Quote: wrencat1873 "Bang on.
The bottom line though is that, the current SL clubs dont want to "water down" their share of the sky monies and far from increasing the revenue from the TV deal, it looks like there will be a hefty cut. Therefore, it's more likely that the bigger clubs will at some point be asking for a reduction in the number of SL clubs.
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Well your right because the bigger clubs have already put the idea of a 10 club Superleague (and a 10 club Championship) to the vote about 18 months ago.
Thus we
were looking at all clubs playing each other three times, and probably will be again as SL looks for a 10 way split of ALL the SKY money.
I don't know when this will be brought back on the table, but now won't be the time. Once we are well into the 2021 season and season tickets are all sold, top SL chairmen will probably look to run that vote again. Kind of keep asking until you get the right answer??
That should be the time when we can see exactly who would be up to making up a 10 club Superleague. The reports all point to very very serious money problems at some clubs that either wipe out their SL ambitions, or mean they would have to drop out of Superleague.
If you have lost a lot of money due to Covid, and don't have a rich enough owner to balance the books then SL may be beyond your club.
I would suggest that for 2021's potential 10 club Superleague simply list the 10 club owners with the most personal wealth...........
That's likely to be the make up of SL and at least that will mean Newcastle and London in and a truly national game
(there's always a silver lining)