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Quote: The Dentist Wilf "Completely agree and I'll hazard a guess what the massive issues are.

Its not so much the structure that is the problem but rather if more money goes to the Championship Clubs where does that come from, if its not to be to the detriment of the Super League Clubs, its about even more importantly how the RL govern the game, why we haven't got a Sponsor for Super League or the World Cup, how our administration is happy to settle for pictures on the side of a lorry instead of tackling the 'moral' issues of an offer of nearly £1m from a betting company, how much money the Sky deal actually generates and how much is passed onto the Clubs (and how much of that is retained by Redhall) which Chairman if any have any sort of vested interest in the proposed changes, how a subject that it has been agreed in writing by the RL to be discussed after the World Cup is suddenly on the agenda as an urgent item at a run of the mill Super league meeting.

Its about getting the entrepeneurs who own the Clubs involved in marketing the game on a national stage, getting better tv deals, being transparent when handouts are given by the governing body to Clubs who are struggling and how we can plicate a players union and act in a caring way towards players who are now k*ackered after 30 games who will under the new structure be expoected to play a lot more etc. etc. etc.

For me there are too many questions that want answering before we go blindly into a re-structuring which is fine as far as the 8 x 8 x 8 stuff is concerned if if you like that complicated sort of thing but you can't vote on it until the finance is agreed and sorted and the governance of the game clear and transparent. All we'll end up with is moving the deckchairs on the deck while the ship continues to go down. The World Cup is a big opportunity to talk up the game and get new converts this is a watershed moment and looks pretty massive to me!!!

Of course I'll get shot down now but I love this game, its fans and the folks who play it and at present it is grossly undersold and badly administered and sinking as a commercial entity very fast indeed.'"

Completely agree.

On the sponsorship issue and the problems associated with aligning with a betting company, simply donating a percentage of the money to a gambling awareness charity could have been an easy feel good fix and helped to fend off criticism. Too many other sports have jumped into bed with the gambling industry to be judgmental about it. Like it or not it has become a big part of sport in the last decade.

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