Starbug wrote:Spot on , on our board there are people saying "we'll be ok in 2015 " , I asked why do you seriously think the RFL will guarantee a SL promotion after 2012 ?
Good innit
It's been clear for some time what the Championship is destined to become, and the clubs within it. Every new diktat and rule change from the RFL has reinforced that view.
We will be a much lower level area of the sport, limited with what it can spend, limited in what wealth it can create, with no future outside of the Championships. We may well end up being a more competitive league, with the possibility of previously bigger clubs annually fighting relegation battles, and possibly even losing them.
True, long term, planning is something Championship clubs can no longer contemplate. With promotion decided on the whim of an RFL committee, it is actually pointless anyway.
So we are to be feeder clubs with a lower standard of play and finance that will make it easier, and cheaper, for new expansion clubs to use as a stepping stone.
The fans will vote with their feet.