Shamelessly stolen from a thread on the VT https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... -or-abroad Have the RFL done yet another U turn or does this make sense to grow the game Nationally and Internationally ?

Shamelessly stolen from a thread on the VT https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... -or-abroad Have the RFL done yet another U turn or does this make sense to grow the game Nationally and Internationally ?

Can't see it - why would the game risk losing a top flight heartlands club on the off chance it takes root in another city? Especially after all the other failed projects like Paris & Crusaders etc.

I suppose though if it were going to happen, we'd be high on the list given the current stadium predicament

Sure I posted about this earlier - I wonder if a close European city (Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt..) would try to entice a ready made big team like Wigan with the promise of their own stadium? Agreed, they're more likely to try and attract a club like us (or Salford, Huddersfield) that struggles, for whatever reason, to attract big crowds.

Like everything in the modern world, it's all about marketing.
If you can persuade people that, watching RL is THE biggest thing to do with your spare time then ,it's job done but, as most of us know, it's usually a very hard sell and there would be no guarantee of success.

Having said that, it could allow Trinity to relocate to a different city. Although, I dot see us being the biggest draw in the sport.

It's interesting that this is up for discussion and usually, something has gone on behind the scenes prior to this kind of story coming out.

if this is true, what gets to me is there seems to be cities that recognise the benefit of having a recognised super league club and would welcome them into their areas and we have a council like ours who seem to put everything in the way to prevent it and nothing to support it.

Let's not beat about the bush, and this isn't about bashing MC, but the only way it can happen is if MC puts his own financial stake above the heritage of the club within the city. It's a tough one for him. It's a gamble, because it might not work, but he might get the support of a council prepared to fund or help out in some way.

It's his money, I get that, and I'd understand his reasons, but he wouldn't be taking me with him, nor my good wishes.

Or it it another game of poker, which he plays very well .....

We're not high on the list. We ARE the list.

If I was a major European city wanting to join the RL merry-go-round I'd look to entice one of the big teams that is regularly messed about by a soccer team they share a stadium with. Id start with Wigan, then Hull, then Huddersfield. Of the three, Hudds look to be the most likely success - their teams in decline, their crowds are poor and IF the soccer team get promoted then they'll want first dibs on all stadium issues.

But it requires the desire of the club owner to move. I doubt Ken Davey would be too interested. MC might be, because he can't see a future ahead because of the ground issue. Having awkward fixtures isn't quite the same as having a ground the RFL won't allow in Super League.

The difference will be about the branding.

Let's say we move to Bristol. Is it Bristol Trinity with the same badge? That is, a name and badge that are all about Wakefield, not Bristol, or is it really MC investing in a club a long way from home that will have council and RFL backing and closing down his Wakefield operation?

Sounds like a bit of a life line for us, lets get the hell out of BV and Wakefield and get to Barnsley or Doncaster where we would be welcomed by local council and not abused like we are now by Box and his cabinet of sycophants

Doncaster RLFC might not be too happy about that - although we could merge with Donny and Sheffield, play at the Keepmoat and just be called Trinity. Maybe we could get the cast of The Matrix to launch the club.

Its more than just awkward fixtures, its a case of selling our game short and the RFL needs to crack down on it - like they did last week.

Wigans owners might be willing to sell on, especially if they're more interested in soccer.

Ken Davy deserves the title of Giant for all he's done for his club, but wont be there forever.

MC is a businessman. and has already threatened to quit the city.

Koukash - who knows what he will do? He might really fancy having a SL team in London (or New York?).

Might be some interesting times ahead!!!