It depends on interpretation of the rules but

With only 5 being officially "quota" - I thought the removal of the quota rule was from 2015, but I cannot find reference to it for the life of me, so can only assume it's 7 non-fed (regardless of kolpak or Aussie origin) this season - interestingly, there is no mention in the policy review of how many overseas players a club can have if it fails to achieve 1 of 10 elite academy status (as the only legal way is to require x number club trained and y number fed trained) - it only says it will remain 7 for the 10 clubs.

Agreed, it is a massive increase, but unfortunately for these teams, as well as London and whomever comes down with us and receive a parachute payment, the 4 teams we will do battle to compete with in the middle 8 in 2015, will be on 1.85 million each and have a bigger cap and have more foreign talent on their books.


Maybe, but last years was the worst in the history of full seasons in SL and they did see to Sheffield and Fev quite easily.


Really....are we going down the "crowds" route again? I didn't get to this many posts on here without dealing with the "crowd" issue a few times, but just for you and because it's all new now, the London SL club is now essentially 2 entities. One is the Team, which is bankrolled by the Sky Money and the owners good will, the other part is the business, which is run by a Greek Cypriot who owns the ground and keeps ALL the other revenue. Therefore, London will be at the full Championship cap next year.



I'll type this slowly for you......4 MILLION QUID IS NEEDED TO RUN A FOOT OF THE TABLE SL OUTFIT. 2K crowds ain't going to make a jot of difference to the outcome of the middle 8


Next season, I suspect London, Bradford/Wakey, Fev and another Championship heavyweight will square up against Widnes, Bradford/wakey, Castleford and HKR..........Fev and the other championship side along with the 2 fallen SL clubs will have to beat teams with a cap twice the size, with more foreign players and who are all PROPER full time squads.
SL has closed the door again, but this time, the Championship chairman have agreed to it in exchange for the smell of an oily rag.

What if Wigan are in the bottom two? Will they be allowed to cheat the salary cap again like last time?

The RFL don't want any of their 'big' clubs going down. Why do some fans still claim we're their no.1 team?

The teams that finish 13th and 14th this year will be relegated. The only thing that will change that is if a club implodes and goes into liquidation during the season (naming no names here)......no team is too big to be relegated.
luckily for the BIG teams like Wigan, London Broncos exist, therefore halving the chances of a BIG side going down.

For the record, Bradford are no longer considered a BIG team

Mmmm, but Paris and the Welsh club were both "created" entities, no previous history or fan base.

London were a small club simply handed the big time.

Sheffield and Gateshead were the victims of "mergers", ironically something those at the top thought SHOULD be the future, instead it was a vehicle that enabled existing clubs to avoid relegation and ended up putting the Eagles back where they'd just come from and nearly destroyed Thunder. Huddersfield and Hull should feel rightly proud of their "merged" clubs!

The Welsh went to grassroots and have achieved some success, building a small core of fans and earning promotion from the 3rd tier, hopefully they can organically grow into a future success, (as London should be allowed to do).

Stop the gerrymandering...IT DOESN'T WORK!