Quote: wrencat1873 "Absolutely agree and although Toronto are still trying to generate interest, after all they are playing a new sport, in a new city, what are they actually doing to begin to create their own stars of the future ?
After all, this is what would make them sustainable in the longer term.'"
You need to give it some time. A club in existence for 3 years can not be expected to start producing players its developed itself.
Quote: wrencat1873 "That wasn't really my point. Of course they will follow the money. But you need a flow of new talent as well otherwise the sport will become unsustainable. Getting rid of the salary cap could lead to our junior talent missing out because clubs would just spend money on an already established player instead.'"
The problem I have with this argument is other than Wigan from what I see the rest of Super League haven't exactly been great at producing top quality talent.
You cant play players just for the sake of it. The sport in this country isn't producing good enough players period.
I would assume the quality of coaching in Australia compared to over here is night and day and Rugby Union in the UK likely has better levels of coaching than what we are getting in Rugby League as the quality of player is lacking.
Would changes in the cap really make a difference and see players at Junior levels not given chances to progress to 1st grade? I'm skeptical that's true. If players are good enough they will make it, a coach doesn't leave out a better player simply because he is young and English.