Quote HXSparky="HXSparky"If two clubs merge, and play at the ground of one of the clubs, then the other club dies. That's reality.
For instance, if all the clubs in West Yorkshire merged and played at Headingley, it wouldn't be long before they became known as the Yorkshire Rhino's, shortly followed by being called the Leeds Rhino's (I'm not picking on Leeds here, just an example). A quick way of killing off a lot of traditional clubs, and decimating the (already small) numbers that do turn out week in week out to support their team.
FFS, just invest in what we've got and spend some of the millions in Sky money we have in attracting and developing our own home grown players. Properly run academy and reserve leagues would be a great start.'"
What is the point in investing in the likes of Hunslet, Batley & Dewsbury when you have SL teams who have acadamys that produce most the players for these teams - the crowds are pathetic. I am cannot see a viable reason for increasing the funding directly to these clubs - just because a club was formed 100 years ago doesn't mean it has to survive for ever - that's a bonkers way of dividing up the money.
These clubs are just parasites.
