New York has a rugby league team syndicate. So too does Ottawa, with the help of the magnificent Eric Perez. Ottawa has rock solid backing from a local sports team business conglomerate. The two syndicates are allegedly making their case to the RFL sometime this month to join League One in 2020. If you didn't know any of this then you are hopelessly out of touch.

My personal original proposal is that they get fast tracked into Super League.

Could you please explain the magnificence of Eric Perez for those of us that are lacking in the knowledge of his wonderful exploits on behalf of SL,

This Eric Perez is beginning to sound more and more like the Tooth Fairy.

what would be your reasoning on ommiting salford and wakefield?

When Maurice Lyndsey et al came up with the idea of a Superleague of big city clubs and mergers to create area teams, merging talent and supporter pools, I bought it. I believed that a bright new future for RL was on the horizon.

I thought it would be hard, but I believed in RL as a major player. I was "happy" for my club (Wakefield), to be a sacrificial lamb.

I won't be fooled again.

The top division HAS to be based on on-field performance, and where off-field performance fails, then bye bye. No club is bigger than the game. SL does NOT need any clubs, however well supported or shiny their stadium is. If my team earns the right on the field, then as long as they are solvent, end of.

I'm all for North American teams, but they must contribute - financially and in profile. They must earn their place.

If we don't strike now in North America, RU will and then it's game over.

RL can't even succeed in Wales, let alone New York. This JC character is simply a troll.

What a ridiculous argument.

You've compared oranges with apples. Wales and America are completely different markets with completely different challenges.

If you do not know who Eric Perez is, you're not really much of a follower of the game.

True - there is NO market for RL in America, never has been, never will be - in the meantime people waste time supporting schemes that would make Charles Ponzi blush. RL continues to die a slow death in its UK heartland at both pro and amateur level whilst the air heads on here, in the media and in the games hierarchy vainly search for that magic bullet expansion club that will put it all right. Truly depressing.

The "magic bullet" analogy is bang on. I remember when "every minute mattered".
The clue was that it looked like a pup, smelt like a pup but, we were still sold, a pup.

The unfortunate thing is thet, even thought "the fat controller" has moved on, Mr Elstone still believes in the N. American dream , which far from saving the game, actually increases the running costs of every side that has to play over there.

Some say that SL clubs should be able to afford the "hit" but, why should "we" be increasing costs for ZERO return.

It's proven that Toronto's inclusion wont enhance the TV deal or, they would already be in SL and whilst there is a potential strategic gain (if N. America embraces our sport), it remains one hell of a gamble.

Out of the big 4 sports in America, soccer is not one of them, but has made some big gains in last 10-15 years. Americans love sport and with so many big cities to choose from and even minor cities, there is every chance we can get a foothold and even a small share of the market can produce crowds that dwarf most lower /upper championship clubs. Its not the holy grail, but its an opportunity we must expand on, if it goes tits up just like all the other explanation plans then we still must not give up. just how many rockets crashed in the 50-60s before they got it right. how many airplanes crashed when they were developing, how many trains and steam engines conked out. its Human Nature to strive for bigger and better.

Fact is there are some millionaires over there with cash to spend and want to spend it on RL, and too many fans over here are seeing that as a bad thing, it it was Union they wanted to spend it on, they would have snapped their hands of by now.

i was just trying to lighten the mood, as every time our paths cross it becomes a slanging match.