Selection of players is a competition issue. The players that are selected play by the same rules on the pitch. Selection of players happens off the field.

So ' selection of players ' is not an issue that affects what happens on the pitch ? , if that is the case then why have different ' selection rules ' ?

I'd make this your last ever post. Save making a fool of yourself anymore.

Silly me for thinking an RL forum was the place to post opinions.
If you don't like my thread, take your own advice and don't post on it.

Would it therefore be fair if one team could select more players than the other, as this would be a competition issue ad they would all play by the same rules on the pitch?

It's not a place for trolls who don't like the sport. You are pathetic and your thread is embarrassing. Go and watch Union because RL doesn't need people like you.

1) I think the post is a fair discussion.
2) I do like the sport itself, just not the glaring unfairness that seems to permeate throughout the RFL.
3) You are entitled to your opinion, but if you don't like the thread then don't post on it (or at least be constructive).
4) I don't really like union.
5) I suppose that in your opinion, RL needs people like you and not those who have other views like me, who just don't happen to agree with you completely and unquestionably.

I also think it's a fair discussion too. And it's clear that most fans think those running the game are turning the game into a joke.

A discussion that seems to be increasingly more interesting to Cas and Wakey fans than it was previously

shouldn't worry too much about headhunter - he's the most undemocratic contributor - ignore him and say what you think - the rest of us can either agree or disagree with you as we wish without having to resort to personal abuse

keep on trolling

Do you honestly think the subject of whether RL can be descibed as a sport, is one that merits discussion? I have no issues with people who disagree with me as long as they base their disagreements on logic rather than unfounded idiotic whinges.

quite agree but the man is asking if it's a 'credible sport' and you have to agree that episodes like the Crusaders for example doesn't help the credibility of our sport

Like I said on the other thread, RL fans are so paranoid and obsessed with preserving 'credibility'. There would be a lot more credibility if the sport was not almost exclusively played by a bunch of small towns along the M62. Nobody is laughing at our sport, there aren't fans of other sports waiting to pounce every time things don't go exactly to plan. Nobody really knows too much about RL and that's the problem. What damages credibility the most is the poor geographical spread and a lack of quality international competition, not clubs running into financial difficulty, that's something that happens in all sports.

You are quite correct , nobody outside the area's you outline care or even really know about the sport

So when the ones that do start to lose faith in it , where will we be then

As for clubs running into financial difficulties , not every year , only 4 years into their life , and after it has been predicted on these very boards by those of us with our eyes open , so if we could see it , why couldn't others

The whole Crusaders project has been an abject example of how not to expand the game successfully