You used to offer a decent alternative opinion, but now you're quite boring and just choose to believe what you want to picture the RFL in a bad way, even though it's glaringly obvious it's not the case. You should maybe find something better to do?

How does the:

MCG (Melbourne, Collingwood, Richmond, Hawthorn)
Sydney Football Stadium (Roosters, Souths, Waratahs, Sydney FC, Wests)
Stadium Australia (Bulldogs, St Ge*rge, Eels, Swans)
AAMI Park (Heart, Victory, Storm, Rebels)

Cope then?


Actually, FC and KR fans on there day in day out - that'd be lethal.

That sounds very sensible

That is the point of this argument , what is the point of spending thousands of pounds stating the blindingly obvious ?

I know. Unusual for RFL to get something right. My club (bradford) are voluntarily submitting a full application this time round as a practise run, in case we drop to a C grade (due to reduced crowds last couple of years) this time round and are required to submit a full bid in 2015.

Odsal alone should give you 'C' grade status.

shocking ground..

In principle yes, but IIRC the RFL stated that clubs can only go up or down by one grade and as such the grade A clubs could only drop to a grade B and would not be eligble for defranchising, the only clubs at risk would be the B and C graded clubs. However for a Grade A or B club to drop a grade surely they must have to resubmit their application for review as some of the criteria are performance related and could have changed in the current franchise period. Or are we saying reach grade A and you are exempt for all time, if this was the case why would Stains wast their slush fund on a new ground when they are untouchable in this scenario. Some clubs pies, FC and Shudds for example will always score top marks for the facilities, but turnover, crowds and performance can change thus affecting the grading. So all clubs are "on a level playing field" just some parts of the field are a little more elevated than the rest depending on geography and the reason they were invited in in the first place. Egg on face is a big factor at red hall and those buffoons would not spot a lost cause until it nailed their collective coffins down, even then the bloke at the pearly gates would have to explain it to them. Sorry I digress, all existing franchised clubs as far as I can remember need to resubmit and the qualifying clubs from the NL's or any rabbit out of the hat the RFL and the rest of their magic circle care to favour are invited to apply. Then the "team" from Red Hall will consult the well renowned firm of Sepp Blatter and Co, to determine which bids are the best ones to survive in Super League and the go in another direction spouting some PR babble to justify why a sows ear is the current vouge for girls to put their make up and cash in on a night on the town.

Just my thoughts on it mind, I may be wrong but I don't think its wide of the mark

Is it b0ll0x
The poster decries Quins and Crusaders but then highlights the lack of funding faced by the demoted club...ie, no more SKY money.
Hands up anyone who thinks RL would be in as good a state now if Sky hadn't ploughed millions in...seriously...go on...tell us how a northern pastime, watched by crowds smaller than we get at Quins for an academy game would have grown to be as big as it is now....without murdochs money?
Please...enlighten me.
BskyB want RL to be a national sport....it attracts better ad pounds if it is national. The M62 game that it pre SL was the real laughing stock...you shared a commentator with it's a knockout FFS.....

Get with the programme.....you may not like it, but the game is far better off for the experiment that is London and Catalans.....and given time, Crusaders at the expense of Leigh and Halifax who both failed in SL.
Talk of kicking out Quins is based on attendances and imaginary bail outs.....whilst you'd have 900 people at the Shay to watch Fax v HKR as it was in 1993......get a grip

what other worthy causes ?

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