Quote Dico="Dico"Thats pretty much what I wanted to express.
If you get a club a few tiers down willing to pay even winning money, you'll get the best players in the area, or you would hope. Easily good enough to challenge up to C1 if you have the revenue stream'"
Exactly. You might even get big business involved when they realise how little money it would take for so much success and exposure.
Think of Formula 1 - teams called Red Bull and (in days gone by) Bennetton, ot even TNS Llansantfryd (sp?) in Welsh footie.
A couple of Million quid from a certain building society and Cheltenham & Gloucester Warriors, or Bristol and West Sonics, could be in SuperLeague getting massive amounts of tv and press coverage every week. Cheaper than a tv ad campaign, that's certain!