Quote lemonhead="lemonhead"That's all very interesting, but so far no one here or on the Wigan board can provide me with the clear reasons why we are changing after only 6 years of the current system which was working - Catalan, Widnes, Cas & Huddersfield have all developed into stronger clubs because the threat of relegation has been removed. Ultimately this can only be good for the national team but you cannot allow for the clown in charge!'"
In 6 years, Crusaders (twice), Wakefield and Bradford (twice) have gone into admin.
Salford and London were on the verge of extinction.
Catalans were developing well before SL went to licensing.
As were Huddersfield (in fact it could be argued relegation was the best thing for them in 2002 as they have kicked on since then and certainly didn't kick on from finishing bottom 4 years running).
Widnes have finally started to show promise.
And one season doesn't make Cas an argument for licensing. Salford had a good season once.
The top 8 play offs have seen play off crowds drop drastically.
In fact crowds are down across the board.
High-end Championship clubs are seeing lack of interest. In fact, a lot of people are losing interest. The regular season has become stale.
SL up until 2008 was growing. Since 2010, crowds have been dropping.
It has failed.
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