On paper it looks a feasible plan, but as others have alluded to, a lot more money will have to be brought in to the game to sustain this new format. No way at this stage are we ready to make 10 more teams full-time professional.

Negotiating the right title sponsors and TV deals is going to be crucial for this to ever take off. If Premier Sports aired a 2nd lower tier game, say Saturday afternoon, on top of the current Thursday night one, that could be a start. I'd love one of the FTA channels to start show a Sunday afternoon/evening kick off also.

Could be a big headache for the fixture planners having a few days (?) after Round 11 to organise 3 leagues worth of fixtures for the remainder of the season.

It really should be two leagues of 10.

10 professional teams, 10 feeder teams.

There just isn't enough talent/support to have a 14 team SL, nevermind a 24 team behemoth.

Wakefield aren't competitive??

They lost by how many at yours? With 12 men?

Competitive doesn't mean winning things...we leave that to Leeds and Warrington.

You are right that Cas are though...

And the best way to prove how competitive you are is to focus on 60 minutes of one game that was lost - genius.

More money comes in to the game, maybe the RFL get a league sponsor and i'd go with it.
Otherwise it's just another silly pipedream.

How about 6 leagues of 4, that way the top flight must be competitive!

Seriously though, 8 teams in the league is just a minor reduction in games per season which will surely reduce the season ticket prices by almost half. I only need to drag myself to 7 games at home, that's about £100 that I won't be spending on rugby that I can spend elsewhere.

I guess that the club is more than happy to miss the £1m that the other ~10,000 fans per game would generate as we will all be happy to pay more due to the better quality by playing less?

I take it you're not convinced then?

True. Unless there is more money it is just rearranging the deckchairs.

I take it you didn't read most posts? You know, the ones that explain how it works? Under my interpretation for example, there would be one more home and away game and less play offs

here we go Wakey/Cas/Fev merger its likje chalk and cheese over here

Perhaps Wigan and saints would be a good merger at least you wouldnt have to annoy Wigan Athletic or the Premier league ruining the pitch you would surely fill Langtree between you, Oh I forgot even though the geography is just as close it wouldnt happen as you both have your identities!silly me.

As for merger I would rather see my club go into oblivion and think of the memories that watch a convoluted side that has no affinity to an area.

Hull/Hull KR

Widnes/Warrington

Leeds/Bradford (they have an airport)

Wigan/Saints

Should be considered in mergers the league would be sorted out overnight leave London and the French Team(s) make it an expensive weekend out evrytime you are awaay from home abosolute recipe for success in a recession.

I follow my team because its in my blood not because we believe we have a right to a trophy each year by hook or by crook.

Rant over NO MERGERS

Probably not, beer after the game and all that

Anyway, I'm still not convinced. It reads like a pre-GF 12 that then turns into a GF play off season for the rest of the season.

Just do it I say, anything is better than this shambles we have got in place at the minute

I suspect that's the alternative you'll be faced with.