With the parachute payment and 25% salary cap increase I'd be confidant of us winning a few comps. If it is for a year with NM getting the go ahead I could live with that. It could work out as a big advantage to us

It might work, imagine us debuting in our new stadium for our first game back in SL with an exciting squad and also having won the Championship Grand Final.

So we would need planning permission from a council headed by a Cas season ticket holder to ensure our promotion at Cas's expense. Mmm, that would work.

Would also mean that the RFL have swallowed the Cas twaddle.

One of the problems with the three year window is that memories focus on recent stuff. Who would complain about us being dumped out this year with our on-field stuff being so damn poor, and people are saying that it would be wrong to dump Cas out when they are doing so well on the pitch (and I agree with that view). Except in the same window we finished fifth at the end of the regular season, but that isn't how we are currently perceived.

Sorry but why aren't Cas the team to go down if it's just a case of who starts building first! Can't believe we would agree to this.

Its funny how the franchise rumurs are only appearing on our board

Probably because Belle Vue is perceived to be worse than Wheldon Rd and our financial record is worse than Castlefords.

We might agree to it if the alternative is we take our chances on being awarded a franchise and if we don't get one then we are out for three years with no guarantee we'll get back in even then.




Probably due to 12 of the 14 clubs not being threatened!

Big risk if true, whos to say NM will get the nod? People didn't think it would get called in but it did. If we don'y have the weakest application then we should remain in Super League, end of.

Who is this person Bren? PM if you prefer not to post on here

I won't do either I'm afraid, otherwise he'll stop telling me stuff, then I won't be able to contribute to 'rumours' threads.

Cas will know that no stadium progress will mean no substantial franchise even if they win the GF, the TV contract has been increased and there could easily be a redistribution of funds in order to create a 15th share, if Wakefield had the finances to spend the full cap I'm sure they could build a competitive squad, I'm expecting the MM weekend to be scrapped due to the poor crowds and overload on the fans pocket, TMK this is already in place for demoted or defranchised clubs, like I said earlier, the CC will be us most unaffected by this as Wakey will be replaced by Cas or not, and their pathway to SL via franchise applications will be unchanged.

Let's face facts, the RFL can pretty much do anything they feel they want to within this process.

It's another rumour but it's one I've now had told to me by three different people all of whom are well connected.

I have heard that phrase too often on here

Hopefully it will only be for a season we got NM sorted were back in 2013. Regarding parachute payment premiership clubs get this when relegated to the championship + we have bigger cost not just on field but with our A rated community program. I imaging we would be keeping a full time team both on and off the pitch and most of the parachute payment will probably be to avoid staff been made redundant