They shouldn’t change anything until they have 13 grade A teams. Then you look to have a full review.

You have to be very careful. You are asking 30+ clubs to invest in areas to meet criteria to get placement or funding.

Just changing the boundary for marks is not straightforward as you could be directly impacting teams who have almost achieved it.

It’s something to look at in review though but absolutely not after year 1 of the process and new format. Maybe after year 3 then 5 then 7.

I am excited by the prospect of the league expanding at the top. Be great to see 14 and loop fixtures removed.

More fingers, more clicks?

Just been reading that IMG has been sold to the owners of WWE for $3.25 billion,wonder if that will have any effect on future dealings with the RFL ,who are currently paying them £400K a year on a 10 year contract. Very expensive advice, I am sure that some posters (and moderators) on this forum would have offered their services for less !

Apparently nothing changes.

No, because it's still under the same group of owners that it originally was. IMG was acquired originally by William Morris Endeavor and Silver Lake Partners in a $2.4 billion deal to form WME-IMG. WME-IMG reorganised in October 2017 with the parent company being renamed Endeavor, and IMG and WME becoming subsidiaries of Endeavor. Then last year, TKO Group Holdings was created when the UFC and WWE formed a new publicly traded company. Before that Endeavour bought out Vince McMahon of the WWE, and before that, they bought out the UFC back in 2017 off owners the Fertitta brothers and Dana White. TKO is a subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, which Ari Emanuel is CEO and owns a chunk of.
As a bit of info, if you used to watch Entourage on TV a few years ago, Ari Emanuel was the inspiration for the main character Ari Gold, played by Jeremy Piven.

IMG is still under the same parent company.
It's sold to another sports company in the same corporate structure. Along with some other sports companies.

Can't see it changing anything for us.

Talking of changes , any idea when we will be moved into the super league section of this forum

When theres holding down at the ruck, maybe they'll get the referee to slide in, give an over elaborate 1,2,3 count, then award 6 again

Vince McMahon to become CEO of the RFL. Mr McMahon.

Hi TJ , First post on here but I come in peace .

First of all congratulations on reaching a Grade A , a fantastic turnaround for you in 2024.

Just wanted to reply regarding how performance score works . Finishing 9th won't improve your overall 12th (3 year average) position as it all works relative to other clubs .

Cas finished 11th and 10th in their last 2 seasons , so a total finishing position of 21 going into 2025

Wakey have finished 12th and 13th so a total finishing position of 25 with 2025 to add on


This means that Wakey would have to finish 4 places above Cas in 2025 (I think Hull are the same score as Cas as well) to tie in 3 year average finishing position . Finishing 5 places above Cas in 2025 will put you above us in the 3 year average .

Looking forward to seeing you next season in SL

Finishing 4 places above Cas still puts Wakey ahead.

Yes, the average will be the same, but when averages are the same, the most recent year is used to determine placings.

Of course, we are going to win the CC as well, for some bonus points (fingers crossed!).

You are right it is relative.
When we've been talking about it on here we have only talked about how to get the same score given we might not have the bonus scores.

We don't need to finish higher than Cas in performance to stay above Cas in the overall score......but I quite like the target of finishing 4 places higher than Cas too

Looks like some are still unhappy with IMG, not going to please everyone, and Mat had some interesting thoughts at the shareholders meeting the other night. https://newsletters.e.leeds-live.co.uk/ ... D=LhBgc1og

Looks like some are still unhappy with IMG, not going to please everyone, and Mat had some interesting thoughts at the shareholders meeting the other night. https://newsletters.e.leeds-live.co.uk/ ... D=LhBgc1og