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You think Widnes are 'rather doomed with Betts' !?
ah yes! That's what Saints and Wolves fans said, immediately befor they got a pasting from Widnes.
Irrespective of my Widnes bias, how can you think that Salford and London will surpass Hull KR?
As far as the structure goes... It may work as a novelty idea, if ALL clubs involved got the same or at least a similar cut of the money and there was a universal salary cap, the same for everyone (allowing, say Leigh or Fax to get a sugar daddy and spend the same as Wolves and Leeds). But as it stands it is a joke.
It's a more dangerous version of the much trumpeted RL Nines that was, on its introduction, announced as RL's version of 20/20 cricket.
Let's ignore the fact that RL didn't need a version of 20/20 cricket for a minute.
Three rounds into that comp, a senior RL official sat behind me at one of the games asked me what I thought. I repeated the thoughts of some coaches, which I agreed with, that it was a decent run out for the younger teams, as a fitness exercise, but would never catch on at Senior level. The said official was like a rejected school kid and continued to look for my (an anonymous fan's) approval.
I put this idea in the same bracket. The level of creative thinking and business acumen at RFL is NVQ business studies level, at best, IMHO.
Thank you and goodnight
(I'll be back in another 4 years!)

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If they sort out the funding of 24 clubs then option 3 would work and bring meaningful games week in week out. I doubt they can find a solution though in time foe the vote in July

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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow] [quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png



Quote: DemonUK "If they sort out the funding of 24 clubs then option 3 would work and bring meaningful games week in week out. I doubt they can find a solution though in time foe the vote in July'"


The level of funding would have to be pooled and be directly linked to where you finish at the end of the season.

There is about £20,000,000 available from the RFL/TV money to fund this set up....

Divide this by 6, with 3 portions for the top table, 2 for the mid table and 1 for the bottom set and you have the following scenario:

Top tier £1.2 million each
Mid Tier $825,000 each
Bottom Tier $410,000

The financial step up between tiers is not "massive"....and as the clubs in the bottom 16 start to develop their players, then they will climb. The potential hammerings when the top 8 face those at the bottom will become less prevelant as the teams playing from positions 9-24 will have a lot to play for.....and after a while, those in the mid 8 will knock off the top 8 more often.

A few rules need to be put in place. If a player signs for a club aged 16 or over, then regardless of if he is off contract or not, a set fee has to be paid to that club should he move to a higher ranked club.
Scenario: Dixon is at London who are in the mid section. He is off contract at the end of 2015 and agrees terms with Wire to join them in 2016. To stop the bigger clubs cherry picking stars like this, there needs to be at least some form of renumeration for the club that trained him.....not a massive amount money, but £50,000.

Stadiums and their requirements need to be to a certain standard, but more so on health and safety grounds.....the empty boxes at Salford and Saints point to fans wanting a safe place to watch the game from, not a prawn sarnie. For now, grounds like Bell View, The Jungle, Odsal etc are fine.....they will develop when the demand dictates they must....putting the cart before the horse is not the way forward IMHO.

The above is only "thinking out loud: by the way......I am sure it has more holes than swiss cheese

Change is coming.....let's hope that the RFL and the clubs make the right choice for the future of the game

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Quote: Eddie Marks "i dont buy that 27 games + the cup is too many games. top nrl players will play 24 league games, 3 soo + presidents cup etc. so they arent playing that many games fewer then ours, and only clubs that progress in the cup will play a few more anyway'"


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Only a select few will play 3 Origin games and some of those might not even get a play off game. If you are a top player for a top team including origin, you could potentially play in 31 games per year in the NRL. In Super League you could potentially play in 36. 5 weeks is a big difference, hence why Super League starts in early Feb and the NRL starts in March. That's a lot less time in training / time off. Better still every NRL club gets 2 bye rounds to guarantee time off throughout the season. You would have to get knocked out of the 1/4 finals of the CC to get the same in Super League.

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How do you suggest the amateur game is funded?

Not to mention referees, internationals etc

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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow] [quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png



Quote: cod'ead "How do you suggest the amateur game is funded?

Not to mention referees, internationals etc'"


as I said, swiss cheese...

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