If you're a northern RL player and eg a tradesman, you could move to London to earn few quid playing PT and making more money than you would up north on your real job. But you'd also have a massively increased cost of living. Plus you'd be away from your family (we've seen how that plays out often enough even for full timers!). You might find yourself a little better off financially, but overall is it worth it? Unlikely.
It's one thing for northern clubs like Widnes, Fev, Halifax to play PT - they're surrounded by players looking to top up their earnings and also SL players looking to drop down a level as they near retirement. London just doesn't have that. We'll be reliant on local products (the best of whom will move north straight out of our academy, just like Kai Pearce-Paul already did), the odd union player and perhaps a handful of northerners prepared to move. You won't even get Aussies/Kiwis on a PT basis as the work permit rules require it to be their main job, not a secondary one. That is not the basis of a successful team.
Some of us tried to explain this to the monkey on here when he was floating the idea of a PT team last year. He obviously thinks he knows better, as usual.
Quote="RfE"Do we have an experienced full back?
If not we ought to be making him an offer surely?'"
Yes I guess he’s up North because that’s where the SL clubs are. He had a tricky time inSL with Trinity whereas he looked good at Fev. So the big question is whether he feels playing Championship with a Northern side is better than staying in London. My guess is he thinks it is. I agree though he is the type of player that we should be going for to supplement the L1 prospects and give us a deeper squad. At the moment I’m unclear who our FB and wingers will be.
We need to go for Alex, he's only training with the Yorkshire club to see if any offers come in! Can we not fix him up with a job? and get him back near Family, must be a job going on the ground offices!
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