Has anyone stopped to ponder why we might be asking for such dispensation?

London cannot make up their squad with enough Northern players and we simply don't have enough youngsters of SL standard (or any, now that Clubb and co are off).

Don't know why people are getting their knickers in a twist about it....after all, we will not be signing anyone like Cronk and Slater. They'll all be players that no-one has heard of but that might be able to play to the required standard (and there are still plenty of overseas players in the Northern teams...too many, imo).

Back on topic, I will continue to support LB wherever they play...they are my club and that's it.

Wish I supported a club that was likely to win something (or even win their home games would be nice)

Which pub you going to drink in next?

Do you genuinely think Salford are within the SC, no genuinely, and they are situated in the lower end of the Manchester 'living market'.

Do you honestly think this sport is truly honest and open (and fair). Should the Bulls have gone bust, Wakey have been propped up, im sure there's plenty more we dont know about.

Have you heard of industry terms such as London living allowance or similar and ever thought it may or could apply to London Broncos? just a thought.

Enjoy the new pub ambience

Which is surely what will happen after next season.

It's inconceivable that we would be allowed to avoid relegation by buying in loads of talented Polynesians etc. The howls from the north would be loud and, on this occasion, justifiable. This exercise now is pretty obviously aimed at ensuring that there are 14 clubs in SL next season.

We won't be able to compete but perhaps we'll do the next best thing and have a team that will entertain.

Are you making the assumption P&R will come in?

I suspect if there is no P&R there will be a 12 team SL with 5 year licences.

it is quite funny that we are getting all excited and upset about us asking for some help to keep us operating as a TOP FLIGHT team.
did the other clubs that have been helped out over the years refuse!!!?
No names no pack drill
Its not the first time a team in the comp has been exempt from the drop, teams going bust, teams having there grounds bought by the governing body, teams ignoring the salary cap, teams using interesting employment techniques to get round salary cap, owners/exec officers having interests in several clubs in the same league, teams uprooting and moving from expansion area back to heartland despite the franchise being based on location.
Not having a dig at those involved just saying it happens.

..."they did it first" doesn't change the point about values and the club.

Proudly, London fans were happy to be the fly in the ointment of the flat earth brigades crusade to have "their" club in Super League to replace "that there London that was getting loads of extras from the RFL". We never finished bottom, nor in a relegation place and we were weaned off our imports and uncovered some pretty decent "northerners" willing to come down and do the business for us. Rob Purdham is a true club legend and any further north he's have been a sweaty!
The Club have let it slip so badly that they now feel the need to go cap in hand for exemptions.......I suggest one of the key issues over the last few years has been failure to prioritise what was important and what wasn't....you know my thoughts on the name change and ground change......there were far more important things to do in my opinion.....it comes down to having core values and then living/working to them.

As someone pointed out previously, we already have a London allowance in the salary cap.

10%.?
Found this bargain in Hull
url]www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/30932667?search_identifierfound this garage for sale in Brentford
rlhttp://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/29961813?search_identifier

so basically, a player in Hull can buy a flat for 15k but a player in London needs 10k MORE just to park his car

10% id 2/10th of SFA....

I paid 4 quid for a pint of Peroni in London last year.....that means it would be 3.64 up north.......I'd suggest a pint at 3.64 in Hull/Castleford/Leeds/Salford/St Helens would not find itself out of its barrel!

For me it depends on what comes out over the next couple of weeks. If we end up fielding a team made up of 12 antipodeans then I won't be watching, or taking any interest in what goes on. It'll be like all of the work done over the past decade has been wasted and Rea will have taken us back full circle. I've got no interest in that.

A gentleman who goes by the name "Cracker" on these boards felt the need to PM me and tell me of my arrogance and how everything costs the same up north as it does down south.....