Quote: Inflatable_Armadillo "I think there might be some crossed wires here... indeed mine might the ones crossed!
I thought the recent talk of a 10 team Super League was actually the adding of a second tier SL of a league of 10. The idea being that you would have 20 full time clubs in Super League in two division (still under licensing) and that P&R would happen between the A league and the B league on a yearly basis. Sky would have broadcasting rights to the whole thing and show games from both Super League A & Super League B and that the number of games would decrease but only slightly, because you would have a SL Champions play-off for the SL title and some sort of play-off between the bottom of League A and the top of League B to decided who came up to League A & who went down to League B. The number of promotion & relegation slots between the leagues would be quite high, so at least 3 and if not 4 clubs per season between each league.
If say the top 5 clubs in league A played off for the Champions Title, the bottom 5 clubs from league A played off the top 5 clubs from League B for at least 3 potential P&R spots between the leagues and then the bottom 5 clubs of league B played an end of season play-off with the part-time clubs, for say a Northern Rail style trophy allowing the part time clubs to get some TV money at the end of the season, this might have some legs!
This system does allow for the league to expand into new geographical areas without jettisoning any current and probably heart-land club as well and allow the likes of Leigh, Halifax and Featherstone a shot at full-time RL. As long as the potential P&R between the two divisions is at least 3 if not 4 clubs per season, then this would not turn SL B into a '2nd' Division but it would be a minor division! In fact SL Major and SL Minor would be good titles fp0r the two leagues!
That all said, I think this plan would be at least 6 to 10 years away and the until then SL should stay at 14 clubs but it might be something to think about!'"
This would be the right way to go, ps do you think my Avatar looks like Vastman
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