i liv in wrexham and the area has been cryin out for somethin like this, no big union team and not a great football team. and bringin in g thomas was the best thing they could of done, every1 round here thinks of him as a brother, our alfie this, our alfie that. half of the people going don't no the rules but they are still turning up and learning but more importantly paying.

No probs ... so why bring the East and the Miners into the equation when they are not denied promotion into a higher division, with franchising being an obstacle.

I`ve no problem watching a successful Championship Leigh side and IMO could n`t give a rats rse about SL, however I`d much prefer the governing body to decide that the drawbridge of SL is finally over, rather than changing the criteria when it suits. I fully understand the needs of SKY to sell dishes and to increase viewing figures but to be the influencing factor in to how our sport runs the game is sad.



Thats irrelevant ......... The Miners or East have no right to passage into Championship 1 ........ The professional tier of our sport goes SLE,Championship and Champ 1.

Regards the licensing process why does n`t the RFL adopt this system into all of the 3 tiers of RFL. If they`re so convinced that this way of thinking is the correct way to manage/stabilise our clubs , surely this should be the blueprint for the future of RL.

Well some of us remember the 1971 Challenge Cup Final and our 1981/2 Championship crown.

We are still watching our team now and know we had a chance of lifting the NRC Cup this season. We also know we have blown our chance of a Grand Final appearance this season.

We also know that whatever happens for the next 3 seasons we will still be outside the top flight whatever our club does on and off the field. We can triple our average attendance it makes no difference to where our club will be.

One season in Superleague and thrashed every week (well almost every week) but still we had better crowds than Salford or what are now known as Harlequins.

There are about 5 clubs in the game now capable of winning the Superleague title. Fact. Same in the footie game for their Premiership.Everyone knows that.

Why do other clubs want to be in the top leagues of these two sports ? Why do fans of those clubs want them to be there ?

In our sport every Superleague club given a favourable draw could win the Challenge Cup no club outside that league can.

Why do I want Leigh in the top league when I know they can't be champions whilst they are in it well it is because I know the club I support can be better than top of the Championship.

A kid in Atherton these days can travel just as quickly to the Piedome as the LSV. Why would such a kid interested in watching top class RL go to the LSV in those circumstances?

Franchising might work on continents but it will never work in a relatively small country with no tradition other than of fair play' promotion and relegation and a complete detestation of something they do not agree with.