With one condition (or 3 if you wish) that there are teams in France, Wales and London. www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/rug ... -27729005/ Fifth from last paragraph. Some will no doubt be happy, I think the majority will as it is a significant amount of money making it's way to rugby league, but others will be spitting feathers.

With one condition (or 3 if you wish) that there are teams in France, Wales and London. www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/rug ... -27729005/ Fifth from last paragraph. Some will no doubt be happy, I think the majority will as it is a significant amount of money making it's way to rugby league, but others will be spitting feathers.

I'd like to think it was correct. However I suspect its a case of a confused journalist on a local rag getting it wrong.

For clubs to receive £3m a year each the Sky contract would have to treble in value !

I don't wish to be negative but I just can not see that happening.

Also if it was £3m per year I think the game would be better served if £1m of that was distributed into the CC/C1 (£14m per season investment) rather than all the money been confined the SL clubs.

It is unclear and probably nearer £1 million per year than what I thought it was initially.

I was of the thinking that clubs initially get £1.2 million per year so it would be a decrease if it was £3 million over 3 years surely.

Typical stab in the dark South Welsh journalism and it would be spot on if it was an article on Shane Williams' dogs latest bout of flu.

or even better if it was spent on jnr development!

as said me thinks he is getting his figures a bit mixed up!

Remind me again....who exactly runs Rugby League in this country?

News Ltd
Eddie and Stevo
the clubs
the RFL


take your pick!

Harlequins.

ps Paris SG, Gateshead Thunder, Crusaders, and still we learn little about how to succesfully expand the game.

I just don't get it. How can the RFL talk about clubs becoming better run and more self efficient yet whenever SKY dangle a bit more money out on certain conditions they seem to jump at it.

Yes SKY play's a big part in the pro game BUT don't forget compared to other shows they show we don't get a huge amount so it's not as if they don't get their money's worth out of RL anyway and if anything i'd take more exposure ahead of more money.

Let's be honest as said you give 90% of clubs extra money they'll be straight on the phone down under to see who is available! Only conditions that should be set are that any new money must go on development of the club off the field and / or youth development!

As football has found more money simply leads to higher wages, then when income stream's go down (recession - sponsorship etc) often the fans are asked to cough up through ticket prices, shirt sales etc, or rely on a big benefactor to underwrite millions of pounds in losses.

football does not have a salary cap.

Catalan Dragons?