I do think the Playoffs should be restricted to top six of the table. Any more than that is silly and pointless. It also tires players out just before the internationals, no wonder we don't win anything if we give them the hardest games just before they take on the very best.

As for the cup, I think it should be an earlier season event aiming for the Wembley final in the first bank holiday in May. Didn't it used to be like that before? They also shouldn't leave it so long between the QF, SF and Final.

SL is a glistening turd. When 4 to 6 clubs get bored with being the only competition we can await an SPL like implosion.

Word of the week - well played.

Quote: charlie63wildcat "SL is a glistening turd. When 4 to 6 clubs get bored with being the only competition we can await an SPL like implosion.'" That's a EDIT viewtopic.php?f=33&t=421878&tsmp=1337169198argument. When those 4 to six teams get bored where do they go and play? We have a salary cap in place to make the league fairer. Obviously teams with greater revenue will often finish nearer the top but a competitive league is in the interests of all and if we get our new ground and continue with our off-field improvements plus pick up on-field then we could make those top four or six take note.

Quote: charlie63wildcat "SL is a glistening turd. When 4 to 6 clubs get bored with being the only competition we can await an SPL like implosion.'" That's a EDIT viewtopic.php?f=33&t=421878&tsmp=1337169198argument. When those 4 to six teams get bored where do they go and play? We have a salary cap in place to make the league fairer. Obviously teams with greater revenue will often finish nearer the top but a competitive league is in the interests of all and if we get our new ground and continue with our off-field improvements plus pick up on-field then we could make those top four or six take note.

Thats a reasonable enough consideration, if you consider SL to be in any way fair.
Many don't i certainly don't, certain teams are in because of who they are and where they are, some are treat differently when they breach the salary cap.
Thats my answer, however you skewed my original post, which was that the game is in a worse situation because of SL than it was, i listed my reasons i have yet to see anyone disprove them, you included.

Maurice Lindsey had the vision of a geriatric mole. He bankrupted Wigan whilst seriously damaging the game, and he was simply the man on the end of the telephone when News International called to offer a large cheque for RL rights.
SL, however, is much more competitive than the old league. There was so little glamour in winning the league that everyone preferred the Cup. It's been the reversing of this that has caused the decline in the Cup, but the final is still a great occasion and most clubs still aspire to win it. I also don't get this 'plastic club/soulless ground stuff'. What's 'plastic' about Huddersfield or London? Try being a London fan to see what true dedication is, and if you think there are too few of them to merit consideration, just remember it wasn't so long ago that their crowds were better than those at Wakey or Salford, for instance. Also, whilst I love the 'old fashioned appeal' of Belle Vue, You surely don't want us to be continuing forever with rotting Victorian piles rather than playing at grounds like Langtree Park, the HJ or the KC?

Is SL 'fair'? It's a lot fairer than many sports with no spending ceiling at all. However, no sport is 'fair' in a pure sense. I also don't get your point about teams being treated unequally over the salary cap. The only incident I can think of that could have led you to claim this is when Wigan successfully appealed their sentence for breach and won the appeal - but this was, however regrettable, because SL had not ratified the new penalties at the time of Wigan's conviction. One up for the lawyers, it's true, but nothing Red Hall could do about it.