I said this on another thread.
If we reduce the number of SL teams, we also reduce the number of full time pro players in the game which isnt something that, as a sport, we should be tring to do.
For the sport to grow we need more professional teams offering a greater opportunity to youngsters who may aspire to make a living out of the game.

Super League has to consist of ten teams at the most. The country doesn't have enough 'talent' to justify fourteen. Also, how can a team that finishes eighth out of fourteen qualify for the play-offs? To me, that is rewarding mediocrity.

but there aren't ten clubs worthy of the term 'Super' - six at most so why not just have a six-team SL where each team plays each other four times and the top two play a GF to decide the champions ?

the majority ARE mediocre in a mediocre league...

The majority of clubs in any league are mediocre. Some are good, some are bed, the rest-Mediocre.

it is typical of RL to say that there isn’t the talent to sustain 13 teams (les ignore les Catalans because they are a different matter) lets cut it down and not look at changing the reasons why we cant produce enough to sustain 13 sides.

exactly - then we go back to the perennial problems which dog the great game like bad management, not enough sponsors, too many mediocre overseas players and inadequate fan participation etc etc

20 teams across 2 divisions, P&R between them, 27 fixtures in each with a 5 team play off in each to determine champs and promoted club.
3 imports max in top and 1 in lower. I can't see Sky having an issue with that at all, more fixtures, more competitive and bigger gates.

So on your comparison let's look at the following facts:
Cas have never been in admin
Cas have had bigger attendances in all but one SL season than Wakey. Incidentally the year we were in NL1.
You are misguided about Wakey planning. Cas have full PP for a new stadium
Wakey have not had outline ratified yet. They are not further along.
Cas have had more Eng internationals and have developed more players.
Wakey are just 2 pts above us this season but I believe have finished below us in 2/3 of the last licensing rounds.

On most of these -bar stadia- which is out of our control and we are funding entirely ourselves, we are above Salford and London. Widnes are difficult based on one season.

The fact is teams such as Cas, Wakey, Salford, London would not not be a big loss to SL. Obviously there own fans would be annoyed if the RFL kicked them out of the league, but they would not be a major loss. Bradford although in dire straits would be a major loss to SL.

Everybody knows the RFL wont kick London out of the league so Cas would be fighting it out with wakey and salford to stay in the league.

14 team league as going back to 12 would also mean having to go back to the play some teams 3 times and others twice which nobody liked, plus it would mean reducing the pathway into SL for young British talent. Scrap the magic weekend and a 29 week (26 rounds + 4 week playoff series) season is long enough.

I would go back to the 5 team playoff as IMO there really shouldn't be any more than a third of the league taking part in them. It would bring the exlusiveness back to the playoffs and the league should be more intense as teams would know that they could afford very few slip ups. At this stage of the season teams with more losses than wins shouldn't be any near playoff contention.

And yes I am including us in that.

Don't think Bradford would be a major loss; conversely, I think their loss would be the Championship's gain and the pull they would have to push the Championships more. I'm a believer that this game cannot move forward whilst the second division is semi-professional, has such a low cap etc. We need a strong second division to allow for free movement between divisions of clubs.

I'm not saying Bradford will do this - or any other big club for that fact - but it would certainly provide some sort of catalyst. Certainly more so than relegating a side like Cas or Wakey would.

And you asked who I thought should go down if it changed to 12. The bottom two of the season before it changes back. If I was to select two right now, I'd say Bulls and Salford based on all things considered over last licensing period and this in terms of the very vague criteria provided to us fans.

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Fully agree with that.
[uSo you agree Cas will be one of the teams the RFL boot out then!![/u

No because London and Widnes are below us and the season hasn't finished so could be higher.