I hope that whatever structure changes is decided that the franchise test will still be retained inc. finance and ground condition etc.

I do believe that promotion and relegation should be found a place in the future structure but I would hate to see an annual up and down situation of basically the same clubs. One team up and one team down should I feel be a maximum but there must be some protection for the teams that one year simply would not give (and quite possibly with Administration being the result). Having said that I dare say that if I supported a team in the Championships I would probably accept any opportunity to get into Superleague!!!

Current attendances in the lower divisions are sadly very low (mind you so too have London attendences been, particularly this year). Whilst I recognise that superleague will create excitement and increased crowds I am yet to be convinced that the increase will be at a level to ensure a promoted club's success. However, I would still want that chance as a championship supporter!!!

People on the forums seem to be quoting that the 8 split system is the favoured one but I am certainly not convinced. This and other boards surely are not the arbiters of deciding the future league system and a thousand board responses would not make it so. I cannot/dont believe that the number favouring one system or the other by posting on this board carries the strength of argument to make such an important decision. But as I said before a mechanism for P & R should be found but it should be made to work within the existing system.

Having 4 teams from Superleague and the Championship competing against each other to me seems unworkable because of the gap in finances/player quality throughout the season. I know it can occasionally work that the lower division club can succeed in an important game and as I have said above the Championship side will want to take that opportunity. I do not believe that this will happen in the proposed system

I support the statement of Tony Smith. I believe the RFL should not keep changing the existing systems which frankly have hardly been given much chance to work.

I prefer a 14 team Superleague.

I accept that my submission is not a vote in favour or against all the proposals - It is just an opinion ilke everybody elses.

More money for the Championship clubs first and P & R to go with it.

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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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.

How do you suggest the amateur game is funded?

Not to mention referees, internationals etc

as I said, swiss cheese...