This difficulty should have been brought up before the end of last season ,especially as London Broncos have once more had to suffer relegation.

Well it’s not the first time they have been bailed out this way. Not sure what the different reasons for each time but there as to be a line drawn how many times this can be done. Maybe that’s why the clubs have gone away to think/look at it.

Think this time Salford have to demonstrate that going forward they can be sustainable. Hopefully with the stadium situation sorted out they can get better revenue streams from it and this shows they don’t need to get the begging bowl out again. Salford have done well on the pitch with limited resources if they can replicate that off the pitch they should be ok. Read some are laying the blame at Blease’s feet for this.

Totally agree that viability should be looked at I'm not sure how much the points would have been affected on the IMG Gradings or whether IF it was a case that Salford would have been downgraded below London but a quick check Salford were 8th and London 24th on that particular metric

IMG criteria.

Finances: Reflects success of fan engagement and business performance
Rewards sustainable investment and sound financial management.

Score max 4.5 which is 22.5% of the total score

I don’t know if Salford revealed their ratings but they did come 12th with 13.97 next on list is Toulouse at 13.58 then London at 12.65.

Actually found their score for finance.

Finance (max score 4.5): – 2.15
Non-centralised turnover £: 1.50 / 2.25
Non-centralised turnover %: 0.15 / 0.75
Adjusted profit: 0.25 / 0.5
Owner investment: 0.25 / 0.5
Balance sheet strength: 0.00 / 0.5

Manchester Rangers haven't existed for years by the way. They applied for League One, got rejected and then shut down their entire operation in about an hour. All of which seemed to underline the fact the whole thing was built on sand and that the RFL had made the right call. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ma ... e-one-snub

Manchester Rangers haven't existed for years by the way. They applied for League One, got rejected and then shut down their entire operation in about an hour. All of which seemed to underline the fact the whole thing was built on sand and that the RFL had made the right call. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ma ... e-one-snub

As much as i'd like Salford stay in super league and stay a viable club, i'd hate to see another Toronto Situation where it goes wrong and they fold in the middle of a season.
I know some of it was due to covid and travel restrictions etc, but could see this happening with Salford at some point.
I'd be a bit nervous as a Salford player at the moment

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... r-30441567

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... r-30441567

We better be circling for Sam Stone

We don't have the quota space available.

We do if we tell Dan Russell we've made a terrible mistake

Commonly known as a doing a 'Brad Dwyer'....We will be getting a reputation

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... r-30447447

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... r-30447447

Reading that does not look to good for Salford.

Agreed. Surely the whole point of a governing body is that they actually govern!