The merits of being in SL have changed. Get over it. Teams that aren't living up to their license promises aren't there on merit any more.

Any link for this yet Smokey? Tried searching and cant find anything about the above.

Sorry, there was a missing word in there, SHOULD

That was how i would wish it to work, how it should, it was never meant to be a representation of what the RFL are doing, just what i want them to do.

Poor attempt at a side step there

These clubs that should be able to apply , you suggest they are told they are in SL and then spend 3 years in the Championship ' preparing ' , thats a good way of making the second tier even more worthless , having teams ' treading water '

You really are stupid

How is it a side step?



if getting to SL is the only reason to compete in the championships, then all clubs are simply treading water.

No the idea was that you win the Championship to get into SL , How do you suggest they ' prepare ' ?

and that is different from competing in the championships to get into SL because???????


By building a squad of young talented players, and giving them experience, bedding in an SL quality coaching, sales and commercial staff, spending two or three years chasing sponsors, selling tickets, selling corporates, selling the clubs, building interest, building visibility, building player pathways and an academy,

So you mean being a Championship club basically , how will that prepare them for SL ? , you have stated many , many times the gap between part time and full time is huge , so basically they will need to change 90 % of their playing staff when they move up , unlikely they will retain any decent young players or a SL quality coaching staff either

If they are not competitive they will not build a fan base either

Or are you suggesting they go full time in the Championship ?

no im not, Im suggesting they be an SL club in the championships, they can go full-time if they wish, but they should be looking at filling their squad with young players, that would be the point, so they didnt need to change 90% of their playing staff when they move up, they need to pick up SL quality young players and coaching staff, people who will be happy to be involved with a club they KNOW will be in SL in 2/3 years.

They may not attract masses of fans, but it will help get the message out they exist, it will help to build visibility, they can use it as time to sell themselves in all aspects and to put in place the infrastructure to deal with that.

So basically be given an excemption on the Salary cap , marvelous , we finally get a competitive league and you want to f*** it up

It doesn't work , you know it doesn't work , you have stated many times you cannot grow/build a club outside SL to prepare for SL , you have stated that is why the likes of the Crusaders have to be IN SL , you are contradicting yourself again

I've have argued you can't grow an SL club in the championships, and i dont believe you can.

But i certainly think you can put the infrastructure in place and prepare very well for SL, and benefit from that preparation time whilst in the Championships.

What like ' Facilities ' and stuff ?

And then change your coach and 90 % of your playing staff



More utter bollox

yes


well no, that would be the point.

for a change you have completely misunderstood a very simple point.

but you've told us these players arn't there.thats why the game needs to move out of the heartlands.

Who mentioned this hypothetical club being in the heartlands?

Maybe they fill their squad with these players and end up getting relegated , that will prepare them for SL , or maybe they should be excempt from that as well , then a club finishing higher can be relegated instead

I haven't misunderstood anything , you are talking bollox and contradicting yourself again , as you do all the time

These ' facilities ' , like what exactly ?

so your only talking about expansion clubs ?

So this hypothetical club outside the heartlands fills its squad with young SL quality players from where and paid for by who ?

This SL quality coaching staff , they move to this hypothetical club outside the heartlands , stay there for 3 years and paid for by who ?

Who pays ?

Yey. Another "see who is the most wrong" b*tch-fest between Smokey and Starbug...

Pepe's talking a rest , and your not worth the effort , you're too easy , as was proved a couple of days ago by littlerich

maybe they will, it isnt likely though.

so why did you repeat three times something i had already told you was wrong?

i have aready listed them for you

well, i would expect any heartland clubs with SL ambitions are already in the championships.

the club pays.

Why isn't it likely ?

Repeat what ?

No you havent , what ' facilities ' exactly ?