P.S. I'd love to see a fans protest movement against the licence system, but I feel it should come away from the clubs or from supporters associations, as this is a political hot potato and it's not worth dividing such organisations.

I think if all clubs outside SL feel this strongly, then all unite and refuse to take part in the bidding process in future. Most of clubs won't qualify anyway - but it would be a more symbolic stance to RFL that clubs are not happy. Will never happen tho because clubs are to competitive against each other. But the RFL still need clubs to keep pushing the ones already in SL, so it would force the issue as such.
My own oppinion is, and has been for a while is if fans turn up in bigger numbers each home game then P&R will happen, or would never have got scrapped. What will happen this time is what happened with the mergers outrage when SL formed - the media and fans kicked up a big fuss and played the historic card etc, and when they won the day didn't bother supporting the clubs after.

As for LISA doing the same thing as Fax. For me no way as I don't think its the right way to go about it. We increase our gates and keep the momentum going on the pitch, and sort out our finances then we have excellent chance to get in SL next time. Whether we want to do that is different matter, as you only have to look at clubs finances already in SL.

Nope, the whole thing stinks and I have a lot of sympathy with what they are trying to do - but this isn't the right way about it.

Be interesting to know Halifax's (the club) stance on this

The thing is something needs to be done and I applaud them for at least trying to do something whether its the right thing or not ,who really knows what "the right thing "is ,we have been going on and on for a long time now saying exactly what is in that statement .As each year goes by the divide gets bigger and bigger ,whats the point in a club keeping quiet on the matter in case they will be refused entry to SL when all everyone says is we will never get there any road ,is it a case of damned if you do and damned if you don't

Genius!

What a great way for Fax to ensure a bumper crowd against Widnes, on TV, which will help their franchise application in 2014.

Completely agree with the principle but not entirely convinced that it's the best way to go about it. I'd have thought it might have been a better idea to try and get the RFL to focus more attention (and finances) on Championship clubs - "a league in our own right".

How about getting as many fans as possible to (particularly those against licensing) to lobby the RL press? Even the establishment press is starting to question the RFL.

Failing that, hundreds of anti-RFL flags and banners dotted around Wembley & Old Trafford on TV might get the message across.

Rightly or wrongly Matt, you don't get a strong impression that the RFL is interested in Championship clubs:-

e.g.

- Four weeks from the end of the Championship season, and what is happening over P&R (sorry, I'll go and wash my mouth out in a moment) between Championship and Championship One?

- What is happening next season, over the intended re-structure of the Championships, to give more fixtures to Championship clubs? (it currently looks like there may be less, thus flying in the face of what the Championship clubs say they desperately want)

- What is happening over the proposed SKY money to Championship/Championship One clubs, next season?

Exactly what I had in mind Alan when suggesting they focus more attention on our league(s).

While I agree with what Fax are doing,for them it's the correct thing to do, as for it stopping them getting in next time, if they believe that then they also believe pigs can fly.
Toulouse or another French team will now be on their agenda, we have to keep out of it like all the other clubs did when Alan Rowley made his feelings known at the inclusion of the Welsh team.
I wish the RFL would become professional and give us a set if rules for 2012 set in stone and stick with them, only then will people trust them again .

Pro RL is on its way out in its current format its been proved with the Welsh n French Farce
over the past couple o weeks that the clowns who think they have the right to ruin RL
think that everything they say is right they are total crackpots who have no idea what RL
is about all they are thinking of is dosh dosh and more dosh and to be truthful they havent a bl--dy clue they are ruining this great sport, i support 100% what the Fax are trying to do we need a major clearout at the top of RL and replace the clowns with some people who have the interest of all the RL Family at heart not just a few SL Teams who without the sky dosh would be up s--t creek
Right On Brothers & Sisters make your voices heard WE SHALL OVERCOME !!!

Glad we provoked a response. If you read the release we specifically don't want to make it a Halifax versus the rest of rugby league thing. Having taken stock of last weeks decision we wanted to do something that gained some momentum that gives all clubs an equal chance. We feel P&R offers that. Our aim is to bring RL fans together to have a voice!! It's no use complaining about the state of our game without trying to do something about it. Currently the RFL uses the championship as it's little pet that every now and then it gets out, pats on the head and puts away again. We don't want it to he Halifax, Leigh or whoever complaining we want RL fans to support us abd take this to Redhall. Essentially give us our game back!!!