I saw the photo and I can't make out if its funny or disgraceful.

If they show a pic of the Crusaders handing in theres and saying "don't know why you bothered, your a shoe in" then that would equal it out.

#Im suprised it wasnt one of you guys who put that ! DOOM MONGERS ! You all think we are down anyway so that would be up your street wouldnt it??

Sky pulling out would equalise everything in a downward fashion.

I do think that we will be the ones who will lose out but that does not mean I am happy about it. I'm not sure what you expect people to do and what difference you think it will make. If you want me to go round telling everyone that I think we'll be playing in SL next year then I can do but 1, I would be lying and 2, it wouldn't make a difference to anything. Congratulations for being positive, well done.

Why is it sad, your not been cut lose you will just be in a different division, with lots of other members of the "rugby league family"

Do you think the exposure on SL show last week might have had anything to do with the other clubs amazing start to the season

If they do chuck you out It'll be the SLE family that does it not the RL family.We dont all think the same way.

SKY TV the root of all EVIL

I dont know what the issue is, most of the users on here think we have no chance and the rfl will just throw the application away rather than read it...they are just saying what everyone is thinking. Franchises = a lot of words with no substance whatsoever!! one rule for one and six rules for everyone else!

And that goes for every sport on Sky, not just rugby league. If they pulled out, there'd be a lot more football clubs up the creek than there already are.

Biggest load of @~+! ever spoken !!

They havent sold their ground for £50 million and never will !

It ain't doom and gloom to accept the reality. If anyone can put a good argument why another club has a weaker application than ours, I would listen, but they can't (if you work on the assumption that franchising is designed to create expansion, the expansion clubs are safe).

The only clubs whose applications are similar are Salford and Cas. Salford's ground is under construction and they are a presence in Manchester, and so they are okay. It's between us and Cas, as everyone knows. All things being equal, it would be a tough call between us and them, because we both tick certain boxes, but probably the same amount. Once you add into that the fact that we have gone into admin (although that isn't officially against us, it would be something they couldn't ignore) and that they are doing well on the pitch, and we aren't, there is only one outcome.

Unless there's a rabbit in the hat that hasn't been disclosed. Like the application being based on Oakwell or a comparable facility. That would make interesting.

For as long as our application is based on Belle Vue but a hope for Newmarket, we are done. But is it?

Sounds about right to me. Seems like it's just fingers crossed for that rabbit.

It is hard to maintain respect for a sport that decides who plays in its top league via a beauty contest, lacking transparency and inevitably open to corruption, or at the very least, the uncomfortable whiff of it. Maybe Wakefield should not be allowed in SL on the basis of facilities, but the first qualifying tick for the right to be there should be earning it on the pitch, then the judgement of your facilities etc. I firmly believe we should return to one up one down with the caveat of the promoted club fulfilling set criteria re facilities and business performance, as it was proir to the hijacking of our game by an Australian coach led agenda and the naked greed and self interest of SL clubs. The sight of Sky commentators and the SL show concensus of condemnation of Wakefield sickens me. I would not want to see any club receiving this kind of attention.
It is also hard to maintain respect for a sport that gives favour to one team (well 3 actually) over its other teams. Why should the so called expansion clubs have favourable treatment. I'm sorry, I've been with Wakefield through thin and thinner and we still can rustle up 6000 to 8000 fans for an RL cup semi or a big home game, in spite of 40 yrs of disappointment and a shoddy ground. SL, bury us at the peril of our sport. WTRLFC will be here long after the Welsh & London fiascos have gone. It is a disgrace that Crusaders were given preference over Widnes last time, as it will be to see them there again when we are axed, as I am virtually certain we will be.
So I understand the disillusionment with the game, but I will support Trinity come what may as my love for the club supercedes my anger at the perversion of our game by the lot in charge at the moment.