What happened at Leigh is we moved into a stadium that needs 3,800 fans in it to break even as a top Championship club , and the benefactor making up the difference had to withdraw his financial help

HTH

Would you take postings on rlfans.com as having more credibility?

A couple of years ago we had

SL FT

NL1 some FT some PT

NL2 PT

NL3 Amatuer expansion clubs that would hopefully move up to PT in NL 2

In 2013 we will have

SL FT

Championship PT

Championship One Some PT and some amatuer

Is that simple enough for you

Is that progress to you ?

The lesson here is don't rely on one person's money.

HTH? Really?

If they are good enough for the Championship, then they will be in the Championship.

Is that just on the pitch ? , or as a club , the RFL havent stated how they are going to decide who goes where yet

Are you privvy to all the CC1 business plans then?



Yes they have.

rlHererl

Could be a hell of a battle for the CC1 promotion places this year as none of them will want to be cast adrift, though presumably Oldham will have to do a lot of work on their ground to satisfy the new ground criteria for the Championship if they finished top four?

I think the Euro Cup is quite an interesting idea and could become quite popular if there is a decent prize pot to ensure the clubs take it seriously. Hopefully they will announce the details ASAP so that any fans wishing to go can get it booked. Not sure how it would work though in terms of it being a league format or straight knock out, with the latter leaving very little time to plan travel and marketing for those involved?

I would expect Coventry to get one of the new places in CC1 - I went there earlier this year when they played Warrington Wizards and there was probably 3-400 on at a fiver each so it will be interesting to see how many turn up at £12 each to watch what will hopefully be a much higher standard of rugby. Certainly hope it catches on although CC1 is virtually a nationwide competition already and the RFL don't do anywhere near enough to make a big noise about that fact.

As I stated earlier , the vast majority of new businesses have perfectly good busines plans , most are not worth the paper they are written on , especially sports businesses

Hm. Did you bother looking at the actual RFL announcement before rushing into your rant?



The only year there won't be relegation (though there will be promotion) is 2012. If you're in Championship 1 in 2013 or beyond and want to move up a division, it will be via P&R.

See above.