Tough, the players will have to take a pay cut.

That's a fair cop.

I will not mention North America ever again................................................

The point was that no matter how many times Leeds and Bradford played the crowds were enormous in RL terms

I don't want to see clubs playing each other so much, but at least the way it was done, and the result was more big crowds.

More money isn't "nonsense"........

This begs the question if we played 14 clubs in SL with a 26 round season would gate revenue rise or fall??

Thoughts??

Money isn't nonsense I never said that it was and in addition I don't think anyone thinks that there isn't a financial reward or indeed an appetite to play in a Cup Final and that's where your point loses validity in my opinion it's not really a loop fixture and you understand this despite denying it.

Here's an example using my own club as an example,

Warrington might play Wigan three times as regular fixtures, Home Away and either a loop fixture and or Magic, if they met in another game and that game was a CC Final or GF, would that crowd be larger smaller or about the same as the previous encounters?

If Warrington and Wigan didn't make those one off event games and thought well instead of having a week off we will upgrade the Locker Cup to a do or die fixture would that generate the same revenue as a CC or GF appearance?

As far as loop fixtures are concerned, I look forward to the big games but don't necessarily want more of them against the same opposition, familiarity does breed contempt, surely it's better to have more quality across a wider base.

Dont know about me learning an instrument but, you could certainly do with a new "theme".

As for "slagging off" Newcastle and London, get a bloody grip man.
I like London but, I have been watching long enough to know that their presence in SL just wont save the game.
Despite their brave campaign last time they were in SL, there is very, very little interest from fans down there.
Of course their is a myriad of reasons for this and their constant moving grounds and inability to put down proper roots is probably the main problem but, let's not pretend that they are the next big thing, they're not.
And Newcastle, despite their wealthy owner, have to prove themselves as a genuine Championship club.

It's ironic that you've spent 4 years slagging off overseas clubs and wanting rid of Catalan and Toulouse and yet both have proved to be good value in their respective comps but, dont let that get in the way of your jaundiced view of ALL overseas RL.

Anyway, you've managed to hijack another thread with your hatred of the French.

This one is titled "Loop fixtures".

Do you have a view on these or just want to slag off Catalan (again).

Sure I agree, but I'm only saying that the big clubs provide that quality and get big gates despite repetitive fixtures.

Sure I agree it's better to have more quality clubs with large fanbases in Superleague (hence get Bulls back - hence I quote their crowds)

But extending SL to 14 with two SMALL unattractive clubs thus removing loop fixtures may well see average crowds reduce. I don't believe SL bosses are purists here?

The interesting point is if you recall SL proposed a mover to 10 clubs in Superleague, they thenselves must have thought increasing the loop fixtures was a good thing, because surely they were not going to play an 18 game season??????