Quote: "A) Given that many clubs in the league are struggling financially, with all but two running at a loss, is it wise to add more teams to the league, spreading the sky money (which makes up a large proportion of some teams total income) ever thinner?'"
I personally wouldn't add anymore teams to the league, 7 + 7 Conference is fine, with 2 teams added at the most in the future. Fixtures could be divided between Intra Conference Home and Away, and 7 Team in the other conference at home or away, leaving 9/10 home games and and 19 overall games, leaving time for a good break before Internationals.
Quote: "B) Given that a reduction in sky money will hit the clubs with the lowest incomes hardest, and that these clubs are already struggling to spend anywhere near the salary cap limit, do you not agree that vastly reducing the sky money will only make SL more uneven, and more predicatable?'"
As said before, I would not increase the clubs immediately, and if I would, it would be by two.
Quote: "C) If so do you think this will be good for crowd figures? and tv viewing figures (and ultimately the value of the next SL tv rights deal)?'"
I don't think it will necessarily effect crowd figures, but I think it will work to make games between conferences, like Leeds vs Saints, and Leeds vs Wigan, would be much bigger spectacles if marketed properly. e
Quote: "D) Do you think the majority of the england team playing in a much more uneven league will be good for them, and increase their chance of winning a major tournament?
Adding more teams to the league will obviously result in a drop in standards (adding almost 50% more teams as most are proposing would dramatically reduce the standards in SL), where the hell are we going to find another 100+ players, if they were out there, and of SL quality, they would already be playing in SL, not in the academy league or the championship.'"
I don't want to add new teams into the League - if by any it would be to 16, with Toulouse and another club coming in.
Quote: "E) Do you think reduction in standards would be good for gate receipts and tv viewing figures (and agian ultimately the value fo teh next tv deal)?'"
With even a 16 team league, there would be little in change of the quality of play, gate receipts would not be really effected imo.
Quote: "F) Do you think playing in an even further diluted league would be good preparation for the England players, and as a result make England more or less likely to win a major tournament?'"
It would not be diluted, and I think it would benefit them with less games to play, more rest and time to prepare as a team.
