I doubt we'll see as big a drop off as people think, since it appears those games will be included on people's season tickets.

If only rugby league had spent a century lying, bullying, dodging tax and collaborated with Nazis, governments, councils, universities, et al in an attempt to destroy the other code.

Perhaps then, we could have all spent many hours boring people on a rugby union forum with endless drivel.

But will people want to watch them or will it put them off buying an ST at all

Boo hoo. By the way, the 21st century just rang. It wants to know if you're ever joining it?

totally agree fella...league is a small sport in comparrison( in uk) but its the sport we all chose to watch

Spot On.

Thats the deal at the end if the day , we will be what we will be, you cannot force anybody to like it or watch it, you can try to build it wherever interest is shown, be that a small village or a large city

Surely, the return of promotion and relegation will see crowd numbers surge

How are you supposed to invest long term with the hardwork and skill necessary, how are you supposed to plan long term, and execute that plan and prioritise the investment in 'the business' leaving the 'on field' performance to the coaching staff (i agree with this principle by the way) when your long term plan and investment can be massively undermined, if not devastated by the loss of income and exposure guaranteed by relegation?'

You mean like real businesses in the real world?

Outside of sport I know of no industry with anything comparable to relegation.

But if no one wants to watch the product because the games are meaningless, you can't run a business.

Yes crowds haven't surged yet, we still have the horrible ridculous 8 team play-off system. Also not really relegation threat as Bradford and London are down.

Personally don't think the new structure will work as the same teams will be split year after year.

The RFL should have swallowed their pride and gone back to structure that worked before licensing. But no the RFL had to be innovative and we have a structure I really don't think will work.

The structure prior to licensing didnt work, it was proven not to work. The system before licensing was a failure and that is accepted by all within the game.

You can at least give a little credit to the the rfl for trying something that is unlikely to work rather than going back to something we know didnt work.

So poorly performing businesses dont find their incomes reducing?


You're losing it again