Any exposure on FTA TV is welcome but firstly you need the interest from the broadcaster. As you point out trying to watch a game in the pub (often inside, never mind) outside the heartlands can be a fruitless task so just where is the market to entice a broadcaster?

The beauty of BBC is that the licence has already been paid for & they are not dependant on advertisers money. As for sky, the exclusive Superleague deal has made the the top 12 exclusive & cast the rest of the divisions into the wilderness.

But I wasn't talking to you, unless you're him too and you're now just arguing with yourself.

Without doubt 4-5 teams Hull, Leeds, Saints, Wire and Wigan are the mainstay of the game and they tend to win the trophies and get the biggest crowds. Without doubt it's exactly the same in Soccer's premier league. I therefore don't see what is the substance of your criticism?

If this is something to do with the Glamorous RL clubs of North America then let's wait whilst the Transatlantic league still has the big M62 clubs in the top five and Ottawa, New York, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in the bottom five? How many North American fans would actually pay to watch losing Rugby League every week - let's take away the attendance at the beer festival TWP run and the free tickets brigade? For me their crowds would be a few thousand.

Thing is there is no evidence of any more Argyle's, and even if there was Mr. Argyle is salary capped hence he will be fielding a very average, if not below average team next season. A bad season for TWP once you take the freebies off may just well be paying attendances of erm.... 4,000.

Glamour doesn't get any better than Paris, their first game in SL attracted 17,000 fans, towards the end of their second season they had managed to get that down to 500. Oh the glamour of it all! Are we getting sequins in our eyes here steph?

Is the TWP squad for next year settled - how do people think they will go?

Look on the bright side, no more god awful sky 'commentary'

They'll be unbeatable with the quality of the last two(2) signings.

It will never be settled while they bring players in 10 times more salary than others and then ask for others to take ridicules pay cuts to bring more greedy barstewards

Can't wait to see the reaction on the pitch

You could not be more wrong....

SKY sell to the English market and need 9 English clubs minimum for there to be a TV deal as McManus said. In North America there needs to be at least 5-6 North American clubs for a TV deal as Mr. Perez said, France TV has lost interest with one SL club and may not be bothered if there are just two so I am afraid it's a case of thinking that what you personally dream is exciting, is not at all exciting to Broadcasters.

Broadcasters need schedules to have enough content for their particular markets. Fans want to see their clubs play their rivals. Your pretty much out on your own which is fine but tens of £Millions won't be paid to satisfy your dream.

But we can have expansion and still retain nine (9) English clubs.

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Eventually add the seven (7) non-English expansion clubsCatalans (now), Toronto (now), Toulouse (2021), New York (2023), Ottawa (2023), Boston (2025), Philadelphia (2025)[/i.

Then you have a sixteen team Super League.

The north American teams will have to survive on the generosity of wealthy owners until 2025, when they will have enough teams as a basis for a TV deal.