My blueprint is simple 20 clubs in SL, 2x10. 2 french and 2 welsh are needed, but if that is a no go then we must vote as the other turkeys have voted and that is insular. We need to toughen up and not be dumped on if we are to change/influence the rfl's agenda ie if we refused to accept the Scorpions into the Championship of 16 clubs they would be either fast tracked to SL or go bump, so if they wish to do a CC then fast track them, if they wish the club to grow organically then the championship clubs use some leverage.

We wouldnt find 20 clubs in the Short term.
2 conferences of 8/9 East v West, we solve almost every problem including the players playing too many games line.
Until then reunite the Chps at 16 clubs

Quite possibly , maybe clubs like

Warrington Wizards

Leigh East

Bramley

Huddersfield Underbank

Siddall

East hull

, Can you see a ' trend ' developing here , that might be a problem for some ?

The 14 consists of South France Aussies and we have North Wales Aussies. Add Toulouse, Leigh, Fax, Widnes, Fev and Barrow for your 20. Drop Cas, Wakey, Salford and HKR into the 6 and you have a gap that is breachable in year 1, as long as you know in April/May at latest.

You are Col Saunders and I claim my £5

What has that got to do with anything ?
This is what you posted



Winners , ie ' on the pitch '

In the final , who get there by being the best ' on the pitch '

We already have two ' national ' amatuer comps , and as far as I can remember , heartland clubs have contested all the recent relative finals

It doesn't work , only one thing will expand the game at pro/semipro level , money , money provided and administrated by the governing body and its member clubs

Ahh I said the winners could apply to join what would be a franchised Chp.
They would have to show that they could be sustainable at that level which is why I brought crowds into it old boy.
We dont want two national conferences we want regional comps with national finals.

But franchising is not working and is an anathaema to the UK sporting public at whatever sport.

Pro RL is in a hole and franchising the Championship would make that hole bigger. The bigger the hole the more difficulty in getting out.

Why not introduce franchising to footie ? Why no European League instead of a European footie cup comp ?

Why are Blackpool FC or Wigan or Bolton in the premiership ? Would they be if the FA had introduced franchising ? And would footie be better or worse with franchising do you think ? Ask a footie fan.

So you are suggesting that a club playing in a totally inferior competition could qualify to apply for the Championships by winning one match ?

How do you judge ' sustainable ' when a club is at amatuer level ? ie it is not actually paying its players or charging very much if anything for admission ?

This club then has to jump to paying a squad of players and then suddenly all the other associated costs

Think again , the jump from amatuer to a single Championship is bigger than a jump from the Championship to SL

We need more clubs at semi pro level so you can run two tiers which then flattens out the hill between amatuer and SL

Well I thought it was well known that Claudius was more of a Cluedo man.

Baffled. I just cannot understand Cluedo though'anymore than I can Monopoly.Is it buy buy buy and you can't lose ? A touch better than Bingo ? Or a raffle ?

Well it does help being an academic in cluedo, just keep away from the study when the clergy are about.....

Was it because somebody nicked the ' Boot ' and that was his favourite ?