Football isnt a fair comparison as it has world wide appeal. Rl has a salary cap , a narrow team base( the m62 cats aside) and a similar rival sport in ru. Whilst the heartland clubs should never be forgotten should the larger clubs be held back by smaller clubs. Nrl has seen many teams amalgamate to survive which has allowed other teams to form and join and storm are a great example of this, as are a few others. I believe in promotion/ relegation as the lower clubs need a target to aim for but some will never have the fan base to succeed due to their location and size of the local population as well as rival sports to contend with.

To be fair, its also shown those needing to hide behind straw men too.

The good thing about Toulouse is that it has grassroots supporters and players. It has a good junior system. It has sponsorship. The grassroots supporters and players will expand in numbers once the team is in Super League (as happened with Catalans).

The good thing about Toronto is that it has grassroots supporters (3,000 season tickets already) and a brilliant boss, with two competent coaches, and plenty of sponsorship. All it needs now is to build a good team with some Canadian or American NFL rejects involved, and to start serious junior development.

Toulouse and Toronto are examples of expansion done right.

Hopefully one of them will eventually replace Catalans, because they've one of the best teams but won't win nothing.

Toronto haven't actually played a game yet , you do realise that ?

I did realise that. However I thought that they were raring to roll through League One undefeated and rarely even challenged, just like the brave Frenchmen of Toulouse.