I agree Easty, it needs to be the clubs that drag the crowds in! On the flip side i would interested to see the attendances KR were getting week in week out when you were not in Super Duper League (not too long ago) compared to now??

This thread isn't about franchising in SL or the wrongs or rights of it , it is about the lack of thought ,care and attention shown to the Championship competitions and the clubs in them

We should not have to wait to see what happens in SL , to have the structure of our competitions decided

It shows a lack of respect to those clubs , their owners , players and fans

That lack of respect will show in the lack of interest from fans , sponsors and owners if it continues

I don't know whether it's down to franchising, negligence, or just my particular clubs fortune over the past few years but I am quickly loosing interest in rugby league at this level.

The running of Championship 1 is a shambles with large gaps in between home fixtures and there no longer seems to be any big matches during the regular season, which offer a pay-off for supporters who have attended the less attractive games.

The fixture list and the teams are bland especially when you know your going to be stuck in a league with the same 10 or so sides for the foreseeable future.

Do not lose interest just yet. The Dons just moved into pole position for the 2nd promotion spot. You already have a great SL standard ground and are located in an expansion area in a decent sized town. Now IF YOU COULD GET SOME MONEY OR A SUGAR DADDY, who knows what your team could be in a few years.

Rugby Union-If Cornish Pirates or whatever they are called had won the end of season play offs they were not going into the top div due to the ground being substandard

There's a bit of a difference between operating a system of promotion/relegation where promotion is also dependent on certain off-field factors (which both the RFU & football do) and our system of licences (which is more akin to county cricket - a fairly random bunch of teams who happened to be at the top at a particular time have their top-flight status preserved for ever, with only occasional changes). Cornish Pirates are hosting the Cornwall v Devon RL county fixture, BTW.

Franchising is irrelevant to the point of this thread, though. The clubs in the championship and championship1 don't know whether there's going to be any promotion or relegation this year, how many clubs will be involved, what the format of next year's competition will be (one division or two, for example?) That's really not a very satisfactory situation. The C1 clubs, in particular, suffer from a poorly structured setup.