Nigel Wood didnt fall in to the job or get it by accident. Its not simply that Wood needs to go but there is a reason why the job went to him. The entire governance of the game is wrong from top to bottom.

Wood should go, Rimmer should go, and rather than replace them, an entirely new governing structure of the game should be implemented.

As a side issue I think a big problem with how the game is managed is the lack of voice for the supporters. The key stakeholders in the future success of the game is not the club owners or those at Red Hall; it is those who are involved at an amateur level and those who spend their hard earned cash following their club.

Nigel Wood and his colleagues have for years turned the game into a joke with little or no opposition from the supporters and certainly no collective representative of the fans.

While we're here, Brian Barwick has seemingly offered nothing to Rugby League since his appointment. Not a true scale of his influence but to search for 'Brian Barwick Rugby League' offers practically nothing via google search or news section.

The last thing of any note comes from October 2015 where Barwick says Rugby League must learn to grow its brand and engage people in it. So 2 years on, what evidence is there of that? People are disillusioned as ever. Just more fans to exploit financially.

It's great that there is a plan (haven't had the time for a proper look at it), but from a quick skim read, I can't see any tangible actions that have been taking place to achieve any of the goals, the game is just ticking alon, there's certainly no public voice bringing the plan to life, linking actions with the plan, bringing the end goal to life.
There's a real lack of visible leadership and direction.

Does the RLSA still exist? Why don't we create a group from people on here and approach The RFL with these concerns?

I agree with alot of what you say, and as someone with marketing experience, its not just the RFL who struggle with basic practises.. There is other things I could highlight but those stats were simple, easy to digest figures which are already showing the RFL's plan isn't either a) water tight or b) just plain shoddy.

I'm not for a second absolving the RFL from criticism - it absolutely deserves both broard and very specific criticisms and I, like many others, am no fan of Wood.

But for as long as we see the RFL being used as this convenient lightning rod for the game's ills, we'll continue to avoid challenging underperformance at each and every club in Super League and beyond - and that's what will see the game go backwards.

Not only Nigel Wood but all the rest need to go and get people in that can do a good job and make money and sort out the mess it seems to be

Nothing ever comes out. We don't know where the game will be in 18months m, never mind long term. What is their vision? What are their plans? What initiatives do they have in store? We're never told

Is the problem the money or the man?? A lot of people seem to be moaning more about his wage than his "acheivements". I agree he should go, but this is the top job in RL in the Northern Hemisphere, if the person did a great job they could justify a salary of 10 million!

Im not sure who would come in and replace him though, ideally it would be a rugby man and a business man working side by side.

It requires a sports businessman - someone who knows how to run a business, but also understands the sporting landscape.

He might be massively dis-liked, but I'd imagine Barrie Hearn could make a huge impact on our sport!

Barry Hearn is very much about razzamatazz and changing formats. Havent we had enough of that over the years?

RL needs to stick/return to its roots which are firmly set in the north. Yes, try expand the game but naturally rather than forced. If it doesnt happen, then sobeit. The forced expansion has been tried and failed.

A stronger and more stable game makes it easier to market which in turn should bring greater money into it and lead to growth. Create proper competition where teams can be promoted into SL and relegated out of it. Sport is about success and failure; it shouldnt be about franchising but about what happens on the field of play.

it absolutely should NOT have to be a 'rugby' man, in fact it doesn't even need someone from a sporting background IMHO.
I reckon you could bin off the whole of the hierachy/pigs at the trough and replace them with fewer than half to do the same job more efficiently but with more staffers.
offer the job up at 500k+ strict performance related bonuses over a 6-7 year period. Give them full rein to make swathing changes/get rid of the chaff, very likely someone from private industry with a track record of success, integrity and contacts/influence. something that the RFL board lacks in abundance.
Forcing the change is the problem, none of the pigs will give up what they have, not until they kick the bucket/too senile to find the trough. The clubs breaking away from the RFL in totality would not be an easy thing to do, there's also a risk element to it, maybe something similar to the soccer premiership.

A lot of hot air & rubbish is being spouted on here. Us anoraks my be obsessive about our sport & care about it but the game is owned by the owners of the clubs we are just customers we either turn up & pay or we don't, the only way the game will grow is if more people turn up & at the moment we are not doing it. Nigel wood is only the mouth piece for the owners & what he earns is their business. All this talk of stake holders is a myth the game is owned & run by a couple of dozen men our opinions are only important to us. I wish it were not true but that's the way it is.