SL is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow so not matter how bad they are they will always get the backing of the RFL ie London Broncos

Because there used to be a 50 % rule that meant you could only spend half of your income on the 1 st team , that was abolished 2 seasons ago and has resulted in a free for all orgy of trying to score enough ' playing ' points to avoid losing their licence

Now we know why Mr Lewis made the statement he did , any extra funds obtained from the next TV deal will be needed to pay the interest on some overdrafts

Sky have the game by the short and curlys as no other broadcaster can come anywhere near what they can pay, I predict a reduced TV deal next time around.

Is anyone really suprised?

I look at club accounts regularly (usually when some halfwit on the VT is telling Championship clubs how to run their affairs whilst their own club is financially crippled) and they are truly horrendous.

You can understand why they dont want relegation don't you!!

All this 'we can beat the Aussies if we do' bollox, its about self preservation.

aboslutely.....when has a closed shop and protectionism ever been good for anybody.

Lucky CC clubs arent as badly run as that.

Absoutley agree.

We here that SL gets better and better every year - introducing new teams - is this making it more attractive for other broadcasting companies? Certainly not.

What profit did we make last year

Championship clubs do not make profit

We didnt.

We lost a lot, not as much as the SL clubs, and we dont get a million pound plus handout either.



Championship clubs should cut their cloth to suit they say........

Rugby League doesn't make profit!

Rugby is something you spend money on, not earn money from.

The only people who profit from RL is Sky TV. Hence Sky's (not the RFL's) desire for expansion. Everytime a club like London, Crusaders or Catalans enter the competition, Sky acquire another revenue stream by selling alternative advertising for a product they already own! And the RFL will do whatever Sky tell them to, because the current administration has virtually blackmailed clubs into selling their grounds and moving into leased property. This has reduced club revenues and make SL clubs wholly dependant on Sky funding, now if we don't do what Sky says, they pull the plug and Rugby League goes bust. If that happened now Salford, Cas and Wakey would be laughing their c*cks off as at least they have capital provided by their grounds despite all the flack they get for not being up to scratch.