I'm guessing the club who loses out is about to get shafted.

As in, no promoting of a championship club and the league stays as it is, or license applications as normal and lets all ignore the administration (if it happens). I realise that both are equally unfair, and I'm happy with neither, but as a Wakey fan one of those options makes me a hell of a lot more angry than the other!

FWIW, I really quite like the Crusaders fans, and I have a real soft spot for them. The way the club is run is ridiculous, but it's hardly their fault. It's be a shame if they went under.

So it's as we were, but the rules don't apply to the expansion clubs?

Only if they change them!

Hasn't it always been that way? They've never said it, but it's pretty much a given that Crusader, Catalans and Harlequins will never be kicked out of Superleague.

If there is any shred of truth in this then I hope all the clubs under threat of loosing their franchise and Widnes use this damning evidence to ensure that we all are playing in SL in 2012 or legal action will follow.

Before anybody starts with we all signed up not to challenge the decisions, we also all signed up to a set of rules which the RFL keep bending to suit expansion clubs. Therefore in my mind they can't try and enforce
part of the original rules whilst blatantly ignoring certain others.

What are the voting requirements? Would all the clubs have to agree? And if so, are we (or Cas) going to agree?

No doubt it will be a stitch up with the majority who know they are safe agreeing and maybe even Salford being tipped the wink they are safe and should vote for it.

The really annoying thing is you can see the RFL's thinking here - keep the Crusaders in and the other SL clubs will be very angry, especially anyone who gets kicked out. Someone who gets kicked out could possibly mount a legal challenge to the RFL. But get all of the clubs to agree and there's no basis for a legal challenge - you can't complain about getting kicked out if you agreed to let them stay in, and it'd still be difficult if every other club agreed to it. But if you don't agree to keep them in, what's to stop the RFL looking at your franchise application unfavourably? I'm sure that would be enough to make us, Salford and Cas agree to it.

Good point - its another stitch up

See my post on the cas forum

Sorry, not sure I understand the point you are trying to make,