I don't see what the big fuss is all about? This seems like a sensible concept to me
What's the worst that could happen if we become a 'feeder' club to Wigan? Or if indeed the whole championship becomes a 'feeder' league to the super league?
1. The best players in the championship will get signed up by the super league teams (that already happens now folks: Hill, Walmsley etc) super league teams will still have to pay a fee for the player.
2. Fringe super league players will be offered to championship clubs in way of loans, dual regs, signings (yep that already happens now aswell: Spencer, Brierley etc)
3. It means young, talented rugby league players who are too old for the junior teams but not yet ready to compete in the super league will get a chance to play and earn experience with hard working, well-coached championship teams. Quite honestly without this concept I don't know what these lads would do and I think you'd find more and more players losing interest and focusing on careers outside of rugby (Bryn Hargreaves is a perfect example). If that happened then literally the future of rugby league really would look pretty dim.
4. It means teams like Hunslet, York, Dewsbury and Swinton will be much more competitive next year (I hear a lot of moaning on here about the pointlessness of some teams in the super league who arent competitive but surely being a Hunslet or York fan must be more frustrating?) Now these clubs and their fans can look forward to seeing a greater selection of players than before?
5. Talented players from both leagues don't have to re-arrange their whole lives in order to continue their rugby careers (travel, jobs, accommodation etc) we all saw how it didn't work for Worrincy this season - poor lad missed his family and couldn't get a job!

Whether you like it or not the championship is a lower league than super league which offers less pay and extremely limited opportunities for promotion: as Leigh are a championship club we are in a position that means ALL our players, and coaches for that matter, would jump at the opportunity to move up to the super league FACT. We already are feeder clubs in a feeder league and being twinned with another club would make no difference in my opinion.

The fact of the matter is that if we want to get in the super league and stop being the poor, pointless neighbours we need to tick the licensing boxes: 1. Win the NRC or get to a GF (tick!) 2&3 have good attendances and a healthy turnover- so it's simple, I've said it on here before: we, as a club, need the good people of Leigh to put down their lobby, pick up their wallets, ignore the fact that they could go watch Wigan for a couple of quid more, be proud to be a leyther, and come down to the LSV once a fortnight to cheer on the mighty Centurions!!!!

If a mere 10% of leythers do (Thats 4,300 - I've done my homework) then we'll be in the super league in no time.

super league players WILL count towards the Championship clubs salary cap. This will be on a sliding scale depending on what the player earns, between £500 and £2000 per player per game. This will not be paid by the club, but will in effect be a reduction in the cap for the Championship team. So having 5 DR players in your championship team for 10 games will reduce the clubs cap by a minimum of £25000!!

and....the salary cap we worked to last year was just above the championship 1 maximum....and we still wupped your backsides....how many times was it?

We could have UPTO 5 DR or loan players stated by PR last night. I am sure Fax are not going to take any loans or DR next season. It also looks like use of loan players or even twinning which we haven't officially done won't count against any SL application in 2014/15. The reason, I reckon we will have two leagues of 10 so as long as you are in the top 6 at the end of 2014 it could be that you will be in SL2.

Well I doubt there will be any Championship side spending anywhere near the salary cap this season.

Leigh have more contracted players than last season so I doubt it will impact on any Championship club never mind ours.

Franchising is surely in its' death throes and I am confident P & R will be back next season.

Maybe our pro game can swiftly recover from this ludicrously self evident'doomed to failure' idea of licenscing which has done great harm to our game.

Clear statement of intent by KF at the Forum, and change is in the RFL air at present.

Good. However, as anyone at Red Hall will tell you, the Game's governing body, (i.e. the RFL) has only got one vote in Sooper Dooper League Europe. That would suggest that, it's whatever the SL clubs vote for, that will be the way forward. Of course, all it needs is a few of those turkeys to vote for Christmas, eh?