That could because it might not be changing according to Gary Heathrington on backchat. As sky/sl/championship/league 1 bought into this formula for a 7 year contract. To change would require everyone to agree, AND a change into the contract with sky.

I am sure that a revised contract with Sky could be negotiated, involving 14 SL teams, if Sky knew that Toulouse, Catalans, London, and Toronto would be in Super League, with New York to follow. But all of that definitely involves a return to licensing.

A newly negotiated contract for less than we are worth but with a 300k sweetener.....nah, can't see it myself

How would London's stadium fit in with licensing criteria Jean? I'll admit they have been ticking the boxes results-wise, in the Championship, but that usually counts for nothing under previous licensing criteria.

Do you mean SAMUEL BURGESS John ?

Er, don't you mean Chorley Jonathon

I have read various posts referring to him using multiple user names such as Lebron James , Sir Kevin Sinfield etc .

I assume someone has traced his i.p address to Chorley .
If this is correct he may think he is making fun out of other forum users , but he can’t be stable in his day to day life if he’s pretending to be these different people , and pretending to live in France . Bit sad really .

I too have read various posts, but have seen absolutely no evidence. Repeating a lie does not make it true.

Has some traced the i.p address to Chorley?

No. This Chorley nonsense is all the fabrication of a <REMOVED BY MOD, NOT ACCEPTABLE> from Wakefield.

Talking to yourself is a sure sign John, get help.

Who happens to be a moderator, Chorley Cake. And he's not <REMOVED> (nice wording nob). YOU should have been banned years ago.

Back on topic - it's not looking as good for London after the Easter programme, eh?

It is still a toss up between Toronto, Toulouse and London for the promotion to Super League in September.

Chorley Cake, what makes you think one of them is getting promoted ? What about Featherstone Rovers (stuffed your fake team Toulouse quite easily)....you are so predictable with the $hyte that you post.

No he won't......we were always going to have bad days.....
We had a bad day at the office v the French, whilst we didn't play to the conditions in the 2nd half against Leigh and got what we deserved. Fax, Rochdale and Dewsbury are MASSIVE games for London now, because if they can get to the return v Leigh with 3 wins under our belts I'd fancy us to win easily at home.....I'll admit I a not as comfortable in regards to the top spot, but I still feel 2nd place is achievable.

Oh c'mon, we gifted you your first 12 points with our countless mistakes, when we really should've put the game to bed. Seeing that you are a good number cruncher, It will be interesting to see if you find out what the % completion rate was.

London's was 43%....which was appalling. Leigh just played clever in the 2nd half and deserved it......well done, you're only 2 wins away from the 4 now, or 2 more losses from obscurity.......walk that line with care

Cheers

The Easter weekend games show that Toronto, Toulouse and London on their best days are within a whisker of each other. All three deserve promotion to Super League.

If necessary the RFL needs to change the rules to make this happen.

Along with Leigh who were never in doubt wupping London.

Why, because they are "within a whisker of each other" do they "deserve" promotion ?
Should you not include Featherstone in your supposition or, are traditional clubs now exempt from promotion.

Why not go down the normal route of win your games, and if enough points then you will be promoted. The same rule with relegation.

Your constant plugging for Toronto, Toulouse and London to be given a SL slot makes you look desperate to have teams that so far haven't deserved their SL slot yet.

And going off your way of thinking, who would they replace.

Correct Roy.

Salford, Widnes, and either Wakefield or Hull KR. (My preference is Wakefield go down because of their paltry fan base and dreadful ground).

That would make a fantastic Super League:

[iWigan
St Helens
Warrington

Leeds
Hull FC
Hull KR
Huddersfield
Castleford

London

Catalans
Toulouse

Toronto[/i

That would leave room for future expansion to include [iNew York[/i and [iBoston[/i in a 14 team Super League, and later [iMontreal[/i and [iAvignon[/i in a 16 team Super League, and even later possibly [iPhiladelphia[/i and [iParis[/i in an 18 team Super League. Once we got to the 14 team situation I have described, the media in Britain and France would start to sit up and take notice of Super League. By the time we get to 16 teams the same will happen to the media in north America. However this scenario assumes two major developments:

(1) a switch to licencing from P & R by the RFL.

(2) a recruitment of majority local players from the expansion countries, because there aren't enough quality English or Antipodean players to fill 16 or 18 SL teams.
Toulouse is showing that this is no pie-in-the-sky regarding France, because they now have a large majority of French players. They only need a couple more Antipodeans to compete well in Super League. Toulouse's ascent into Super League will attract more French youth away from rugby union and into our game. The same thing will happen, though more slowly perhaps, in the case of the north American teams.