Don't need a sponsor to have a comp

The NRC was a second rate competition with a sponsor, it wouldn't even be that without prize money.

Quarters semi and final last year probably netted the club £55k after costs, who fills that gap?

My view is RL since licenscing has been going backwards in terms of attractiveness to teams fans outside the top 4 or 5 clubs and now it seems to Sponsors.

This decision is not good for Championship clubs and the Wigan Chairmen and' the other currently top' Superleague Club chairmen need to understand that unless licenscing is scrapped Sky might pull the plug soon too.

A sad thing to learn is this announcement. I know how I have felt every time Leigh have got to this Final.

A competative sport needs promotion and relegation and why the Wigan chairman can't see that astonishes me quite frankly.

Which of course won't now be voted until after the World Cup. IMO it's very premature to scrap the NRC and have nothing to fill the void (and revenue) from the missing games if the SL clubs leave everything as it is now.

Our BOM, and I'm sure other championships clubs boards, will be basing next seasons revenue with these fixtures included (even if it's just the group games) and once again Championship clubs are missing out on much needed revenue while the SL clubs continue to milk the great Sky cash cow

Cannot understand this decision at all. A possible "away day" even in Halifax is great for clubs, especially those who get knocked out early in the CC. If you are struggling in the league, you might at least have the cup to play for. And the final in recent years has been a great advert for the game.

Bring back the Lancashire Cup?

From Fev chairman - [i"We make money on the games, so we will lose valued revenues."[/i

Can't see how Fev have ever made money from the shared gates they announced for games against us!! Unless of course they under-stated those gates!

But there certainly won't be a 29-game structure in 2014.

Perhaps the SL clubs have voted it out, in a fit of jealousy that Championship clubs were actually participating in a SPONSORED competition?

One word, WHY?

Surely the RFL haven't just acted on this without uttering a word, I would imagine at some point they will have asked clubs opinions on it.

If we go back to RL being a sport where each game counts again then I suppose the void can be filled with the meaningful fixtures, have to say though rather than scrapping it altogether what was wrong with having it as a low league competition played midweek that was a straight knock out ?

Such a shame. It was growing on me!! Would be fitting if Leigh got to keep the trophy.

It would be more fitting if somebody ' fitted ' it onto Nigels bloody head

Seems to me this is another kick in the teeth for teams in unpromotable leagues.

Plus it also seems to me that the Wigan Chairman and other short sighted current Superleague club Chairmen need to start thinking about the game as a whole.

Bet Rob Parker could find a Sponsor for ALL RL competitions if licencsing was dumped.

Maybe the next person the RFL will appoint to the top table of our game will be just as ignorant and as untruthfull as the last appointee who surely was an RFU plant.The most complimentary thing about him is Turnip Head.

I find that quite insulting to turnip's Frank.