Quote: jesus-is-coming "LL the rfl posted record profits last year so how are they skint??
The game had lasted 100 years without the meddling from sky
Before sky joined we were filling wembley and hiring old traffold
Now before we got oursleves in this mess was our competition not better run?
Season started ,lancs cups midweek(great local derbies)john player up to and just after christmas( ok some crowds were poor but compared to the playoffs now, positively healthy]season still running,challenge cup(played on regular basis} end of season run in(promotion and relegation ,bloomin 4 up 4 down lol) premership playoffs...end of season tour down under or even a touring sideover here playing for 2 -3 months against club sides...........now does all these not make for a more fun season
Instead you get told you can't play in this league or that league
You can't spend to improve your team,your handicapped by a salary cap[how do you fund a team on 150k?)
Then people say the challenge cup is pointless as the lower leagues get murdered( I wonder why lol)
We are given a cup to play amongst ourselves,and now a pointless play off system
We now play less home games than ever in history so how do we generate money?????
On the international front we don't tour? why? as all the players are full time so don't need to ask there bosses for time off as in the bad old days????
So you saying dumping a club in wales is progress,lets give the jocks one as well and a irish one and remove three more english clubs......so how do we produce players for england???????
Just imagine if the sky money had been spread over all the clubs over the last 13 years or so,instead give it to andrew johns and any other old crock to limp over here
whoopie doo'"
Good post agree completly.