Sky pay SL for a product. That money only comes from Sky in the same way Sainsburys money comes from me.

But if you found that Sainsburys started to give less value for money you would put your money into another supermarket instead.

I can't remember where i read it but someone stated they want the '3/8' structure because it means the top teams will play more games against each other so there'll be more intense games week in week out.

If that's something that will help england, then i'm for it.

i think you misunderstood the analogy there.

once i have bought something from Sainsburies that money is no longer my money it is sainsburies money. Just like once Sky by a product from SL, that is no longer Sky money, it is SL money.

Doesn't the Sky money go to Super League Europe and not to the RFL?

I'm not sure about it but I seem to recall seeing somewhere that RFL revenue streams include monies the Challenge Cup final and England internationals.

....and, by extension, once the RFL takes its share it is RFL money and not SL money.

IIRC, the Sky money is currently split sixteen ways. 1/16 goes to each of the 14 SL clubs, 1/16 to the RFL and 1/16 to be shared amongst the Championship and Championship 1 clubs. I'm open to correction. Anyone?

Yes it is.

Which bring us back in a pointless circle, to the money which the RFL have comes from SL (not only in this form but the principle is pretty much the same). If the best thing to spend that on is London, they should do that, if it is something else do that.

thats correct.

SL give the championships and RFL money from their TV contract.

.... and who got them that TV contract in the first place? The RFL.

No. IMG did.

No. Mike Smith of Keighley Cougars did. Well, he got the original £87 million deal with SKY in 1995 by negotiating with them, the basis including that he wrote 'Framing the Future' and got the RL to agree it along with a move to summer. I know the contract's been renegotiated since then. BTW, the High Court ordered a higher proportion of the deal be distributed to clubs outside the SL than the RL originally planned. The resulting proportionate split ought legally to continue to apply. SL clubs are part of the RFL - which gives them the ability to operate the competition (referees, discipline, monitoring salary cap, player registration etc etc etc). I don't want SL clubs to break away from the RFL. They can if they want. They'd then need to pay for their own central infrastructure. Their players wouldn't be eligible for England, they couldn't play in the Challenge Cup etc. It would of course be a nonsense. But as part of being members of the RFL they have to pay the due and fair 'fee' for membership, thereby supporting the whole game, to the benefit of us all.