Hi Guys and Girls,

I'm currently studying Sports Business Management at Leeds Metropolitan University, and am currently working on my dissertation. The title of which is "Licensed to Succeed", and the overall aim of the study is "To explore the effect of the introduction of the franchise system (licensing system) in Rugby League." The main focus of this will be on competitive balance and also attendances in the league.

The questionnaires are just 1/4 types of data collection i am doing, and will be used to support / counter the statistics that i have compiled. These statistics consist of a Competitive Balance analysis, which is a formula that shows how competitive our league is, as well as an attendance analysis. The final part of data collection will be interviews with SL clubs (players, coaches etc.)

The questionnaire is very simple, and is open to interpretation, [sizeplease make sure to tick the box and then explain your answer in full. [/size

For ethical issues no-one under the age of 18 should complete the survey, and if you are under 18 and choose to do so, then it is at your own risk. All responses given will be anonymous and as such, it means you are fully able to give a full response to each of the questions.

Your help is much appreciated, so thank you in advance!

Sean M.

Done. Some interesting questions.

is that a good or bad interesting matt? lol!

appreciate the help to you and the other bulls fans whove taken it so far!

Interesting in a good way. Made me think about the whole system. Good luck with the dissertation.

glad to hear it, and thanks for the well wishings! again appreciate the help, couldnt do it without everyone taking part!

*bump

Just doing it now.

Perhaps you should try opening your survey to none Sl supportes as you will probably get a different slant on the answers. Targetting only SL fans would not really give a broad view of the effects of franchising.
Good luck by the the way.

Well done for coming up with a survey that majors on narrative explanation rather than just ticking boxes.

Good choice of questions too. Especially since several of them have no easy answer and you need to think.

The bad news is that the narrative explanations and need to think means a considered response will take some time - for me at a bit of a premium right now.

If I get the chance, I'll complete it. When is your closing date please?

well, initially id only hoped for 100 responses, but the whole thing has been a resounding success and so far i have 302 responses, ill be leaving it open till tomorrow or at the latest monday, but i will be removing the link from here and if you havent completed it by then, just pop me a pm and ill let you have a crack!

i appreciate the positive feedback on the survey, thank you! you'd be surprised how many people chose to ignore the please explain your answers in full, however im happy to have all responses of all kinds!

as i said if you dont get a chance to get it done by tomorrow pm me and ill send you the link before taking it down!

hi mate, i had initially thought of doing this, yet as the proposal's got further along the line the scope was narrowed down to just SL teams and fans. apologies if this has effected you!

thank you however for your wellwishing!

Will try tomorrow. May have to be brief answers though.

You missed out a key question: "Is some clubs having having a rich owner with a big chequebook a good thing or a bad thing for the competition, in the context of franchising?

And that is only partly in jest. It MIGHT be something to consider in your dissertation, given the security that having the assured financial backing provides. Are the implications any different to having or not having a rich backer in a P&R environment? I'm not sure, but it might be an interesting subject for consideration given that we have a competition that is polarising between those with a rich backer and those without. They will doubtless say the same in the lower leagues - especially with O'Connor at Widnes. Is it any co-incidence that they are the favourites for a franchise?

Serious suggestion!

And what's this about a Wolf won't bite a Wolf in your sig though? Since you are a Wire fan that's a given?

Great, until you have to read all of them

I would like to thank everyone who has taken the questionnaire and all the well-wishers also!

Initially i had set out to only get 100 responses, yet as testament to the brilliant nature of RL supporters i had to upgrade my account with survey monkey to recieve over 100 responses. Since friday i have recieved 345 responses!

so thank you each and every one for helping out! (and making my work so much more detalied)

Sean M