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A few people are saying this - and yet somehow Widnes managed to gain a SL place from the championship.

I really don't know why people are struggling with this. Halifax's bid wasn't as good as the other 13 so they aren't in. If someone else's had been worse, they would be in. That is all there is too it!

What I haven't seen in all this conspiracy theorising is a motive. All you doubters - can you tell us WHY the RFL would concoct an underhand, cloak and dagger process just to keep Halifax out? If Wakefield had not got a new chairman as good as Andrew Glover, then their future might be looking a good deal worse than it is and their application may have been worse than Halifax. But they did and it wasn't.

cheers, but i was aware of that. i even said it here...



doesnt change a thing though. they wouldn't have been able to suggest Fax change anything between the two stages....

it seems clear to me there was a process, Fax made a mess of it.

Still doesnt answer my questions though. Fax clearly weren't good enough so why engineer it so they could first of all apply and then why let them stay in the process, if the process is meant to ensure the best clubs are in super league?

Would they have let Fax in if their bid was better than an even worse one? That would do Fax and SL the world of good eh?

And mmp, the RFL gave Fax unfair advantage over Barrow by persuading us to massage our attencance figures. Hardly the fair process you talk of, some might say they favoured us over Barrow at that stage?

Fax entered a bid! and as said (more than once now) - once you enter a bid it would be wrong of the RFL to tell you it was bad and influence you to withdraw it...due process means they tell everyone the outcome at the same time.



Yes, presumably - as long as the minimum standards were met.

although it shows the bizarreness of this thread as it now seems to have not got to the point what Fax fans say they'd have been bad for Super League anyway so shouldnt have started an attempt!!!!



I know nothing about the 'massaged figures'. but they came before the actual bid process didn't they? The bid went in in December - from what's been said here, it seems a logical bid process to me.

Not arguing with you i'm just saying,Widnes wer judged against other champ clubs not SL clubs and how did/do the rfl judge that Andrew glover is a good chairman?.