Catch 22 really. The likes of France, Wales, Scotland & Ireland will never significantly improve unless they are playing regularly. Secondly if they play regular fixtures in for example a 5 nations players are more likely to elect to play for them.

Internationals can increase exposure & media attention subsequently increasing revenue.

What’s the proposal for the play-offs?

Quote: Psychedelic Casual "What’s the proposal for the play-offs?'" I believe it’s this system. Full of 2nd chances meaning dead rubber play off games. No doubt to be changed in a few years due to low attendances at those games. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_five_play-offs

Quote: Psychedelic Casual "What’s the proposal for the play-offs?'" I believe it’s this system. Full of 2nd chances meaning dead rubber play off games. No doubt to be changed in a few years due to low attendances at those games. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_five_play-offs

Ah right, cheers fella

Financial proposals don't look brill for Champ clubs https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dm--fH9XsAAFKPy.jpg:large

Financial proposals don't look brill for Champ clubs https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dm--fH9XsAAFKPy.jpg:large

Looking at that, it feels like the SL clubs are actually manoeuvring for a breakaway? Why would any non-SL clubs vote in favour of potentially zero TV funding? Interesting that they seem to have accepted that TV funding will be at current levels at best.

Well let's face it, it's Super League that gets the TV deal so why shouldn't SL get the TV money? The RFL should have got a separate deal for the Championship and League 1 instead of what they did and accept the first offer that came to them.

Totally agree. Sky have rights TV rights for all 3 divisions, but only show Championship games for 1 weekend at Blackpool, and show NO League One fixtures.
THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE GAME !

Agree Budgie. I may be a fan of a SL club but the way they seem to be on course of treating championship clubs is diabolical. The game needs a strong championship and championship one, that's where the true expansion lies. No good just having 12 or so teams to watch!

Interestingly the current TV deal was the result of Champ / L1 clubs demanding a "whole of game" deal.

But if those models are accurate, there's no way a non-SL club could vote for it.

I thought Lenaghan, sorry Elstone, was leading us into this bright new dawn of amazing TV contracts and commercial deals? Time for him / them to put up some forecasts that he can be held to account against.

Well based on the figures, the deal we got last time in which most of us thought we hadn't pushed enough, seems to be the peak of our expectations next time round - are things really that bad

Cheers...loving your signature !

FL has a lot of improving to do, and not enough money to attract anyone who isn't doing it for the love of the game (or themselves). Unfortunately the clubs are worse run than the RFL and giving them more power would just hasten the ultimate demise of pro-RL in the UK.

Clubs should have to fulfil more criteria to improve the game as a whole to get their central funding, without a full youth programme and contributing skills/players/time to central events they should get nothing.

The new structure is about splitting up a shrinking pot of money with no view as to how to protect or increase tv funding going forward and no strategy to look at increasing revenue streams from elsewhere, I really do despair that it looks so likely to be forced through.

Well done Eric Pollard and McAnus.