In an age where franchising has brought us the Celtic, Bradford, Wakefield, and (pre Koucash) Salford debacles and to lesser extents the catastrophic overtrading at London, Cas, and HKR, and when a third choice Kiwi is wearing the England number 6 shirt, I don't think this is one of your stronger arguments to be honest.



Do you seriously expect people to pay £16-18 to watch other Clubs reserves and kids, week in week out? Come on, think about that one. Once the novelty of having an Adrian Morley or Lee Briers in your shirt has worn off for the sycophants, the rest of us have found something else to do on Sundays instead.

Your idea also assumes those outside of SL will maintain their current structure and commitment, sufficient to give a sound platform for the SL Clubs to send their kids. Judging from the damage in the Championship Clubs have faced since franchising, I'd give you 5 years until those same clubs were on a par with Wigan St Pats or Leigh Miners. The structure will at worse fall apart and at best be akin to Conference rugby and slowly the development pathway from community clubs to Super League (and back again) then has a huge gap in it.

There's a happy medium somewhere between franchise and P&R - and I think the 3/8 system is probably the best of a bad bunch because it provides a series of smaller 'manageable' (for want of a better word) gaps rather than one huge one.

What makes you think Cas Tigers would vote on the RFL's side ? We owe them nothing.

This is the preference of the Hull KR chairman, which I have to say is risky as if you were to set up a new ten team competition it is very unlikely you would want two clubs from Hull in it.

Thought the meeting was a SL meeting. Barwick is also chairman of SL isn't he and that was the hat he should of been wearing. The walkout was simply to stop the SL clubs voting. If Lenegan had majority support why walk out.

Thought the meeting was a SL meeting. Barwick is also chairman of SL isn't he and that was the hat he should of been wearing. The walkout was simply to stop the SL clubs voting. If Lenegan had majority support why walk out.

I agree that is the hat he SHOULD have been wearing but the info would indicate that he wasn't.
The RFL are desperate to get this through whilst trying to save their own skins.
What better way to do it then whilst all the opponents are not in place, Even better to then slag the 6 off whilst failing to mention key facts (Surprise vote, 2 clubs not in a real position to vote due to not being prepared for the surprise vote and the fact that another club DOESN'T even have a vote).
Also let us not forget that the RFL made a statement in which the vote was going to be AFTER the WC.

I find it hard to believe that some obviously intelligent posters arn't asking a key question.
That being how is it ok for a governing body to stoop to such underhanded tactics to get a key vote through? Exactly what are they trying to achieve?

They want the vote through without a review of themselves because they know damn well they will be out due to their inability to do anything properly.