www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/23 ... -crusaders Quote In respect of Crusaders decision to withdraw their Super League Licence application for the 2012-2014 seasons, the RFL have today granted special dispensation in order to reduce the adverse impact on the players of Crusaders, who were facing an uncertain future after their contracts were terminated. Due to the dispensation in place, in total there are 13 players (Non-Federation Trained and overseas quota players) from Crusaders who have been displaced. This is a unique set of circumstances, as clubs other than Crusaders have a more limited number of Non-Federation and Quota players.'" I'm sure this will help teams promote promising UK talent next season!

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/23 ... -crusaders Quote In respect of Crusaders decision to withdraw their Super League Licence application for the 2012-2014 seasons, the RFL have today granted special dispensation in order to reduce the adverse impact on the players of Crusaders, who were facing an uncertain future after their contracts were terminated. Due to the dispensation in place, in total there are 13 players (Non-Federation Trained and overseas quota players) from Crusaders who have been displaced. This is a unique set of circumstances, as clubs other than Crusaders have a more limited number of Non-Federation and Quota players.'" I'm sure this will help teams promote promising UK talent next season!

Laughable!

they really do know how to contradict themselves and appear like they are just making it up as they go along!

That's 13 less SL places available to clubs to play their young, British youth that franchising is supposed to nurture.
RFL, trying to repair the damage they've caused and only succeeding in hammering another nail through a water pipe and flooding their quickly sinking boat.

Makes you wonder how much the RFL really knew about the things that went on there. They just had to know about it. Wernt the RFL working in parnership with the Crusaders at some point?

These make for interesting quotes:-

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The RFL made this mess happen. What a joke.

They've always provided 'expert' assistance in terms of actually running the club, as they (apparently) do with every club that requests their advice. The only financial thing I believe was the £700,000 loan from the RFL that was secured against the Racecourse Ground - with Crusaders seemingly out of existence by the end of the season and Wrexham FC in big trouble (two friendlies cancelled as the players have refused to play unpaid) then the RFL could be seeing that money coming back to them much sooner than they might have expected.

Franchising was brought in to stop clubs getting into financial difficulty. Two of the franchised clubs failed at this - and one has just been given another license.

Halifax, who don't have a license have regulated themselves over the past three years and run themselves very business like. They don't get a franchise.

I think we should give Steven Vaughan a ring.

Wrexham FC are apparently up a creek paddle-less at the moment too. They've cancelled a friendly and the players aren’t playing until they get paid. Apparently once The Racecourse Ground doesn't have any PRO teams playing there, it can get knocked down and built on. With Crusaders having to be semi-pro at best next year it's vital that Wrexham FC stay in business and in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

That’s the chat in footballing circles anyway. But there’s just as much pish chatted there as in RL to be fair.

Can we have Dudson for free then and the RFL pay his wages seeing as though they fall over backwords to help us on every occasion.

Are Crusaders getting a parachute payment if they come down to the Championship, does anyone know?

The last I heard from was that it was unsure just which division they would be playing in.

According to ceefax Wrexhan FC have run out of money and 115 staff not paid JuIy saIaries

I'm sure they'll be ok. After all, they saved the RFL's blushes by keeping Fax out of SL. If you know what I mean.

I`ve wondered about that myself as several months ago Rimmer said the Super League team who found themselves kicked out would get a parachute payment plus a higher salary cap. But they did not get kicked out they chose to withdraw so why should they get rewarded for a shambolic 3 yr period.

I know mate but have you read what has been said in the Courier today by their former player Lennon.
The RFL supposedly despatched one of their top hit men to sort it out so they must have known about it and they then go and give them £700.000.
What the hell has happened to the money.
It really does get worse by the day, the currrent RFL heirachy should resign enmass.

They'll get merged with the South Wales lot & come back into SL 2015 as Swansea or Carmarthen or something else, all in the name of expansion.

I think they'll start as, Proctor&Gamble playing out of Port Talbat, they should really "Clean Up" from there.Nickname "Suds".

I really don't get this ' merge ' with the Skorpions idea , basically the SWS are their reserve team , so how can you merge with what is already yours

Those that follow SWS definitely don't see it that way as they're only in existence because of the Crusaders moving north. If anything, Crusaders were just taking advantage of SWS commendably having a majority-Welsh side.

Yes I know Matt , but the bottom line is if Crusaders are short on players , they get them from the Skorpions , as they don't run a reserve side do they ?

Yet another fiddle of the rules they got away with

Basically dual contracts in reverse, isn't it?

Plus, if Crusaders or TO go for a franchise in 3 years time then the rest needn't bother.

Crusaders won't be anywhere near SL ever again , not a problem anymore , Toulouse however ?

And this did the game of RL in Wales a lot of good then Mr Wood and Mr Lewis???
What planet they on?
They just talk total rollox - expansion clubs improve the game in non RL areas do they? Really when they have a team full of 'non Federation' players, sounds like Star Wars, maybe Nigel Wood is Jabba whats his face???

Justin Morgan is saying this will have other repercussions too by inflating British players costs, another good reason for having the Crusaders then was it Fat Controller?