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No surprises really but think its a blow to the sport.

www.sportengland.org/funding/ngb ... 13-17.aspx
No surprises really but think its a blow to the sport.

www.sportengland.org/funding/ngb ... 13-17.aspx


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That's a very significant drop of £11.5 million in Sport England funding for the game.

2009-2013 - £29 million.
2013-2017 - £17.5 million.

Ouch!

Some tough decisions need to be made about the future direction of the game ASAP.

I guess the propping up of failed SL franchising experiments might be the first among many fanciful short-sighted indulgences to be given the axe.

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Quote: William Eve "That's a very significant drop of £11.5 million in Sport England funding for the game.

2009-2013 - £29 million.
2013-2017 - £17.5 million.

Ouch!

Some tough decisions need to be made about the future direction of the game ASAP.

I guess the propping up of failed SL franchising experiments might be the first among many fanciful short-sighted indulgences to be given the axe.'"


Think it's more to do the fact the RFL haven't got the required numbers playing at grass roots. It is a massive drop and the RFL do need to give some answers.

Disappointing thing is that I feel Sport England could have backed RL a lot more with us hosting the WC. Think it's a real missed opportunity for the sport. But obviously Sport England weren't impressed with the numbers presented by the RFL.

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Maybe the absence of Richard Lewis made a difference?

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I think unfortunately Sport England have jumped on the Olympic bandwagon and are funding lots of Olympic sports that have seen participation increases just after the games.

I was at Headingley a few weeks ago where Hetherington said that the RFL had been warned the funding would be cut but weren't sure by much, from his tone at the time I think he was expecting a bigger cut actually, but effectively the message is that the onus for funding development at grass roots is now upon the SL clubs rather than on the governing body. So development officers that were prdviously funded by the RFL with Sport England money will now have to be funded by clubs. Which might explain the SL clubs desire to merge academies and save money from there earlier in the year, if they knew this was coming down the track.

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This money is entirely earmarked for development and increasing the number of players at grassroots. None of it goes to the professional game.

RL has seen numbers decline because of the new counting system Sport England have introduced. To be counted as "regularly participating" a player needs to be involved X times a week (think it's three), over a sustained period. So lots of people who had previously been counted are now no longer included. This same system has seen practically every sport experience a drop in numbers.

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Quote: William Eve "That's a very significant drop of £11.5 million in Sport England funding for the game.

2009-2013 - £29 million.
2013-2017 - £17.5 million.

Ouch!

Some tough decisions need to be made about the future direction of the game ASAP.

I guess the propping up of failed SL franchising experiments might be the first among many fanciful short-sighted indulgences to be given the axe.'"

Considering that the RFL are unable to spend any of the money they were getting from Sport England on the professional game then it would be very odd to link the two.

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This is a terrible blow, the biggest drop in funding out of any sport, wendyball gets an increase, on the back of what? Why can't they self fund given all the money being chucked down the drain. Man City alone pay out £500M/season in wages, how about a PL grass roots tax of 0.3% which would give around £30M to soccer (on a notional £3Billion PL player wage)

Does £4.7M for talented player development come on top of the £17.5M?

Also given the below statement, does it refer to the BARLA/Northern amateur game in relation to switching to summer, because we've been playing 'summer' rugby for yonks everywhere else outside of Yorkshire/Lancashire/Cumbria and SL has been that way since the 90s

"The RFL has recently switched its main competitive season to the summer to provide a better experience for players and to avoid disruptions to the playing schedule through poor weather. To reduce the number of games cancelled further still, the RFL will use £1 million of capital funding to continue with its programme to improve and renovate pitches.

£4.5 million of Sport England’s funding will be used to support the development of talented players, creating better alignment with the Super League clubs and smoothing the path between the transition between the community and professional games.

Sport England’s Director of Sport, Lisa O’Keefe, said: “Changing the competition season and focusing on club and league development are sensible ways to increase the number of people playing rugby league. The plans for the contact version of the game will help to keep more people in the game while the expansion into touch will help attract new players, and those who have less time, to an exciting game.”

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Quote: nadera78 "This money is entirely earmarked for development and increasing the number of players at grassroots. None of it goes to the professional game.

RL has seen numbers decline because of the new counting system Sport England have introduced. To be counted as "regularly participating" a player needs to be involved X times a week (think it's three), over a sustained period. So lots of people who had previously been counted are now no longer included. This same system has seen practically every sport experience a drop in numbers.'"

I agree with that actually, I forget what the specifics of being counted as a participant were but I remember reading the Sport England stats for rugby league a year or so ago and thinking that I wouldn't actually be counted in the stats, despite coaching for about 10 years, plus I understand it only includes over 16's.

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The RFL are thinking of cutting all staff in the midlands. I doubt it will come to that but to lose the community coaches will be a big blow after all the advances of the last few years.

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Major failure on the rfl's part sadly.

Thought they could have proposed a greater focus on touch RL which would see many more participants, especially female.

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Quote: William Eve "That's a very significant drop of £11.5 million in Sport England funding for the game.

2009-2013 - £29 million.
2013-2017 - £17.5 million.

Ouch!

Some tough decisions need to be made about the future direction of the game ASAP.

I guess the propping up of failed SL franchising experiments might be the first among many fanciful short-sighted indulgences to be given the axe.'"



Good knowledge that!!

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Quote: Seth "Good knowledge that!!'"

Agreed, but that's what you get from people who shoot first and ask questions later.

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Quote: Teessidewire "Agreed, but that's what you get from people who shoot first and ask questions later.'"


Premature ejaculation over 'negative' rugby league story!

Union have received similar cuts too.

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Is it really any surprise numbers are falling? kill interest in the sport outside of the super league with heartland clubs recording lower and lower crowds season on season and you wonder why interest is dieing in our sport with people not wanting to have a go at it.....awaits the usual suspects telling us everything is great

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