The didnt meet the minimum requirements with regards to the Stadium and Crowds.

I completely agree as a Fax fan i think there`s been some cracking games in the championship, when you look at SL fixtures on tv the result seems to be a foregone conclusion no potential for an upset. Also should be a belter of a game if Fax & Fev meet in Grand Final should be shown on BBC then Sky might regret not having the Championships as they said it didnt bring anything to there package.

Not that it matters but why do Fev get to claim Leeds as a Derby game when it is almost exactly the same distance from The Shay to Headingley as it is from POR?

I wasn't giving Leeds as a derby to anyone. I was merely stating that Fev would have derbies v Cas, Leeds and Wakey, so would more than likely have bigger crowds and also have bigger crowds at Cas and Wakey too.

Fax may have Leeds as a derby and Huddersfield as well but I'd be surprised if the latter fixture would generate a similar crowd to that of Fev v Cas/Wakey/Leeds.

Got to say that the "triumvirate" sounds mouth watering. I think you'll get too many people arguing against such a concentration of clubs in one smallish city though. But still, i wouldn't mind following those rivalries during the season - as a neutral observer of course

There is always the chance that rumours of our demise have been somewhat exaggerated.

If, by some miracle it transpires they HAVE, I'll come gunning for some of you lot.

Just remind me what sport is again please..

When you say generate upto 3million is that without director and tv income?

i think its become obvious there is going to be no demise in bradford any time soon..

Professional sport is a business, same as any other business you need a positive profit and loss statement at the end of the year or you won't be in business very long.

No including. Seems to me that to be a competitive and sustainable SL club paying full salary cap you need around that amount of income. Very simplistically it seems to break into roughly three main areas of income:
1mill SL tv grant
1 mill from fans (gate takings, merchandise, lotteries etc)
1 mill from sponsorships/corporate box sales/director investment

Average 10,000 and that equates to 1.3 in Ticket revenue (Ian Lenegan reckons it's closeto a tenner a pop averaged out over the season)
The same again in residuals (merch/beer/food)
The same again in TV money...

there's the better part of 4 million already......before you put an advert on a shirt of flog a prawn sarnie in a box or take a brass farthing from a sugar daddy....

The holy grail for SL clubs should be to get to 10k averages....then build from there, but some clubs are still putting the cart before the horse.

Bradford had the right idea BTW.......they just got their forecasting wrong.....it would have taken 5 to 7 years of cheap ST's before you could start to up the price.....build the loyalty, then gradually squeeze the fans for a few extra notes.