NL1 clubs should certainly be able to pull in more sponsorship and different sponsors through those sponsors getting exposure in a different market. A tiny sample of the fans (on here) seem negative but NL clubs should be looking at the larger number of latent supporters that could be attracted to games if they were given a reason to attend. If club chairmen simply explain the reasons why Toulouse have been placed into NL1, rather than NL2, their spectators may react more positively. If they whinge about the iniquities of the situation then spectators will take their cue.

No chance once again we bend over for foreigners, if Tlouse had started in nl2 and worked up that would have been acceptable a bit but all nl2 clubs rejected them so nl1 teams showed how lily livered they are.

So:
- If they are included straight into SL it's unfair because they bypass the Championship.
- If they start in the Championship it's unfair because they bypass Championship1 AND it's too expensive for the other clubs to play them.
- If they start in Championship1 it's too expensive for the clubs to play them.

I suggest you either:
- Figure out a way to include a French club into the higher division which avoids the above problems.
or
- Admit that no matter how it happens you will be opposed to it.

Yes leave them where they are , unfortunatley they might not have anywhere else to play from now on as they seem to have p155ed off the other French clubs

What reasons were given for them not being allowed into the Lord Derby cup ?

I understand that the reason they couldn't enter the Lord Derby was that another team had been voted into their position which meant that the usual 32-16-8-4-2 format couldn't have been continued with.

So the Elite clubs we not willing to inconvienience themselves to help the club that has expessed a desire to move to a supposed better competition

Better hope they are a success or they might not let them back in if things dont work out