Quote: Starbug "You have obviously put a lot of thought into this subject , maybe you could tell us of your opinions on how the clubs currently not playing for anything [ ie half of SL , and the whole of this seasons Championship can enthuse their supporters , both walk up and corporate ?'"
maybe you have just hit the nail on the head, why should a very very very tiny chance of getting to the grand final make you have less pride in your team? if you have bandwagon fans then i feel sorry for you. as it is i love watching rugby league as do a lot of fans so why would promotion have any effect on that. also did you have a massive attendence when you got promotion? as it stands teams now in super league have the stability of knowing if they take a chance with young ones they can develop them and not flirt with relegation.
NRL have stuck with the franchise system and it has worked they have built up rugby league in aus and are about to broker a tv deal which we could only dream of.