The ONLY reason for reducing the number of teams in SL is to give the Lucky 10 clubs more money.
Smaller leagues have been tried in different sports (and the national leagues) and they dont work, due to quick repetition of fixtures.
12 clubs as a top division was just about ok, but this is the lowest sensible figure.
The greed of some of the big clubs really hacks me off.
Have to agree with "Him" that the RFL should tell us their plan for the short, medium and long term and not just make it up as we go.

Fewer games, means less through the turnstiles over the course of the season if average crowds are the same. People won't pay the same for a 11 game season pass, as they do for a 13 game one.

I think TV revenue would hold up okay - they're happy with a couple of games a week whether it is 2 from 7, 6 or 5.

I can see an argument for 12, but 10 just seems stupid. I'd much rather go up to 16 than down to 10 - cutting the salary cap (per club) if necessary.

Dont think we should be cutting the cap, it actually needs to be increasing year on year, but teams settling for a lower share of TV money (or negotiating a better TV deal) is an option.
This obviously flies in the face of what the big boys want, so it wont be popular.
There is of course the issue of keeping hold of the best league players, especially from the yawnion lot and this is perhaps why certain clubs would like a larger slice of the cake, although there is extra cash in the s/c for international players.

The ' rationale ' is that the clubs at the bottom are not getting any better , it was hoped that when everybody is in a nice shiney new stadium [ apart from Leeds and Bradford , who will remain where they are in relative squalor

It's all hypothetical anyway, as it will never happen.

The quota rules should be restricted to 2/3 per squad anyway. They should be less reliant on them with less teams in each league.