put together by an organisation 3000 miles away. Speaks volumes that Leeds, warry and saints felt it a offerrd more than some of the heartland clubs apparently do

We have to start with something that is practical. In the same country would be good, but France is the next best option so we can develop the local infrastructure and therefore national team.

It would be great to be in North America, but it would have to be as a stand alone competition so would need at least 6-8 teams there to make it work. Then you can work on the quality of the competition.

We have to think very carefully about where we grow, it must be sustainable or we are ing in the wind. Again.

It's happened before with expansion clubs folding and it's the fans who were converted to the game that have been lost that I feel sorry for

Candidly what do we expect. The three teams who voted for them , Leeds ,Saints, Catalans always see the positive side of the game and they was one Abstention In Warrington. Looking at the remaining teams, no doubt led by Wigan teams who always put themselves first, along with their bank balance. I never agreed with Canada, 3,000 miles for a game of rugby is a long way, but something has to be done to expand the game, without expansion we are totally reliable on Sky TV for their sponsorship money. Teams like Wakefield, Cas, Salford will never vote for change, they are 100% reliant on Sky Money. A serious rethink is needed, change the system, and see what happens.
We need one more team at least , 12 team competition, 22 games per season. No relegation for 5 years. Within this time, clubs have to develop their grounds , their academy, if they don’t meet the requirement they lose their super league status. No ifs or buts etc. Simply they are relegated down a division. Extend the game in the UK France and Ireland. There is more than enough scope to develop the game in France Ireland and UK, it just needs someone who can market the game, advertise the game. Big shake up is needed, no ifs or buts, set the rules and apply them.

Don't make us out to be Saint's. Believe me, Hetherington and Co will have seen something on it for us to have voted in Torronto's favour.

Be interesting to see what happens with Ward, Flower and Hall after the news today too.

Can't just erect a team in a far out location, fill it with super league and NRL players and expect it to magically 'grow the game.' Get some grassroots going over there, and maybe a professional club will naturally arrive after 20 years.

Maybe they should look inward, rather than always looking outward or trying the next quick fix

It's always the same. Change needed, new plan, better marketing, gotta grow the game, yadda yadda yadda.