They have effectively kicked themselves out. If they are in Super League next season it will set a precedent that any team marooned at the bottom could withdraw without penalty.

you kidding me new York hasn't got an owner when you people going to learn

Surely this needs sorting out the sooner the better. Be interesting to see how they handle it.

Cokey knows better.

IF TWP pull out it has to be either Toulouse or London

The last thing SL needs is another crappy little team from Yorkshire

Purely out of interest IR80 what conditions would you evaluate a club against re obtaining/maintaining a franchise? On the same basis as last time around?

I agree though, if expansion is to ever truly work in our game I can only see it with a good solid franchising model, unfortunately you then take out some of the excitement that a promotion and relegation model brings.

Sadly..Chances are they are doomed..

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Yeah I don’t know which way this will go. But if they remain in SL I feel minimum, a points deduction will be thrown their way. Effectively delaying the inevitable.

As much as my lis of clubs was tongue in cheek, the franchising comment was not. The criteria has to start with a solid, properly financed, business model, development strategies from school initiatives, involvement with local grass routes at all ages, an academy and a first team. Security of tenure on your ground, minimum 20 years from day one, salary cap set as a %ge of income. BUT it will never happen, because that is how a business would run, and sport is not a business in the pure sense.

As you rightly say, that just wouldn't sit right.
As beaten finalists, Fev are next in line.
That Toronto beat other clubs along the way is immaterial, Fev were the next highest rated club in The Championship.

Agreed it would only be fair..

and go down after one season...

It isn’t immaterial one bit. I highly doubt this would be the criteria they would use anyway. They’re the highest ranked club because TWP were the other finalists. Toronto didn’t just beat Featherstone, they took away a teams chances in the semi final too. If you want to go along the lines of saying “the next highest team should take their place”, there’s a lot more to it than that

This isn’t an attack on Fev or the club one bit at all. But throwing them into super league as beaten finalists wouldn’t be the way to go.

Go to 11 teams or pick a team that ticks more criteria than others.

It’s just a total mess with me thinking the likely option is that the RFL will give Toronto their super league place next season. But probably along with that some sort of decent points deduction.