I would have thought that when your ground is finished though a few more fair weather fans will start attending, and the whole place would look much more attractive for investors?

There is a French TV station that airs the Catalan games, so I'm sure they could stump up the cash. Even if it ment they only had an 8 team league to begin with, sure they had something like that before Catalans were included in SL.

We'll leave that argument for the Salford and Widnes fans



Like I said we would need to give them time and allow the French national team to be able to compete with the bigger nations. Obviously this could take years, if done right.

But the RFL need to seriously attempt to get more money out of SKY the next time the contract is up, just so that the players can be paid more or even so that there are more teams allowed to enter SL.

You do realise that there is already a French league and that there is a competition in britain below SL

Yes, what I'm trying to get at is that the main aim of expanding should be that these other countries can create leagues of their own and also enhance International RL. I guess I'm not being clear about it

That is one of the problems I have regarding the current expansion policy. What is the vision for SL and the French team(s) in it? Are we building French RL to a point where they can run independently their own version of SL and the French teams will then all play in that league? Are we simply to keep adding more French teams over time and if so what will the overall balance be between the number of French and British teams?

The RFL should state clearly where they want to take SL, what the vision is for SL in 10/15 years time then we the fans and the clubs can decide if we want to buy into that vision or not.

Stumping up a bit of extra cash for one club (?) is not the same as funding an entire pro league, though. I think the scales are very different.



I believe they can - and what's more, with the increased emphasis by clubs on finding and using other revenue streams in addition to the TV money I believe the SL is in good shape to add another 2 teams in terms of the finances; with the salary cap in place, it won't need much of an increase to fund 2 new teams to a decent level. Whether the player base is quite up to it is another matter.

I see no reason why, in principle, we can't have 20 teams in the SL apart from the strain it puts on the players.