Bless, you actually tried to contribute and got it totally wrong. You're in now, you'll have to try again.

Jacksonville that play in the USARL (the one he was clearly talking about) is a team based on Florida. He's even admitted it, which is fair play to him.

Classy comment to finish off with, too. I must be less of a man for being told that one...

It's called context. He was talking about the USARL. He was talking about the teams in the USARL. Why would he randomly mention a place called Jacksonville in NY?

He was talking about a rugby league team in NY. He mistook this for Jacksonville (who aren't based on NY, they're based in Florida). He's already admitted he was mistaken

But yeah, you thinking he was randomly talking about place called Jacksonville in NY that was completely irrelevant to the discussion and completely unrelated to the rugby league team if you wish. You'd be completely and utterly wrong though and it will only make you look even more stupid.

So then...back to the original question.
If we get to Magic weekend and t looks like Leeds/Wigan are in any danger of going down, will there be a hastily arranged meeting of the SL chairmen to expand to 14 and welcome toronto and another team up?

If anybody says no they won’t will you believe/accept it anyway?

I've asked a question, so of course I will accept someone else's opinion, regardless of if I believe it to be right or wrong. Believing it is nether here nor there.
For me the comp cannot survive the demise of either of the 2 best supported clubs in the game at the moment.....the idea of Leeds or Wigan being relegated and the game losing at least over 10% of it's top tier gates is unthinkable. We are not football, we don't have the depth of support football has.
When Bradford went down, they were averaging 6k......that was bad enough, but tempered with the loss of London who were themselves dragging the average down, neither side averaged ABOVE the comp figure that year......

Perspective is everything, especially to advertising execs. 140,881 fans attended Leeds Home Regular season games in 2018, of 1,100,508 who attended the 11 home games at each ground that season. 13% of the fans who attended regular season games, did so at Leeds games. 11% at Wigan.......these are two of only 3 current SL sides who have won the comp and are arguably the 2 biggest names in the game in the modern era, along with maybe St Helens.

If London were to be relegated (as I believe we will) the impact would be more circumstantial than factual, with the loss of a capital presence felt, but the loss of over 10% of the fanbase that SL broadcasters want would be far greater.

Wigan's gates this year are abysmal....10% down on last year, 3k down on 3 years ago....and they are the champions......the game is in a tailspin and losing one of the big clubs would be a catastrophe.....IMHO that is.

That's two threads I've had to agree with you on, I need to lie down in a dark room

I didn't realise it had to be in its first season

Well by entering the British system, they could have a SL quality team playing other SL quality teams within 5 years (that's the goal).

How long do you think it would take to get the USARL up to anywhere near that quality and prestige?