Let's be honest,it's the RFL we are talking about so the scenario that's makes the least sense will be the one they go for

My guess is if London do go,they will give Hudds Londons share of our Sky money to help pay their fine for poaching Kopzack

They did, but that was a special 'one off' situation, as I remember and was only for the one club.

To do something similar for every promoted club over, say say three seasons with two clubs promoted and relegated per season, from the fourth season onward of the new regime, if we're giving them three years to get up to speed, you would finish up with six clubs permanently 'protected' from relegation at any one time. Which means that the bottom two of the play-off teams would be relegated.

Much as I think it is better for the new clubs to 'get a leg up' I'd call that ludicrous and unworkable under P&R, to be honest. Unless you were only going to have P&R every three years, like the licensing. Still, I'm sure it's all been thought through..

Not quite, I'm suggesting there are people who don't sponsor RL in general because of its flat cap, m62 corridor image that will only be furthered by the loss of London



I dare say as the RL product is, IMO, second to none, some more of rltheserl guys (left hand column) might be interested if we had a stronger presence in other areas of the UK.

I think the big name sponsors of the RU are there because of the international nature of the other code, and its high profile TV presence which brings it a big audience. If you look at he 6-nations it is almost a social event spiced with inter-country rivalry to the extent that what actually goes on on the pitch is almost irrelevent.

But the heart of the UK marketing industry and the majority of the major corporates with sponsorship budgets are within the M25, so if you had a successful presence in London - it does make a difference to attracting high level sponsorship.

TBH I think it's more the type of person who watches yawnion than the actual numbers. Sure internationals attract huge crowds but apparently RL attracts better league TV figures. I don't watch much live polo or see any on the tele, but it sure attracts some massive names in sponsorhip due to the superior type of person involved.

That sounds very much like an Andrew Mitchell moment, surely you are not suggesting that followers of our great game are pennyless plebs

I used to be an academy player at Bronco's (when they were Harlequins) and I have too say what a shame it is. They have a great youth set up, but as people have stated its the first team ruining it for them. I just hope that some of the youngsters get a break with another SL team. And I visited a friend down in Colchester the other week and watched Hammersmith vs Eastern Rhinos, and I must say it was a great game of Rugby League! So there are some improvements at amateur level (even though Hammersmith were all Aussies and New Zealanders haha)

I've seen London under 19s this year,some very good player,it will be a massive shame if some of them lads can't get fixed with another club.It will be very difficult for them all to relocate so I guess some will be left in limbo