Aim 2 : better get it written and handed in quick before the goal poats are moved again. Maybe when you find out you could give it to the RFL?

Have you tried posting the subject of your dissertation on a popular Rugby League fans messageboard in the hope that someone else will do your work for you?

Can I have some help too then?

Im doing my dissertation on injuries in RL, and specifically, improvement in conditioning making players stronger and faster, and therefore increasing (or decreasing) the amount of injuries that occur.

the physio at leeds was meant to be helping me with this, however I have had no contact or replies from him for the past 3 weeks, and my dissertation is due in in 3 weeks, but currently asking for an extension.

Ive just wrote a letter to cas to ask if they can help now.

can anyone think of any studies that I would be able to do, that wouldnt require collecting results, i.e a review of something?

catalancs i assume your dissy is due early may? i finished my testing today nice and easy people on a treadmill happy days.

i would suggest you look at the effect of franchised licensings effects on other sports, as the season is only 6 weeks old you wont be able to draw any conclusion.

miss naughty you may want to look for a comparrison into injuries in rugby union since the legalisation of padding i believe it was from uni of edinburgh in 1999, it found that since the legalisation of padding in RU the injury rate went up 500%, you could use this to make refs to the removal of padding in SL to reduce the rate of injury.

hope this helps.

Seeing as we have started...

'To what extent is the Falklands War, the war of Thathcers face?'

Cheers

I think if it wasn't for the current financial climate then sponsors would more readily part with cash knowing they are going to get the exposure of Super League for the full 3 years at least. As it is I think most are struggling and that's not just in rugby league circles obviously. Sponsorship is a luxury for many companies and one which a lot in the current climate cannot afford.

Obviously the opposite could be true as Fax, Leigh, Widnes etc could get a sponsor on board by offering the Super League carrot in the second or third year of sponsorship but now don't have this to offer.

A lot has been made worse by the current financial climate and all will find it more difficult than they thought they would have even the Super League clubs.

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There you go, it's not quite 10,000 words but it's a start

thanks all, much appreciated

Research Aims and Objectives (modified)

Objective (i) – Differentiate the short term and long term effects/changes upon sponsorship that the licensing system may have.

Objective (ii) – To investigate what sponsors look for and expect as a result of employing sponsorship (specifically within Rugby League).

Objective (ii) – Look into what the franchise/licensing system can do for the future of Rugby League.

any ideas now??

Have you tried going direct to SL clubs marketing departments? You might not get much in the way of solid facts and figures but I'm doing my dissertation at the minute and have found as long as you explain you're a student and not from a rival business or anything they tend to be pretty forthcoming.