So is it 8 you want or 14 ? make your bloody mind up

How do you get that?

Just so there's a local team for the BBC to ignore?

Salford offer nothing to the league at all, no fans and can't compete in the league.

They've had the best part of 15 years, or over a hundred years depending who you listen to,to become super,what makes you think things are going to change now.

But a few years ago people were saying the same thing about Warrington and Huddersfield.

The O/P wasn't about what we want , it was about what we have now , and the relevance of Salford being a few miles closer to the BBC than Warrington or W1g4n is what exactly ?

So a few years ago they would have dumped them , no problem , beside which Huddersfield still dont have many fans despite them being at/near the top

It is just impractical to have a league competition, comprised of 8 teams. Sorry. Anyone remember Division 2 in the mid-90s?

Why ? , We have to make do with a league of 11 , including Toulouse , Championship 1 makes do with 10 including Gateshead , Skolars and SWS

My point was that these two teams were poor a few years back pulling in poor crowds, not competing like Salford are now, and now Wire and Huddersfield are two of the best teams in the competition. Huddersfields crowds have doubled and Warrington have already outgrown their stadium. All i'm saying is you can't just write a team off because they're struggling at the moment.

Stick Oldham back in then

Yes Huddersfields crowds have doubled , from dire to poor

Because it would mean that a team would have to play others team up to 4 times (5 or 6, if drawn in CC or Play-Offs) to constitute a meaningful fixture calendar - which, would produce fatigue amongst supporters, and devalue the games as a whole.

As a product, an elite competition featuring 8 teams would be too exclusive and centralised to the detriment as the sport as a whole. It wouldn't necessarily be marketable as a sport, to imply that 8 teams can "cut-it", as it were. It would make the sport seem more esoteric, and command less respect in the market place.

Like it does in the Championships you mean ? , we played Salford 7 times in 2003 , and yet we put up with it

If you re read the O/P , they suggest a 14 match competition with represen tative games interspliced within the season , and clubs recieving more TV money than they currently do

I don't agree with that, either. That's a ridiculous number of times - and although, this is meant impartially (though, probably not sounding like it), it is better that the top-tier doesn't succumb to such obstacles.