Quote: Gotcha "How the hell would any of that help your club as an example?'"
It wouldn't at the moment - if you'd read and understood what I said however, you would have noticed that I talked about what was good for the game as a whole.
Quote: Gotcha "As a Leeds fan I would love to see the cap bigger, and a marquee player exempt, that sort of thing can do nothing but improve Leeds. But how would it help the likes of you, Castelford, London, Widnes?''"
It wouldn't, as of now - but see the previous point.
Quote: Gotcha "You would think as a Wakefield fan you would understand the problems of spending something you don't have. To add to that you then propose that the Super League cash pot is extended to a further two teams, thereby reducing the individual clubs slice. Again how the hell does that help the likes of you?/'"
Yes I do understand the problems of spending what you don't have, but I also understand that the SC is not compulsory; raising the cap would allow those clubs who can afford to spend it to do so, which seems reasonable to me. As for sharing the money amongst more teams - I guess all clubs would have to work harder to maximise their income streams and meanwhile, my new & improved RFL board could help by, say, getting a sponsor for SL?
Quote: Gotcha "Hetherington has often made decisions and had input into Rugby League schemes that have been to the detriment of hte Rhinos, purely for the good of the game. Such as setting a small salary cap. This guy knows what he is doing, unlike these individuals he speaks against. And I can say that with some confidence, considering Leeds were a bust opertation going down the pan, before he arrived. He didn't just do it at Leeds, look what he did from Sheffield from scratch.
I would suggest that when a guy with those skills starts talking about how we should do things, that people at the very least should have the curtesy to listen.'"
I'm sure Mr H is a wonderful man, but this walk-out wasn't really about that; it was about the Chairmen being unhappy that the RFL were attempting to get their stupid new structure ratified by the back door; that was dishonest, disingenuous and sneaky and they were right to refuse to be hoodwinked. I don't know if Mr Hetherington had colluded with the RFL in any way, but I'm glad that it has resulted in what amounts to a vote of no-confidence in the RFL board - I share that lack of confidence.
