What a stupid statement!

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King James

Don't respond to anyone who signs off their post with their username.

The fact that Hamilton is viewed as a targeted location is encouraging. Rugby League needs to look for gaps in the sporting market. Looking at this... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in ... n,_Ontario ...the only professional sporting team in Hamilton is a Canadian Football league team (the "other" code of American Football). It is conceivable that a successful Rugby League team could become the biggest sports team in the town. Too often, RL administrators have looked at a big name cities like London and Paris and not considered what a team would have to compete with.

The fact that Hamilton is viewed as a targeted location is encouraging. Rugby League needs to look for gaps in the sporting market. Looking at this... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in ... n,_Ontario ...the only professional sporting team in Hamilton is a Canadian Football league team (the "other" code of American Football). It is conceivable that a successful Rugby League team could become the biggest sports team in the town. Too often, RL administrators have looked at a big name cities like London and Paris and not considered what a team would have to compete with.

Even if they were almost equal in salary cap spend, which is a gigantic IF, SL 2 would always be second tier RL.
The top flight isn't exactly blessed with cash so, how thinly do you want to share out the pittance that SL gets from Sky ??
The current deal certainly wont fund 20 or 24 clubs and the cold hard facts are that not enough people are interested in second tier RL, especially those who run TV companies.

To take your point about those who couldn't fund it wont be in it, do you really think there are 8 clubs outside SL who could fund full time squads, without significant TV cash.
Leigh, Toronto and maybe Toulouse.

Sorry, it's a non runner.

If this thing takes off like people are suggesting, Wigan wouldn't be anywhere near the final!

You say that but I was chatting to a wizard (true story) in one of the parks in Florida in '05 and he asked me where I was from. Told him Wigan and he knew about the Wigan v St Helens derby. Was a yank too.

That's impressive. On the few occasions I've spoken to Americans abroad, the nearest I could get to Wakefield to pinpoint where I was from was London because of the Queen, Manchester because of Manchester United, and Nottingham because of Robin Hood!

I was in the Dominican Republic a few years ago talking to an American student, he was aware of most SL teams, that was just from the hour of Sky Sports News they get on a certain channel over there.

Every League needs a Swinton!



Another Chicago team for me to support now alongside the Cubs, Bears, Bulls & Blackhawks!

I don't

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King James

I'd imagine that if RL starts to take off in NA the ineptitude of the RFL will hand the opportunity on a plate to the NRL.

The NRL aren't that much smarter than the RFL......and their clubs are just as insular as ours. North America, if it were to embrace the sport, would be better served running its own game.