So if Widnes are given a place in super league do they both share a stadium ? :S

Correct.

But it's not a fair comparison. Criteria like attendances, finances & so on will always favour the existing SL sides.

But currently, don't Widnes have the edge in most of those areas of a couple of SL teams? Shows how much of a farce it was to overlook them the first time.

I know if Widnes got a licence our finances will be better than a few in Superleague clubs,such as Quins,Crusaders,Salford,Wakey,Cas and maybe Bradford now.We have good backers with Stobarts,and i am confident we will do ok if get the nod.As you all know Widnes u18s Academy is in Group A with your mob. Higher than some Superleague academies, and the u16s went unbeaten and 12 have been signed up for a furthur few yrs.I can not see Widnes wasting money on this if not been given the nod.

how can they say that without seeing the submitted documents.....crazy

I would expect they have more or less decided before the applications.

Don't know about finances, but they're averaging just over 3k attendance (compared to 6.8k for Salford, the worst SL club). That's by far the best in the Championship (next best is Halifax at 2.2k), and would increase massively, of course, if/when they get into SL.

must be illegal, as otherwise why submit anything or meet any criterea

Probably. But how else could they know, unless they are devaluing the franchising arguments on purpose.

I thought Salford would average less than 6.8k tbh. Quins too?

they do, that figure includes both home and away games. quins average 3.4k and salford 4.2k at home.

What if the stadiums are being built by the april 2011 deadline?

I just don't see how the RFL can say at this time that one will be dropping out, whats the point of putting together a application if the RFL have already chosen?

IMO it will be sad for the game to lose cas or wildcats, they are rugby league towns, i doubt any of them teams will recover from being dropped out.

Surely the RFL have to look at the applications in april when they have all been put in.

we are not losing a team, they are being relegated. widnes have a strong case to say they should have been in this time around, and i think can put together an even stronger case than a couple of the current SL teams.

if it were up to me i would give the teams 3 years in the wilderness who leave it untill the very last min to get their stadia built. they have had 3 years to get a move on with it. ever since the applications were put in last time they have been saying they will build a new ground. if they havent made a move by now (like saints have) then why should we keep them in when we have a team like widnes who can bring alot to SL.

i would like to see the RFL be ruthless to these teams and give them another 3 years to get it right then come back when and apply again when all is finished rather than them just promising they will do it and never quite getting around to it.