think you will find they were fast tracked, by being allowed to run above the cap in nl2, have more overseas players than what the other teams were allowed and the same again when they came up to nl1 it was not an even contest if they had run to the same rules as the rest in nl2 they would still be there in bridgend playing to gates of 500

More than once. What league were Paris St Germain playing in before joining SL?

obviously the mega-disaster of the century by the RFL - trying to fabricate a team from a non-heartland area was proven to be a pretty meaningless experiment so hopefully the RFL have learned their lesson plus the Charlety is probably the most heartless stadium ever created - I can't recall any sporting venue with less atmosphere,just an unwelcoming concrete jungle - access was easy tho' parking the usual parisian nightmare

most french RL fans I am in contact with are dreading the thought of a return to Parisian RL

There shouldn't be any. Toulouse should be next, and they're not that far off. They've got work to do but then it isn't easy.

Quote Dunbar="Dunbar"Interesting to read the thoughts of Richard Lewis here... news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 326322.stm By far the most significant paragraph is the last for me “And our own figures show that, across the country, more people played rugby league in 2010 than ever before, a trend we are sure will continue"'" yes,that is good news and long may it continue - it's great for a carrot-cruncher like me to see the game now being played in Norfolk ! However,more worrying for me is the article in the League Express of 22/11/10 under the heading 'RFL PLANS CHAMPIONSHIP CRACKDOWN' where it states that attendances at 16 of the 22 Championship clubs actually fell in 2010 Interestingly it also states that Championship clubs receive around £120,000 from central distribution compared to £25,000 in 2004 - a considerable increase which doesn't seem to have prevented the likes of Donny, Hornets, Gateshead,Cougars & Whitehaven from going into administration

Quote Dunbar="Dunbar"Interesting to read the thoughts of Richard Lewis here... news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 326322.stm By far the most significant paragraph is the last for me “And our own figures show that, across the country, more people played rugby league in 2010 than ever before, a trend we are sure will continue"'" yes,that is good news and long may it continue - it's great for a carrot-cruncher like me to see the game now being played in Norfolk ! However,more worrying for me is the article in the League Express of 22/11/10 under the heading 'RFL PLANS CHAMPIONSHIP CRACKDOWN' where it states that attendances at 16 of the 22 Championship clubs actually fell in 2010 Interestingly it also states that Championship clubs receive around £120,000 from central distribution compared to £25,000 in 2004 - a considerable increase which doesn't seem to have prevented the likes of Donny, Hornets, Gateshead,Cougars & Whitehaven from going into administration

looks likley to happen in the next few years tho' there are still utterings within the french game that the FFR are still talking about another Parisian venture - Mr Larrat,the big cheese in the FFR isn't the most popular man in the french RL set-up with the clubs though.His proposals to drastically reduce the amount of overseas players in the LER in one foul swoop failed miserably,being outvoted by all the club chairmen !

If all that is true, how come they owed the RFL £800K as has been suggested on here recently?

You seem to have problems understanding English. Especially the concept of tenses - ie, how is what happened with PSG in 1995 (the past) covered by the verb "is" (the present)?



The actual figure quoted at length on here is £700k (but hey, what's £100,000 between friends?). For services rendered.

I love it when various flat earthers quote the fact that the RFL [icharged [/iCrusaders for services rendered as evidence of a subsidy, or funding by the RFL. If the RFL had supplied services without charging, you might have a point. But they didn't. They charged for those services. Therefore it wasn't a susbsidy. It's really not that difficult to grasp.

OK £700K, I wasn't too fussed about seeking out the exact figure mentioned on here because:

1. Being posted on RL Fans does not in itself constitute the truth.

2. The principle remains whatever the "exact" amount.

I love it when bigots stare down from their high horse and completely fail to comprehend posts becasue their prejudices blind them to what is actually written.

The phrase is "financed by", not subsidised.

And if there is a charge for services rendered, they're not "financed by" any more than they are "subsidised by". Sophistry does not count as argument



The RFL financing the club would be giving money or services, not charging for them. hth.

Had they not still owed the RFL £700K you might be right. As they apparently do then they have to all intents and purposes been financed (not wholly, but to a significant degree) by the RFL.

You brought the word subsidy into the reply, not me, please don't presume to burden my posts with your prejudices.