Yes we were , so what actually changed ?

What happened that gave Dereck Beaumont the desire and will to put large amounts of his hard earned into the club ?

Probably the same thing that led to Sheffield Eagles trying to run a full-time squad when they couldn't afford it and now looking like they're about to go bust.

Nope , the structure changed , Dereck would not have been willing to put the investment in unless the outcome was decided but what happens on the pitch

You really are slow, what do you think my last post was about?

You mean like Toronto then ?

Toulouse perhaps ?

Neither Toronto or Toulouse are funded at the whim of one wealthy backer, they're running full time squads because they can afford to do it and they would probably be in Super League already if the structure hadn't changed.

So how are Toronto funding next season ?

Similarily Toulouse , how are they funded ?

Toronto are funded by "a consortium of 10 businessmen" apparently. I don't know how Toulouse are funded and I don't care. The point is that neither of them were struggling clubs that only exist in the way they do because they happened to be bought by a millionaire owner who they are totally dependent on. Not singling out Leigh for this BTW, as I said, there are probably 6-7 current SL teams that you could say the same for, that's the nature of the sport in the UK but the whole thing is massively exacerbated by the current structure. Great for Leigh and the others as long as their owners are involved, not so great for Sheffield or Bradford who don't happen to have millionaire owners, tried to artificially compete and spend above their means and now are in turmoil.

So a ' consortium ' , I was once part of one of those , but eventually you end up with 1 person who's ambitions/willingness to invest will supersede the rest

Then it will be one single benefactor

Toulouse do not have the income streams currently to finance a 1.8 million cap spend in the Championship , so somebody is going to be picking up the tab

Poor Headhunter, he's really 'tramuatised' by Leigh gaining PROMOTION to Super League.....PATHETIC !

Do you want a bet ill go £100 for every spectator above that and you can have £200 for every spectator under that average?

..................... we've just beaten a 1/4 of the league teams we are joining its the hardest sporting route to promotion in any sport in the world, we didnt have to tick boxes or grease palms we had to beat 3 of the teams in the league above. We did it and on your other rants heres a list of players under 30 from Saturday

McNally
Higson
Worthington
Brown
Drinkwater
Weston
Patterson
Hopkins
Dixon
Hood

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Or an owner who got the rules changed to allow him to spend the same as the other 4 clubs can who we have to compete with to get promotion.

Quit the insults or take a break - Karen

Wed just won 2 Northern Rail cups in 3 years eye we were on our way to beging relegated...

Ignoring all the abuse your throwing at headhunter for a moment, Toronto are funded by a consortium of 10 businessmen (Canadian & Australian), led by Eric Perez who is the CEO. Next time, before you start frothing at the mouth, try Google.

There's a chance they'll have bigger gates in 2017 than Leigh did this year, and a few SL clubs too.