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| Super League 1 and Super League 2 is just playing around with words.
Super League 2 = Championship
TV companies are hard enough pressed to show SL, never mind second tier RL.
You could call it whatever the feck you want but, it will not matter.
Far better to expand the comp properly, to either 14 or 16 clubs and if this number cannot be funded, why the hell are we adding more expansion clubs into the mix.
The game is spitting in the wind and trying to expand what essentially is a domestic competition all over the world and whilst it will bring some short term exposure, the medium term is just bonkers and this will be born out at the end of next season in the qualifiers, when success will depend more on how the fixtures fall, than which is the "better" team.
There has to be a serious increase in the TV deal to make it worth while or, quite simply, we should not be getting involved in the North American experiment and even with increased funding, we are gambling with the games future.
There needs to be a clear strategy to deal with the games expansion, with appropriate increases in funding. If not, we are committing harakiri.
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| 14 team Super League, no relegation, Toulouse and Toronto in.
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| Why do we need to keep the teams at the bottom playing for something. Don't like this whole idea that every team needs something to play for through the whole year.
All sporting competitions has teams who end middle of the road. No idea why super league has to be different.
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| Quote: kobashi "Why do we need to keep the teams at the bottom playing for something. Don't like this whole idea that every team needs something to play for through the whole year.
All sporting competitions has teams who end middle of the road. No idea why super league has to be different.'"
But the ones that people turn up in numbers to watch don't. Middle of the road in the Premiership is different to being out of the top 8 running half way through the season. £25 becomes a lot to pay for a match that isn't much more than a friendly.
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| Quote: bramleyrhino "Well I wasn't making this about Leigh, but whatever.
Have a nice day Cokey.'"
No, but you have done.
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1506.jpg [quote:18jc6kzm]I wish everyone would read bramleyrhino's post two or three times just to get it through some thick skulls[/quote:18jc6kzm]
[quote:18jc6kzm]Mr bramleyrhino speaks a lot of sense.[/quote:18jc6kzm]
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| Quote: Cokey "No, but you have done.'"
Really? Prey tell....
Or continue making a show of yourself. Either one is fine with me.
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