It certainly would be a tricky one. Do you change Doncaster with Gateshead to reduce travelling? Do you tell Gateshead to get on with it with the fact that the geographical layout within each division will change with each season? I understand what you're saying about away fans but rugby league isn't a sport that attracts large numbers of away fans these days. I'd go as far as to say that apart from soccer there aren't any sports in the UK that attract significant numbers of away fans on a regular basis. The idea of gate money going into a pot and then being shared equally among the competiting clubs would be a highly divisive one. I can see where you're coming from but I just don't think enough chairmen would agree to it.

The fact that we're having a serious 'conversation' about this is fantastic and shows the potential that rugby league has.

There is massive potential, The first game i took my Mrs to see was Crusaders 0-4 loss against Saints in the monsoon at the brewery field. Massive crowd as far as Crusaders were concerned great atmosphere despite being cold and wet she loved the noise the singing etc and to this day still doesn't understand a single thing about RL but was happy when i purchased her 2 tickets the 2010 grand final for her birthday present. (shes a keeper!)

Inside the M62 catchment area I think there is very little understanding about how little RL is covered. Back in Plymouth to get RL coverage in the local paper was like pulling teeth from a phoenix even the local bowls league got better coverage.

They do it in rugby union and football. What system do they have in place there?

That's easily solved. For easy thinking, imagine a line running East to West across the country. Every year, move it up or down until both halves contain the same amount of sides.
Simple.

Both which have more money and semi-pro clubs.


One way around it I suppose.

Leave our division as it is! I'm loving it this year...

Pedantic I know but Bristol is traditionally half in Gloucestershire and half in Somerset.

You learn something new every day. I wouldn't involve Bristol in it anyway, as I said. I'm still waiting for some official confirmation of this latest Championship 1 admission.

However is actually a County of its own.

Should happen say in the next week. They've already been told they're in.

just a thought but how can Gloucester be the newest team when they werent one of the seven teams earmarked at the beginning?

It's the Bristol bid shifted up the road.

ahh right

Think the people calling for cuts are the ones living in cloud cuckoo land.

Have you ever tried supporting one of these proverbial lower league clubs you want to cut? How about you stick your own side in the Championship, let the lesser clubs stay in the elite, take all the SKY money so they can build a SL standard squad and the tip-top facilities and then we can have the fair competition you all want.

Thought not.

None of this hypothetical change could happen till the current Sky deal runs out. And if we averaged the league places or points accrued between 2013 and 2016, when that current TV deal runs out? The ten highest placed clubs would make up Super League in 2017.