Quote: headhunter "Super League clubs are being funded by the money that Sky pay to televise their matches. If the Championships had an equivalent TV deal, they would get equivalent funding. The fact that they don't isn't an 'artificial' problem, it's completely natural, obviously the lower leagues are never going to attract as much funding as the top league. Like I said, I'm not sure why Championship clubs feel like they should be given an equal share when they are clearly not equal in terms of how much money they bring into the sport. Once again, it comes down to the fact that certain Championship fans for some reason seem to think that the RFL are doing them an injustice by not giving money unconditionally to their clubs. It's just competely ridiculous and illogical.'"
At the same time, the RFL reduced the amount of money they gave all of the teams below Super League by 10k last year, might not sound like a lot, but it nearly sunk my club.
We're not asking for a payout, we're asking for a chance to compete, that's sport isn't it? And why isn't it injustice if the RFL will tip money into Crusaders, London, Paris and Bradford, but not two entire divisions of clubs struggling to keep their heads above the water.