Nah. Wakey out. Fax in.

If they're after the effect of giving it all one big overhaul with new logos and new sponsors and re-branding, they'd be better off with two new teams. Rather than one.

15 teams does rather throw a spanner in the whole Magic Weekend concept though doesn't it!

I'll get ready to make my call to cancel my sky subscription then shall I

If they kick Wakey out for Fax, and Probiz are announced as new sponsor, then the RFL will become morally bankrupt in my eyes. This is unless they of course own up and say, well to be honest this rich bloke came along and is going to give us loads of money on the proviso that we let in a team he already sponsors in as well, and to be quite frank, we don't give a flying fig about a fair process, it was all rubbish anyway! This whole licensing process already stinks and this would just make the RFL a laughing stock.

And they wonder why RL gets accused of being gimmicky.

Is it perhaps because we change our minds on what's the right thing to do once every couple of seasons?!

Let's have all the blockbuster Derby games played at the same place over 1 weekend in Cardiff!! YEAH! Great idea!!

Let's scrap the Derby bit, and do it based on the year before's league! YEAH!!! oooooh oooooh... and let's move it to Edinburgh!!! FANTASTIC!! That's what I call radical!!

I've got an idea... Let's go back to the Derby thing! YEAH! WHOOOO! AWESOME! Wait, shouldn't we move it back to Cardiff too?! Yeah!! Great idea!! We're really flying now boys!

Let's increase it to 15 teams! YEAH!

What are we going to do about the Magic Weekend though... I've got an idea... Who ever is top of the league, has to play the bottom 2 clubs for 40 minutes each. GENIUS!

Probiz sponsor Fax. Just saying.






Edit - Just spotted that you implied that too! Wasn't reading properly.

The IRN BRU Super League?
THe Guinness Super League?

The Betty's Gym Super League?!

Mc_F... we need to get writing your pitch!

Say what you like about the RFL reinventing itself every couple of years but it is more often the case that where we lead others follow, there aren't too many innovations that haven't been admired from afar and then taken up by other sports, especially the RFU who seem to use the RFL as their R&D department.

Cake Super League

A different free cake every week

Translation -

7 years ago, nobody knew who we were. Today, even though the people that follow Rugby League have now heard of us, they still have never contemplated using us, and probably don't even know what it is we do. From a business point of view, to call our 7 year sponsorship a complete waste of time would be a bit harsh, albeit factually correct, because we did get to send a few of our staff & clients to a game of Rugby every now and then, and they came back saying they'd had a lovely time. Experts suggest this is predominately down to the fact that is was free, and that there was cake.

Does anyone else think this sounds like an episode of "The Young Ones"?

That's pretty much how the RFL is run. If they don't agree with each other, the frying pans come out.

Someone on Wakey board has just pointed out that the above article has been amended... and the reference to a 15 team league removed!!!

I think a journalist has done a usual trick of put 2 and 2 together and getting 5... or more like 14 + 1 = 15, forgetting that it is 14 + 1 - 1 = 14

It's BUPA.

You, Sir,
You are a genius

It is increasingly looking like the Crusaders are in danger of not being here much longer anyway, so all this talk of who will make way for Widnes might solve itself.

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Personally not a massive fan of the crusaders club, but a epic fail for RFL if they do dissapear.

What exactly has Wrexhams financial troubles got to do with Crusaders?

Exactly what I was thinking.

Especially given...

[iThe only other alternative that we currently have is to sell the Racecourse Ground, with some parties already showing an interest.

The Crusaders currently have a long lease to play Super League games at the Racecourse and this will not impact on their future.[/i

What does it matter to Crusaders who they pay the rent to as long as they can pay the rent?!

You two weren't expecting the Flat Earth, It's All The RFL's Fault, I Could Do A Better Job Myself brigade to actually bother reading all the way through the article were you?

It matters big time if the new landlords don't have a football team to contribute towards the running cost of the stadium and as a result the "rent" goes up by 5 fold to fill the gap, meaning that the Crusaders can't afford to stay there...

Or the new landlords would rather build a housing estate.

Or a tesco.

I wonder if it's Wakefield that are the interested party?

Buy it, have it moved piece by piece to Wakey. Then they've got a new ground, Crusaders are homeless, and they've secured a spot in SL.

Crafty!

You weren't expecting the expansion at all cost apologists to be able to put together a coherent argument, rather than just make simplistic sarcastic comments were you?