Listy, but my point is, quite likely less than previous.

Might have been GF. Something of note on a very small wage

Errrrr! This is our 41st year is it not? Not sure then how we could have spent 40 years plus years developing young players. I would guess we have been doing this for 15/20 years at most against by your reckoning Wigan's 130 odd years plus.

Perhaps if Broncos hadn't had to contend with an uneven playing field regarding salary cap, maybe all those London trained juniors might have been able to stay & formed a fair old team.

Not really sure what the point here is. I simply stated my thoughts on promotion cost, it was another poster who suggested that long term aim was a team made up of 70% acadamy players.
Broncos are a long long way from achieving that level.
So yup only way to SL is to buy our way in

Maybe another question for listy! Why so you think DH is cutting back on players wage bill rather than spending to get quality and experience?

Saw some figures last month that showed that for example Wigan was 13% less expensive than London excluding rent. Also on average rent in Wigan is 72% less expensive than London. While obviously other parts of the North are more expensive than Wigan, it does go to show that to create a level playing field London needed to be given more central funding than other SL clubs to compete fairly.