Sounds like common sense to me. Toulouse can not be judged on the same criteria as the Championship clubs.

The correct course of action here is a law suit brought by all of the affected parties....

Let's take these clowns in red hall to task..

Makes the game pointless below SL. If they can't be judged on the same criteria, then they should just get lost.

I know lets promote Leeds United up two divisions because they have a nice stadium and their chairman is loaded (don't know if he is any more), but you get the picture. If they want premiership football again they have to earn it.

Lets have Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish teams, but why do we have French teams, hang on I think I have just got it. Something in that article said that they could bring a TV deal to the table....got it its all about money.

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Why not?

What form would the law suit take? The RFL are completely free to run the sport however they like. You could try the Court of Arbitration in Sport but I'm not sure that the RFL would be under any legal obligation to implement any ruling.

Plus there's the tiny problem of the bye-law which states that any club engaged in legal action against the RFL is automatically suspended from all RFL run competitions...

Did anyone mention Hitler.

Well if the 22 Championship clubs took the joint action, I would quite happily miss a few Sundays just to see dick(head) lewis get the boot

Godwins.

So why did the RFL not just come out and say it in the first place instead of lying?

I think you have missed the point some distance.

So the RFL should have stated that a year ago instead of looking like complete pricks.
Again.

If it makes sense, then why not state it in the first place and put their case forward?

Why tell a pack of lies to its member clubs?

How is that in any way excusable?

My point was simply it is effectively a dictatorship. The franchise rules were the same 'if you want to apply, you cannot question or take legal action over the decision'...this was obviously because the decisions had already been made and a challenge would have been won in the High Court

to be fair, Toulouse cannot win the NRC - so I dont think that can be a valid comparison between clubs.

As stated else where there was a plan for them to take part this year. Not sure how or why that plan fell by the wayside.

This isn’t just a rule change. It is a change in an agreement which was voted on by member clubs.

Perhaps it’s now time for the member clubs to make a stand?

They could if they entered it, but they refuse to.