Where is the excitement in that?

I'm hearing the new commentary gantry at Odsal is palatial and will be the envy of many a side.

I bet that alone is responsible for the increased season ticket sales. Thank God IMG came on board.

It's fully soundproofed so no one can hear Mickey G's commentary!

How does that ensure superleague clubs are making the best use of tiktok?

On a serious note, why not have the league leaders crowned champions for the championship and enter into a bottom 2 (SL) and top 2 (champ) play-off.

Still pretty weighted towards SL clubs, but at least makes the end of season a little more worthwhile.....

There may be a super league life line, with the way Salfords’ finances are at the moment, asking for advanced funding from super league to get them through the winter months.
Wouldn’t want to gain entry at the expense of a club in financial difficulties, as we have had more than most, but if someone were to benefit we should make sure we are best placed to step in.

Currently we're behind Toulouse, London and York in IMG scores. London have their own financial issues so can probably be discounted as contenders. I'm not sure SL clubs will want another French team in SL if they can do anything about it. York would appear to be in a good position with us making progress too.

I always thought that the only quick way in would be to replace another SL that went into Administration or worse.

Wasn't sure which thread to go in. How much central funding do we get for 3rd place in championship? Something like £150k? Slightly more?
The Salford discussion is rumbling on and naturally Bradford has been mentioned...both for historical issues and current ones.

It's just I'm trying to get a handle on the finances at the moment.

So most recent accounts (we were a subtenant) have us at Championship level sponsorship + ticketing + corporate + merchandise + central funding of about £150k = A part-time first team spend of £5-600k? + an academy + other costs and we make a tiny profit.

So, we don't know the impact of taking on the lease on the equation above. But overall negative, unless other income streams are available!

If we were offered a Super league place in the future - the main changes would be central funding of £150k would become £1.5m? Is that what SL clubs get? We could probably boost the first team spent to £1.5m with that, with some left over for additional costs.

Have we actually succeeded in cutting our cloth and becoming lean, with no excessive expenditure?

We have 800k of liabilities but provided that's not all owed to anyone that wants paying immediately it's no cause for alarm.

Central funding is now dished out on IMG gradings.

So Barrow who avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth will get a more than Widnes who slugged it out on the play-offs.

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Not really any levelling of the playing field for non SL clubs...

If anything it increases the advantageous position of current SL clubs, but no surprise there. Really we need expansion to be in with a chance of getting into the top flight again.

The only way in is if a SL club goes belly up IMO. Otherwise the odds are stacked against us.

Well judging by Salfords current plight and having emergency auditors go in, I don't think it's too far fetched an idea of this happening. When you look at the numbers, the idea this stadium deal is going to be the silver bullet is just dreaming. Fact is though they don't lose any IMG points still and actually aren't far off a grade A which just makes the whole IMG process a sham.