listen mate i have got carried away in the past in terms of winding people up but never said anything offensive!
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i only re-registered today because i am p*ssed off with the rfl, this thread is serious as were most of Jack_the_lad's

You being banned is nothing to do with me - it's at the discretion of the moderators.



With the highly competitive lower division and the traditionally also-ran SL teams starting to flex their competitive muscles, it seems that the RFL are doing a lot right to me.

you might think differently if you supported a championship club whos ambition it is to re-gain super league status!

I might do, I might not if it mean bankrupting the club and a collapse in ignominy.

The 2 nd and 3 rd tiers are indeed very competitive this year , but interest in them within their own towns is waning and will continue to do so as time goes on , in my opinion of course

Me to Starbug

How much does it need, per club? You say it doesn't need millions, but 100k is a derogatory amount. Genuinely interested, how much?

, but that the RFL set up either a marketing team or possible 2/3 smaller teams that can then work with a group of clubs identifying how best to help them

The Championship clubs need local fans through the gates more than anything else , unfortunatley most clubs cannot afford the personel to achieve this , and that is where the RFL should be helping

So £1Million would be what you would want spent on the Championship? IIRC the current Sky deal nets SL clubs £1M each and I thought that Championship clubs are currently getting £100k, so that means the current deal gets the clubs in total £15M. The money you want means either 6% more from Sky or SL clubs to accept about the same amount less (what, about 60k each).

Ideally some money would be generated by televising Championship matches that would go towards this income. At the moment Sky show Championship matches for free. Where will this extra money come from?

You could possibly have it on a sliding scale?
Plus If you're having regional marketing teams then possibly one could cover the likes of Leigh, Widnes, Swinton, Oldham, Rochdale on a budget of 150,000 for the lot?

Would a marketing "hit squad" work?
Employed by the RFL, with 2 managers and 2 other staff, this team could liaise with the marketing person at each of the clubs below SL and offer advice, suggestions and resource to assist in the promotion of games and attendance.
This, coupled with a financial assistance package should do the trick!

all this marketing stuff is a load of hot air

the best way a team can market itself, by a country mile, if by winning a few games