14/15 televised games a year is worth much much more to our game than a few thousand 20 quid tickets a year.

The Catalan games on a Saturday rate around the 30-50k mark so they are directly bringing around half a million viewers to SL and Sky. Which heartland club in the Championship could bring anywhere close to the value Catalan bring to SL if they were to be replaced.

If we have a route into SL achievable by on-field performances, then there obviously has to be another team going the other way (unless the numbers in SL do change that season). I'm confused why that shouldn't be Catalans (or indeed any other SL team) if their on-field performances that season puts them in the relegation spot?

I seem to remember quite a few years back Warrington and St Helens promoted the game outside the heartlands by way of South wales and Scotland, correct me if I,m wrong but didn't the 2 clubs go into the schools around Glasgow only for the RFL to set up the big game in Edinburgh.

That's a new story for me!

I seem to remember Huddersfield and Halifax fans getting in a tizz about Bradford Bulls billboards in their area during the Bradford glory years, and the usual suspects have kicked up a stink on here occasionally about Leeds ads popping up on the outskirts of Wakefield.

Think it was around 2002, Glasgow City Council were interested in the game at Junior Level and put money into the venture, Warrington and St Helens sent some of there high profile players there to promote the game through the schools. As already mentioned, the RFL instead of playing the big game at Glasgow opted to go away from the promoted area and play at Murrayfield, Edinburgh instead , they also stopped some of the funding they had with Glasgow City Council.