A different mindset is needed, treat the second part of the season like a fresh competition.

Championship clubs now win the tournament just for the sake of winning it, teams in the second tier would be playing to rejoin the elite and for the sake of winning their own competition, so in some respect it is like the Championship but with mobility.

Dead rubbers, pointless games, there are plenty of those now, London, Castleford and Salford have 27 each this year. Halifax, Featherstone etc all have 26. Don´t forget the eight team play off system that is universally rubbished was designed to reduce the number of meaningless games, we can´t have it both ways.

Is this the solution, I don´t know, but it does at least look afresh at the structure of rugby league, Super League with a rigged franchising system that has seen clubs failing on a regular basis is deeply flawed and unless it contracts to ten teams cutting another four sides adrift then it will continue to be Super in name only.

Does this new radical league structure remove the game of forward passes, offsides, inept/useless/over the hill linesmen, poor pundits and TV coverage?

Just a question I think we should all think about before we start to discuss Super League sponsored by Madcap Marathon.

Only when every team can afford the full cap, clubs are stopped from spending more than it, and all clubs are forced to invest in Jnr's will we see a competitive and therefore exciting and sustainable SL.

Why only in rugby league do we every few years have to change the goal posts lets get something right that works for god sake no wonder we can not get sponsors for the greatest game in the world

Will there be more money?
What will happen to the 'partnerships' Wire/Swinton etc etc
Will some clubs have bigger salary caps than others
Are the quotas the same?
Will there be more money?
Are we just shifting dead rubber games from one league to the next?
How are fixtures going to be arranged in each section to make it fair?
Will there be more money?
How do season tickets work?
Will this just cement the top 8 teams in place?
Will there be more money?

And lastly the most important question

WILL THERE BE MORE MONEY?

In its basic principle i don't mind the idea, it looks to be a compromise that most clubs can deal with and gives 'most' clubs what they want.

The only clubs that would be negatively affected are the current SL clubs that lose out on playing the big boys when they drop.

But without money all you're doing is moving away the inconvenient whipping boys for the top clubs for the 2nd half of the season and those inconvenient clubs go on to destroy 4 clubs from the championship week in week out and they yo yo up and down each season.

Agreed.

Do you really think fans of SL clubs are going to turn up to watch them whip 2nd division sides in a meaningless comp? That is really going to help the bottom SL clubs who are already financially not competing.

Relegation battles are meaningless?