We did have three! 2008 counted towards these franchices given out in 2011 but as Salford & Cru cleaned up on them it hasn't really been mentioned ever!

The biggest problem with franchising remains the three year gap. For my money they should be on a rolling system, one team up, one team down - expansion of SL excepted - EVERY year, but based on (an arbitary figure here) the previous three seasons, and teams promoted to be given that three year season of grace.

Granted, you could quite easily have the anomaly of a team finishing third off the bottom being relegated, but as it's franchising, and not promotion/relegation in it's most literal form, that shouldn't be an issue - all clubs involved would know the score at the start of each season.

Problem with that is if you have one up one down every year but promoted team get's 3 years then who do you drop out? As you'd be replacing 3 current sides with 3 new one's effectively!

No you wouldn't... a team relegated would be able to find it's way back after the same three years as every other club.

Perhaps allowances could be made in there for accepting that performance in SL was worth some sort of bonus. It's only a suggestion, and not one that the RFL would ever take on board, but I think that the rolling franchise has it's merits.

The only downside to the franchise system is the moaning from fans from craps teams like leigh saying it's not fair, they should be in, Leigh rent a nice stadium that's it, no money, can't run a proper under 18's team because of no money, sod all fans just want everything handed to them.

From a club who will be homeless in a fortnight...

Plenty of franchise supporters on here, plastic scouser.

No use arguing with a moron who hasn't the sense to see it is NOT a franchising system but a licensing one.

No-one is saying Leigh should be in SL i think you will find most say we are not ready ,any way go and mither them on the Wigan forum you may get more of a bite than on here

Ah but he will feel inferior on the goons board as they are better at the moment than his lot.

Goons will never be better that Saints. Doesn't matter how they end up on the SL table.

Don't encourage him Nik.

We need to discourage him not encourage ,the pies are a much better team at the moment

A Wigan v Warrington final would be fantastic for SL this season.

It's time someone different won it and Wigan haven't been in a Final for a number of years and haven't won it for even longer. Warrington are the "new kids" and I reckon it would be an awesome final.

And the relevance to Franchises being too long is ?