Wrong......happy to pay rent, just need a team (back office) to fill the thing.....London should command a 10k average 7 days a week....but the current owner doesn't see it that way so he's flushed 20 million...that's TWENTY MILLION doing it his way on a rush to the floor.....

So get away from Murdoch.....


Then what?

You pay ? , to play there ? , seriously ?

Look Gutters old chap I don't want to fall out with you , but we both know the London boat sailed long ago

All the best

A new broadcaster for starters.There will be plenty queueing up.Including the BBC. More coverage,more schedule normality and better promotion of the game.

The BBC? Is this some sort of wind up, or a parody account?

Do you honestly think we would get enough from the BBC to sustain any sort of professionalism in Super League, never mind growth? Do you honestly see the BBC devoting prime broadcast slots to a regional sport?

There's currently no evidence that other broadcasters are interested in Super League, other than Premier Sports.

It's pretty clear that some of the posters on here are more than happy to see RL as a professional sport remain on life support, just as long as there club is in the top league when it flat-lines.

I'm sure the BBC would take it on but, how much will they pay ?
Or, has cash become irrelevant in your Leigh centric universe.

Indeed. I'm sure we're talking about the same BBC that still doesn't show our highlights programme nationally at a sociable hour, and that offered practically nothing to broadcast the England vs Samoa game earlier this year, resulting in it being broadcast on a PPV online stream - such was the interest from broadcasters.

I've voted Leigh - yes, because I have supported them for many years, but also because I believe they will have deserved to have an extended chance in SL. In this 'new' version of P&R, teams no longer enjoy a protected period in SL, like Catalans did, for instance. Leigh are moving towards an academy and reserve set up, have superb facilities and have been competitive on the pitch. Catalans appear to have been in a steady decline, both on and (apparently) off the pitch. They need to get that sorted out, get more Frenchmen in their team - or what is the point of a french team in SL - and come back stronger for it. HKR appear to have done just that, during their year in the Championship, and so could Catalans. (or Leigh)

Catalans are well supported at home. How many fans do they bring to 'unattractive venues' such as Leigh? (or Castleford, or Leeds, or Wigan! ) Ask the owners of those clubs, how much Leigh have contributed to their coffers this season - and how much Catalans have!

SL is supposed to be a 'competition', is it not? Remove the jeopardy factor of 'P&R' and I fail to see the point of the competition. Teams will surely revert to 'drifting along' without any incentive to better themselves.

Finally, a genuine question - has the French competition improved, during Catalans' time in SL?

Is the NRL, NBA, NHL, NFL, MLB, IPL, Super Rugby pointless competitions?

All the above do not have P&R