rlhttp://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/23477/super-league-licensing-summaries-publishedrl

[iHalifax RLFC submitted an application with insufficient detail in their marketing, media or commercial plans. The club business plan was inadequate, figures presented by the club as the budget and performance forecasts for the 2012-14 Licence period were speculative and the club did not provide sufficient information for KPMG to complete their assessment procedures. Whilst the club has an excellent community program, a good facility and has recently strengthened its Board and player performance system, the club fell below the standards expected of a Super League club. [/i

should shut up a few of the Halifax whingers at least.

Yes. A vague paragraph released nearly 2 months after the decision was made, should put their worries to bed.

Budgets and performance predictions were speculative?
That is statement of the obvious, not a reason to criticise them, surely.

Someone fails to understand the difference between estimation and speculation.

Quite a stern warning for salford i thought.

I think it may have been a polite way of saying "pie in the sky" and "not stacking up."

Having read those summaries, they seem fair. Indeed, I am not sure why a consultancy firm had to be paid - even without access to the clubs' business plans any follower of the game could have pretty much written those comments based on what they see when they visit the grounds and from the attitudes of club managements.

spec·u·la·tiveadjective /ˈspekyəˌlātiv/  /-lətiv/ 


1.Engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge
- discussion of the question is largely speculative


2.(of an investment) Involving a high risk of loss

Hardly bloody vague matey, they ripped the application to shreads.

Hopefully it will lay the claims to rest from certain Wakefield posters that they had a better application than Cas.

I'd love to know who these international players Warrington have produced are.

It hasn't.

Of course it's vague.

There's no detail as to why marketing, media & commercial plans were insufficient, or why the business plan was inadequate. They're pretty much general negative statements that could be applied to any club they wanted to keep out.

Grade C = the club fell below the standards expected of a Super League club
plenty of those about unfortunately

You do understand the concept of a summary, don't you?

Bear in mind your own club was part of the decision to keep the RFLs full feedback "commercial in confidence" and therefore keep it out of the public arena.