2 divisions of 12 teams with promotion & relegation, 2 up, 2 down. No protectionism even for London. Its time the rfl did the right thing and keep things simple and fair, end of!

Totally agree.

Pro sport has to have the opportunity for clubs to get to the top league.

How often have I posted that licenscing was a ridiculously stupid decision.

The only "fair" way to decide things in sport is on sporting performance on the field.

To me that's the only option.

I always remember around the time SL was announced as we played London away at the time (think it was in Barnet) and I was talking to fans down there who nearly all said they wanted London to win something to go up (Promotion) as it gave them a platform to build on, that never happened as they got propelled into SL based on location.
Since then London have always been in SL and I'd say save for a few years when Branson was around they haven't really kicked on.
When you read of gates of 1,500 I think its probably the same fans (with a handful more and better away support) that turned up at Crystal Palace sports stadium when 800 or so was on during Wintry Sunday afternoons.

I actually think this could be a chance for London to find its feet and play in a division of similar skilled clubs, its easy to knock the Londons, Salfords etc but getting up to watch a match largely knowing your going to get beat week in week out is hard to take (we've done it often enough even in the lower leagues !), maybe with a chance of winning things the same fans will come but they'll build a more solid support base rather than the boom & bust ones that have been before them.

No wonder they are against it, the 1000, s of London fans won't be able to visit the LSV due to the total inaccessibility by rail.Well judging by the comments on the VT they and many other clowns seem to think this way!

thank the lord that 'tennis snob' DICK Lewis has left the building.
why the hell did the RFL appoint him in the first place.
see he's been awarded a C.B.E. (Crettin Of The British Empire)

Do we really qualify to play in the Train cup.

Keith, what have the champ clubs got to do with ejecting 2 from SL at thr end of 2014

Whatever the RL decide to do, you can guarantee it will be on as level a playing field as Batley's.