His answer would likely be to take Starbugs approach.

There is no problem as long as you give us more money and ask no questions.

Again, where have I said, just give the clubs money? , I havent suggested that for several years, so why do you keep suggesting I have, just because you dont understand what the lower leagues need, dont tell lies about me

OK, ask the last owners of Celtic Crusaders

You constantly seem to complain that money isnt spent on the lower leagues, then also complain when money is given to the lower leagues with restrictions to make sure it is spent wisely.

Im not sure what you would like us to infer from your complaining that Lower league clubs need RFL money and also complaining about that restrictions put on money given to them other than the RFL should give them money, without restriction.

The last owners of Celtic Crusaders never had involvement with a lower league club. Im not sure what they would have to add!

I'm talking about your question "What problem?".

OK, ask the previous owners of Wakefield.

I can't understand how people can continue to defend the franchise system when, in practice, it is demonstrably biased and unfair and has pushed poor clubs with poor business plans in to Super League for reasons that the RFL will never elaborate on.

If we want to keep franchising, then we should start selling tickets to events where we can watch our club officials grovel / beg / bribe / give sexual favours to / date / fool RFL officials for their place in SL. Then we would at least have seen the performances on which our clubs are being judged, because it certainly isn't being judged on sporting performances, nor having a solid business plan in place.

If Rugby League is blatantly going to determine the make up of its league structure with sahdowy deals done behind closed doors, before coming out and lying to the sports fans about it then they will push a lot of people away from the sport.

If the choice is between the flawed but fair 'Promotion and Relegation' system, or the clandestine and clearly unfair 'Franchise' system that has the benefit of giving new SL clubs time to build but rewards clubs for something reasons we can only speculate on.

I have to pick fair over anything else in sport — fair is the entire premise behind sport.

I am open to suggestions that are transparent and fair (despite the RFL's insistence franchising has never been either of these), promotes sport (lets not forget why we're fans, yet ensures financial stability.

Strange that, I thought Celtic Crusader played in the NL s? With loads of ileagal immigrants, whatever happened to the Inquiry the RFL promised us over that? , the must still be waiting for info from the Border agency

Do you want re post this in English please, I complain about stuipd daft looney tune ideas the RFL keep coming up with , Championship clubs need help with localised marketing, they dont need or want to be playing mid week on TV, especially on a channel nobody watches, they dont need to be playing random French clubs in mid seson friendlies

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Those West Ham fans are really happy about winning a little trophy it would seem

My question was, what is the problem with the lower leagues that we need to solve.

Wakefield havent been in the lower leagues for nigh on 15 years, im not sure what insight they would have specifically.