So basically they make it totally up as they go along , allowing them to do whatever they want , but not suffer any quantifiable criticism

Clever Bstards , maybe if they put that much effort into actually helping clubs instead of covering their behinds we would be in a better state than we are

Actually yes they did , but as the RFL are about as good as you at bull sheite , even though I can read it I cannot understand it

You being an expert on the afformention brown smelly stuff will understand it , or at least pretend you do

so you cant understand that simple statement.

ive been giving you far too much credit

I think it's that bit that people are suggesting they "make it up as they go along". Unless they talk about what they were analysing and what they were comparing the applications with, then it's basically a pick your poison kind of arrangement.

And I don't get the point of the simple points stage at all. Like my situation made clear earlier, you can easily score a B license and be no where near as good as some clubs in the C license category. It just seems a pointless stage if they're going to compare all of them in detail anyway.

So you never learned to read either ?

without a mcuh improved Tv deal i can't see teh SL getting any bigger any time soon.
I'd love to see teh game back on FTA, can;t belive there isn;t a station wanting to buy teh rights given the viewing the game gets on FTA. Why can't they split it like in Oz with a Firday and Satruday game on Sky and a 2 FTA Sunday games on a super Sunday afternoon?

Because nobody wants it, you're not quite getting this are you?

or if you look at it from the other side. If they tell the clubs before hand everything they will be judged on, you are basically telling them which application to submit and you would end up with 20 identical applications.


And it has been constantly, and abundantly clear, that the final decision rests with the RFL Board. It always has, was and will be down to them. There has been no time in the history of the game where this hasnt been the case. the only thing that has changed is the clubs which can now put themselves forward for consideration



the categories are used to separate the clubs which are fairly disparate. If 5 clubs got A, 5 B, and 10 C then the As and Bs are through and the best 4 from the Cs would be picked by the RFL.

If 10 got As and 6 Bs and 4 Cs, then the 10 As would be through and the RFL would pick the best 4 that had scored a B. The Cs wouldnt even be considered

its just a broader look before the fine tooth comb, it was also a fairly minor part of the process that unfortunately some latched on to

but why doesn;t anyone want it? Didn't the CC games on Grandstand used to get 1million+ viewers? I know production costs to do live sport aren;t cheap but even so there isn;t a massive amount of quality sport on FTA TV these days so why wouldn;t a TV company want the second most viewed sport in the country?

its not a case of does an itv company want the rights to SL its more a case of they can't afford the rights to SL.sky sports owns SL.a FTA channel will never be allowed near SL.can you imagine the potential lost advertizing revenue to BSKYB if SL games were being watched by more people nationwide on FTA-TV than are watching premier league football on BSKYB.

well if they want exclusivity they should be paying a damn site more money!

Did teh TV rights go to open tender last time or was the deal with Sky done without bids?