Quote: itsatry! "Its disgusting the way things are run,Doncaster got no help plus have'nt they been told its their last chance?and yet here we have the RFL pumping a 100k pa into Gateshead !Rugby league is for the fans not the RFL to do whatever they wish with it regardless ,if it does'nt go well for Gateshead then the RFL should do the decent thing and punish them accordingly.'"
EVERY club gets £100k from the RFL. It is part of the deal for stopping promotion and relegation from superleague. All chairman accepted it as part of the franchise deal, yes even the Leigh chairman.
The conditional element of it is that it has to be spent on approved posts, posts which arent for players and help to grow the business, i.e. community development officers, sales people to get sponsors etc.
But why let the truth get in the way......