Apologies in advance for a long post

I think that we should accept that there are 3 competitions; League winners, Challenge Cup and Play off winners and that they all need different things to win them and they are all equally important.

Really glad the new structure proposals are being challenged, they are just daft,

Personally I would like to see

1 A salary cap that at least keeps pace with inflation and that is reset to make up the years that it has been frozen (Sky is getting us on the cheap at the moment). This is vital
2 The right to spend up to the cap for all clubs as long as they can show the funding is in place (to start to compete with the dark side). Very important
3 A competition with promotion and relegation (to encourage lower league teams and sharpen up the lower reaches of the SL). No brainer
4 14 teams. Yes I know the quantity of avaialble talent argument but for me I want as many games as I can have.
5 I am not fussed as to whether we have Magic Weekend or not
6 A serious, professional marketing campaign (sigh) from the RFL and the clubs. The best advert for RL would be if we were on terrestrial TV playing to full stadiums PLEASE
7 A serious, professional marketing campaign (sigh) from the RFL and the clubs (Yes I'll say it again)
8 A study to consider whether its possible to develop the whole of the 3 leagues as a co-operative with shared ethos, objectives and possibly some assets (Believe me this does not come from a left wing political dogma!). I think we need to lift the status and finances of the whole game in the UK, not just superleague, and not just the clubs with rich owners. However if we just concentrate on the finances (of the superleague) we have the danger of setting club against club. We need to find ways to maintain and improve existing centres of RL as well as (limited and targeted) expansion and to get a clear RL "brand". Not sure how this all could be made to work but I think there may be something in there, and it should be looked at. Sure as hell can't be worse than we do at the moment

I have to agree. What I find particularly sickening is Lenegan's claim that the RFL have put to much concentration into promoting the World Cup. A lot of this stinks of certain clubs Chairmen's self interest.

Top 5 play off system and GF teams and CC winners into WCC simples!

not cc. Different comp.

Totally agree with this post.

It does make you wonder if we are being asked to swallow once more the old hype about the franchise system with an elite group erasing old boundaries to attract support from larger catchment areas & almost certainly at the expense of existing smaller clubs. It might work for a while but if a split between competitions does occur then i can imagine the up & coming talent would soon dry up & unless SL clubs could buy in from abroad ,where there also seems to be a player shortage, then the new venture would die on its feet. Where would that leave the sport then with major shareholders cashing in their chips & leaving the sport insolvent ? I would think the main driving force behind the idea is fuelled by personal ambitions & not necessarily for the game which would no doubt have to increase revenue in a time when gates are being affected by a recession.