Very true.

The Catalans experiment was supposed to strenghten the game in France,if anything it has weakened it.

Not very.

Not very at all I'm afraid. As long as we don't finish bottom I will be happy to still not have seen my team relegated during my time supporting them.

I'm the other way round, in that if we finish bottom, at least I can turn round and say that we would have gone down without franchising. Makes it easier to rationalise. Although at the moment we dont look good for coming back up, a shiny new stadium and an owner willing to invest, we might look a better prospect than the rest. Would need to win something though, which would make it exciting, with every game crucial.

Think going out bottom of the pile would be a sad end to our SL adventure. Not sure how much enthusiasm I would have for a 3 year promotion campaign that will only be very vaguely based on what happens on the pitch.

it amazes me how many of you are a bit hopeful and blinkered, if we get the boot this time (which i think we will) we will NEVER be let back in unless the RFL are replaced with proper Rugby League fans and men with some balls and common sense to run the game, then we might all get back to talking about the rugby on the pitch and not about how good someones toilets and parking facilities are

Nah you're wrong, if we get NM and say Cas don't produce we will be flavour of the month - money and as you say toilets are what count.

We could win every game in NL1 for three years in a row but if we are still in BV no way would they let us in.

Guaranteeing anything in the next round of franchises makes a complete mockery of the whole principle of licensing. To guarantee a championship club a place when it is possible that all the teams in SL in 2014/15 have a better bid is ridiculous and sums up the ineptness of the RFL

Not very is my honest answer but you never know what is going to happen.

In a sense yes it does, and I’m surprised the RFL have made the same mistake again but it’s a fine balance they have to strike.

Its promotion and relegation without them "u turning"

No it isn't.

I would have thought in 3 years we would definately be competing against:

Leigh
Halifax
Toulouse

New stadiums permitting:
Barrow
Fev

Outsiders:
Sheffield
South Wales
Any other outpost the RFL introduce between now and then

Without taking into account the criteria (which will be made up accordingley!) and performances on the field (minor detail ) and trying to look at it how the RFL see things, in another 3 years, even with a new stadium, i would have thought we would definately be behind Toulouse & Barrow (stadium permitting) just on location alone. I would probably put us level with Leigh, Halifax, Fev ( new/improved ground?) and maybe even Sheffield. On that basis, i think we may be in for a struggle.

As terrible as it sounds i think our best hope may lay in the Crusaders financially struggling to see this season out, but even then it may be a close call between ourselves and Halifax.

RFL ont confirmé leur garantir une place dans SL pour un club de Championship venir 2015.

Ok then its promotion and relegation without promotion and relegation. But that sounded daft.So lets say "carrot dangling"