I'm not saying that off field criteria such as ground capacity etc shouldn't count towards promotion, but the main qualification should be on the pitch. Crusaders' owner buggered off - what a recommendation! What about Celtic Crusders owner? Pulled the rug. And the RFL condoning their fielding of ineligible players -all under the franchise. Wakey have been bust twice whilst in SL. But still allowed a licence even with the slum that is now Belle Vue. As for London they may have avoided administration but only by the skin of their teeth. And if anyone can convince me that their crowds or their perfomances on the pitch justify them a place in SL I'll stand the York drop.
There is no way that anyone in their right mind can justify the franchising system. Particularly after they were going let Crusaders continue and nodded through the Bulls licence. The whole thing is a joke. I predicted when it was instituted that there'd be bankruptcies and I've been proved correct. Time to abandon a policy described by fans of many other sports as "bizarrre"
I'm a Fev fan and hope we'll get in eventually. But I reckon for starters drop the Bulls and let 'Fax in. They've got the ground, they've got the record and given a year or so they could be pulling fans from the Bradford area just like the Bulls did when they dropped out of SL.

Neither have enough interested population, or financial backing, at Leigh the stadium is irrelivant unless they could pull in at least 8,000 averages, they are struggling to exist in the Championship at the moment

A 3 year licence could finish either club

Best of a bad bunch then. Neither club could draw 8k. Leigh would draw some serious away support though based where they are.

Not when ' shipping ' 40/50 point thrashings every other week , attendances would be around 4,000 then drop away after that

Approx 75% of current SL clubs aren't 'suitable' either. It doesn't take a genius to realise the game in this country isn't big, popular or rich enough to support a fully professional top league at current salary rates. Unfortunately nothing will be done before many of those 75% follow the path currently being taken by Bradford.

I know this may be hard to believe for those who think SL is fantastic but as a fax fans there is nothing i would want less than being in SL in its current form; i find it dull to watch bar some of the 'big' games and derbies and it is a largely flawed concept.

I would much rather go be competitivie at Batley, Leigh, Featherstone, Keighley etc than be thrashed at Wigan, Leeds, Saints etc.

SL used to be a real ambition for me as a fax fan but now it would be my worst nightmare