250k may run a team/squad, but you need to double that figure for development, junior amateur development, marketing, otherwise it wont last too long, the reason so many expansion teams fold is the foundations are not there or are built on sand. need to have a 5 year plan before a league one team and then another 5 year plan to develop home grown players. i would throw 100k a year at getting strong foundations for 5 years then enter a team. if they can get 12-20 clubs up there with teams from 9's to open age then they will have a pathway fro the best players to became professional players in ten years and have a steady production line.
but its a start of cause.

Did you read the article in full?

Not sure whether it's on the BBC site too, but the RFL Club Finder shows there are about 20 clubs in Scotland. Although that figure is all clubs, and each club differs in what age groups they have. Some might only be open age for instance, some might just run a few junior sides. Plus, I'm not sure how up to date the info is.

That is the link I just posted it off my phone rather than a desktop. Its the from the bottom of the bbc sport - rugby league page

The link that Brid B&W posted is the one I was referring to.

Regards

King James

Sadly most of these clubs are just a "webpage". The only team that could be considered to be active is Aberdeen, other than that its nothing more than Glasgow based Rugby Union players who assemble a team to challenge Aberdeen, or defunct clubs which haven't had the interest to keep going.