www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/23319198 Not quite sure how they think that protectionism is good for the game.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/23319198 Not quite sure how they think that protectionism is good for the game.

they wont be the last to moan it's twitchy bum time in SL as it should have been all along.

Turtles yed creeping out now

HA HA HA......Loving all this !!!!!!

Next year every one will be breaking the cap, but will the RFL have the Ba**s to do anything if its one of their darlings like Bradford or London, if it were Cas or Wakey then they wouldn't think twice of making them suffer.

is it bottom 2 relegated next season from SL, or do RFL choose ?

Don't be surprised if we don't find out the answer to that until the bottom 2 are known!

Kieth I'm not too sure about that although i think Sky would go for it because it's an extra couple of games but do you remember when Salford and Huddersfield were relegated from SL?. It was a bit deflating for us championship clubs. The SL clubs couldn't buy a win in SL but when they came down staying full time and with "parachute payments" in effect having a much higher salary cap they walked the league and went straight back up. In my opinion any match between a Champ club and a SL club is odds on for the SL club, especially over 2 rounds. But hey lets see what they decide on



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2 divisions of 12 teams with promotion & relegation, 2 up, 2 down. No protectionism even for London. Its time the rfl did the right thing and keep things simple and fair, end of!

Totally agree.

Pro sport has to have the opportunity for clubs to get to the top league.

How often have I posted that licenscing was a ridiculously stupid decision.

The only "fair" way to decide things in sport is on sporting performance on the field.

To me that's the only option.

I always remember around the time SL was announced as we played London away at the time (think it was in Barnet) and I was talking to fans down there who nearly all said they wanted London to win something to go up (Promotion) as it gave them a platform to build on, that never happened as they got propelled into SL based on location.
Since then London have always been in SL and I'd say save for a few years when Branson was around they haven't really kicked on.
When you read of gates of 1,500 I think its probably the same fans (with a handful more and better away support) that turned up at Crystal Palace sports stadium when 800 or so was on during Wintry Sunday afternoons.

I actually think this could be a chance for London to find its feet and play in a division of similar skilled clubs, its easy to knock the Londons, Salfords etc but getting up to watch a match largely knowing your going to get beat week in week out is hard to take (we've done it often enough even in the lower leagues !), maybe with a chance of winning things the same fans will come but they'll build a more solid support base rather than the boom & bust ones that have been before them.

No wonder they are against it, the 1000, s of London fans won't be able to visit the LSV due to the total inaccessibility by rail.Well judging by the comments on the VT they and many other clowns seem to think this way!

thank the lord that 'tennis snob' DICK Lewis has left the building.
why the hell did the RFL appoint him in the first place.
see he's been awarded a C.B.E. (Crettin Of The British Empire)

Do we really qualify to play in the Train cup.

Keith, what have the champ clubs got to do with ejecting 2 from SL at thr end of 2014

Whatever the RL decide to do, you can guarantee it will be on as level a playing field as Batley's.

I am with Ken Davey on two SL tens, both full time.
If it is 12 then the straight up/down is needed with equal distribution of funds which would be about 300k in our 12 and I would throw Toulouse straight into SL if they bring a French TV contract to cover themselves and Catalans, this then puts an extra £200k to every SL2 club and with £500k from central they should all then become FT with min standards on ground criteria and salary spends ie min £850k spend. This way the relegated clubs can build again.
One up for winning league and 1 from play off to include 2-5 from SL2 and 2nd bottom SL1, with bottom straight down.

It sounded like the 2 SL clubs that had to drop out were getting a bigger payment than rest ,hope this is not the case .

You mean like 4 clubs going bust during licensing

I would expect that to be the case in most professional sports the clubs dropping down get a parachute payment.

But that just starts the yo yo systems again though . The only way for it to work is all part time or full time can't see anything different otherwise i.e. London come down with whoever, more money to spend can stay full time outcome, they go back up again year after .

I kind of agree but its up to us (all of us in the championship) to go full time if we want to compete as a professional club.

Season before last Wolves, Bolton and Rovers all got relegated and received parachute payments none of them got promoted back to the premier league this time.