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The Wasps guy owns the Ricoh arena. Personally I think he's just saying this about a Super League club to try and get us to host big rugby league events at his stadium, which will make him a load of money. There is already a League one club in Coventry, let's see if this guy actually invests any money into it.

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RE magic weekend, l have only missed 2 and i always watch every game, l dont think i have ever seen more than 15k at any one game, most fans turn up for their game and then go, Newcastle will NEVER be more than a third full. OK l know if you pick a stadium of 25K, sods law, 30k fans will have a collective bang on the head, and turn up all at once, so the RFL carn,t risk it. for me Coventry would be fine.

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Quote: wrencat1873 "Yet again the sport is potentially lurching in new directions.
The issue with Wasps hinges on whether they are just looking at an additional revenue to help the Union club or, are they really wanting to promote Rugby League and for me, they have zero interest in helping our sport and wish only to help themselves.

Our sport needs a clear strategy and someone at the top who can deliver to whatever the agreed plan may be.

Toronto has genuine possibilities to expand the game to a new market but, moving an existing SL "franchise" to Coventry, to help out Wasps RU would do nothing and, what happens if said club were to get relegated ?
They would be left to wither and die
The game is never going to do anything if we aren't going to accept people getting involved if they benefit from it.

This idea that continuing to ruin league 1 by temporarily putting in clubs wholly unsuitable for it as if this 'proves' something is utter madness. We are destroying the lower leagues as a competition. For the vast majority of clubs league 1 isn't a competition it's a hurdle for a different club to get over. The championship isn't a competition you win it's a competition you try and get out of and it is wildly uncompetitive.

Wasps stadium cannot be supported by league 1 RL. It can't be supported by Championship RL. It benefits nobody to have them playing league 1 of championship RL. So they won't and won't risk doing so. Who would?

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Quote: SmokeyTA "if we are waiting for owners to come along and invest for our benefit rather than theirs we will be waiting for ever.

The game is never going to do anything if we aren't going to accept people getting involved if they benefit from it.

This idea that continuing to ruin league 1 by temporarily putting in clubs wholly unsuitable for it as if this 'proves' something is utter madness. We are destroying the lower leagues as a competition. For the vast majority of clubs league 1 isn't a competition it's a hurdle for a different club to get over. The championship isn't a competition you win it's a competition you try and get out of and it is wildly uncompetitive.

Wasps stadium cannot be supported by league 1 RL. It can't be supported by Championship RL. It benefits nobody to have them playing league 1 of championship RL. So they won't and won't risk doing so. Who would?'"


I may not have worded my post too well but, I firmly believe that Wasps have zero interest in RL and that they are only "looking" at the "potential" to secure revenue from high value fixtures like CC semi final or Magic Weekend, which would be superb "bonus" events for them and quite frankly, if this is their motive, they are not the right "fit" for us.

Going back to the point on league 1 etc, as we are currently, there is no "right" to play in SL as we have a promotion and relegation system in place and really, this issue needs dealing with long before we entertain the advances of clubs like Wasps.

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[b:3w2ur1db]Superleague Titles[/b:3w2ur1db] Warrington Wolfs - 0 Wakefield Trinity - 0 Leigh Centurions - 0 [quote="Budgiezilla":3w2ur1db]Surely it can only be a player from Catalans. Probably the best RL side I have ever witnessed in this season's comp.[/quote:3w2ur1db]:



Quote: wrencat1873 "I may not have worded my post too well but, I firmly believe that Wasps have zero interest in RL and that they are only "looking" at the "potential" to secure revenue from high value fixtures like CC semi final or Magic Weekend, which would be superb "bonus" events for them and quite frankly, if this is their motive, they are not the right "fit" for us.

Going back to the point on league 1 etc, as we are currently, there is no "right" to play in SL as we have a promotion and relegation system in place and really, this issue needs dealing with long before we entertain the advances of clubs like Wasps.'"


Indeed

They are going to go through all the hassle of setting up a super league club with all the costs involved of it in order to make £20k a year from hosting a CC semi final.

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Quote: boomer "RE magic weekend, l have only missed 2 and i always watch every game, l dont think i have ever seen more than 15k at any one game, most fans turn up for their game and then go, Newcastle will NEVER be more than a third full. OK l know if you pick a stadium of 25K, sods law, 30k fans will have a collective bang on the head, and turn up all at once, so the RFL carn,t risk it. for me Coventry would be fine.'"


I've seen more like 25k at Magic Weekend games, e.g.

www.rugby-league.com/_mediaimage ... xwidth=700

Coventry is too small.
Quote: boomer "RE magic weekend, l have only missed 2 and i always watch every game, l dont think i have ever seen more than 15k at any one game, most fans turn up for their game and then go, Newcastle will NEVER be more than a third full. OK l know if you pick a stadium of 25K, sods law, 30k fans will have a collective bang on the head, and turn up all at once, so the RFL carn,t risk it. for me Coventry would be fine.'"


I've seen more like 25k at Magic Weekend games, e.g.

www.rugby-league.com/_mediaimage ... xwidth=700

Coventry is too small.


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