The RFL has done everything possible to ensure the continuing involvement of Blackpool Panthers in Co-operative Championship One and we had every hope that a credible plan would be presented.

change the name to BLACKPOOL....CRUSADERS...FULHAM...BRONCOS...HARLEQUINS..and move to south wales now that should do it

If you love rugby league, which we all do on this forum then indeed the demise of any club is a sad day. However clubs will have to learn the hard way that chucking money around you have not got can only last for so long before it catches up with you.

It is no surprise that the main instigator of Blackpool's demise is the same person who started the rot at Leigh in the eighties... Bobby Hope! This guy should not be allowed near any sporting organisation ever again!

Hmmmm I wonder how much is owed to AT in directors loans?
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

i dread to think fred,i really do.

Lets hope long may it continue with Arthur's support hopefully he's looking at aspirations of SL 2015 for us

Bring back Ando

If AT asks for his loans back then the club goes pop, a new club is formed and we carry on.

We can do this because we have a big enough RL fanbase, Blackpool dont.

We carry on in what League though, fan base is pretty poor now and would be even poorer in Division 1.

We carry on, Widnes got a 9pt deduction didnt they? A few years on its SL time. Dont get me wrong I appreciate the finance AT makes available to the club and hope he stays forever, but I am sure he will be the first to say the club is bigger than any of us.

As I said to my ol' friend Starbug t'other week on the VT

We're heading to a reunification of the Chps with about 16 teams in

and we need to look inwards as a result of the RFL's disregard for the non SL heartlands, which means no French club and no Welsh club in the 16 team, 30 game Championship.

15 home games plus a end of season KO would bring in the revenue, start in December, GF first week in August followed by seeded ko over 4 weeks, ie 1 v 16, 2 v 15 etc

Get SL fans for first few weeks of season, big Xmas derbies eg Widnes Boxing day 2000/1? 6700 gate

Better structure than the other options if we dont get a 20 club SL over 2 divisions.

French teams no, Welsh teams yes.
France has its own domestic comp and lets be honest, if Tou hadn't have flunked in the Championship (to be fair its a tough comp) they'd have bided their time in the Elite and be in come 2012 along with Widnes imo.

At the time, the split to 2 was right, as of now i'd be looking at a reunification

Only accept a club if its in the interests of the clubs, CC were fast tracked and the clubs used, do not let it happen without some GUARANTEED money in return.

So you disagree with how the Scorpions are going?
That's ridiculously insular if so.