The entire game is on the verge of meltdown, hargreaves can see what's coming.

When this is over, only the big fish will be able to cling onto life.

I think its a tricky choice.

There are lads in the squad who make the minimum or close to.

Early on you will have ambition to be the best and its a great wage for a young lad living at home.

Once you get into your mid twenties and you realise that's as far as you can go there are other financial pressures.

And if they go into their 30s their job prospects may be limited and bodies knackered.

But more than that - when players sign contracts they expect to be paid in full - as does any salaried worker.

And yet if a club goes bust then this isnt going to happen.

I can totally understand him questioning why he does it.

A good mate of mine played SL and plays NL now.

I often tell him Id like to be good enough to play one SL game.

Bryns had a career we would all be happy with. Enjoy your retirement.

Oh dear. The joke went sour after your 4th post.

Indeed. A lot of posters here seriously don't understand what a bad shape the game is in. In the short term its only getting worse too. Once we assume that Wood et al aren't going to freely resign, the best hope left is that the pending disasters happen quickly and all at once, for a "short sharp shock" to get those clowns out. Worst case is slow decline with a "Bradford" ( or Crusaders, London, take your pick ) every season, accompanied by ever more moronic statements from the RFL telling us what a great job they're doing.

Yeah the game is in terrible shape - record crowd numbers, record TV money, viewing figures increased. The financially bankrupt game has just spent a tidy sum on quite a large marketing campaign, the world cup is coming next year, all but 4 clubs are in modern (or at least acceptable ie Headingley) stadiums, with at least one of those almost ready to start contruction of a new stadium.

Woe is me.

Lets see if he still thinks RL players are treated badly when he goes from 6 hours training sessions to a 9-5 normal job. Does he really think he isn't going to be treated like meat in a normal job? Or that it is secure? Hasn't he heard of redundancies? The guy has no clue of the real world and doesn't realize how good he had it in RL. I respect his decison for leaving the sport and choosing a job more secure than RL and wish him well. But think he is going to have a shock if he thinks he is going to be all "pally" with the top boss and never have the threat of redundancies. He won't get protected like the Bulls players did.

The sky is falling too!!

I'm fairly relaxed about the sky. Whilst I can't prove it *won't* fall, I take comfort in the fact it hasn't done so previously.

However, I take no comfort from the history of Rugby League 'World Cups' and from the fact that even if by some miracle it turns out to be well organized ( don't build up your hopes on that one ) there'll still only be three competitive teams in it.

The WC will be a tremendous success




























Mr Wood will say so

how is the sport to recover from such a loss to the game