I go along with Scouse Pie 2 still with the 14 teams. Scrap the Magic weekend. The exiles games will bring in more money, plus it can never be a fair reflection whichever way it is done, such as Wolves V Widnes . Certain points for Wolves which could make all the difference at the end of the season. No team should have an advantage over any other. Top 5 play off only, the top of the league club to get the advantage as reward for finishing top. There would be a couple of games less to play without getting rid of anyone, our game should grow with our own teams not throwing them out.

A magic weekend is a bit of a farce as you could get uneven match-ups. One of the top teams in the league could get to play the worst team for a 3rd time and be gifted an easy 2 points, where as 2 other teams who are at the top could end up playing each other.
So if we do persist with this idea lets play it at round 15 and the fixtures are based on the league table after half a season once all teams have played each other at least once. then we play 1 v 2, 3 v 4, etc etc......this way all games should be close and competitive.

if we do keep the magic weekend hows about turning it into a sevens tournament, could be cool if marketed properly, though my favourite idea is to have a 3 game Exile series mid season and market it like the Aussies do with SOO, could bring a much needed boost to the game if handled correctly

Not often I agree with you, but near enough spot on.

I'd try to expand the international game/Exiles concept using the spare weekends from reducing the teams, as well as having a second french team in the competition to try and build on the success of Catalans.

The reason a salary cap works well (in the broad sense) in the NRL is that even a club at the bottom of a table can a) afford to sign a star player, and b) attract them in the knowledge that they can challenge.

Wigan
Wire
Saints
Leeds
Hudds
Hull
Catalans

...they are all teams I'd put in that Category at the minute, that can challenge at the top and can spend to the full cap (in a 12 team league). Put another French team in there, tax breaks + living in france would be an attractive proposition, which takes it up to 8. Hopefully Bradford can sort their act out as well.

So now you want cash hand-outs as well as demanding that other teams have star-names dropped for when they play you?

Just out of interest, do you live your personal life on this 'charity, yes please' basis?

One thing that makes no sense at all, whichever way you cut it, is both Cas and Wakey seeking to separately build new stadia.