Read my post again, I didnt say real money, I said real income, income is what you ' earn ' , not what you are given

I don't want a 50 page breakdown. I just want you to add a little substance to what are very vague "solutions" to the game's problems, like "a remit to double attendances".

Here's my solution: Hire someone to make the game better in all areas.

SL has failed because:

1. Club RU has overtaken RL in crowds - this was not the case pre SL
2. We can no longer attract the gates to International matches we did pre SL - eg Wembley and OT test crowds in 90's
3. Fewer people now see RL due to selling our sole to Sky, as a consequence we cannot attract sponsors
4. The column inches in the national papers are at an all time low, even though the summer has fewer sports to report.
5. The game is divided, it wasn't pre SL
6. The challenge cup has been devalued due to the rush to establish the GF


RL is expanding its amateur base in new areas because:

1. RU allows RL teams to play at its facilities
2. RU doesn't ban RL players anymore
3. RL is now not banned in the Armed Forces
4. The RFL is able to access grants to support development

Spot on.

And as I've said before, the money spent on the recent hugely unsuccessful European farce would have been much more effective if used to subsidise coaches for away travel for supporters of all CC/CC1 clubs.

Something I have suggested in the past, however it should be clubs working together on that particular idea, still dozens of better things the ' Euro ' money could have been used for though

Is everything in Planet maurice an equal and opposite reaction to something else? RU crowds have no direct relevance to SL and certainly how another sport is doing is not top of the list for judging how Rugby League is doing. One could just say SL is a success because its clubs are less financially stricken than the RU ones.

Interesting choice of words. Other sports negotiate big TV deals. RL "sells its sole (sic)". At club level can you remind us what the TV arrangements were before in 1994 or 1995? Oh, exactly the same as now? Except we get £££m for it now instead. Disaster.

Don't wanna use the phrase "super league has failed", "super league is boring."

Wood et al. are very poor and won't even keep the game stable now that Lewis has gone, so heaven help us if they try to implement another 'expansion' idea any time soon. If you take a step back, its a shame the NRL doesn't decide to embrace expansion, and treat us in the UK as an expansion target. I'd rather be run by them, as some kind of second or third tier NRL, than be run by a few self-deluded windbags who consider themselves capable administrators.

Do you think that would be enough to double all attendances though?

I agree that there needs to be someone in charge of running the two tiers of the Championship, and that it is a bit of an afterthought at times. I just think its important to set achievable and sensible targets rather than just throw a figure out there and expect it to happen.

It'd take a lot to double the attendances of the lower leagues.

Nonsense, I work for a charity and donations are financially classed as income. No reason that a sports club can not also have an income stream related to donations.

Did you forget that RU also went professional? How is Super League responsible for RU crowds growing?



Yet commercial revenue within the sport has never been higher.



How did you measure that?



What about BARLA?



Interest in the CC has dwindled because it's no longer the prime time competition. People are more interested in the league that they are in the cup because it's what they watch every week. That's common sense.