while i welcome the expansion of the game in Wales, in the past week Blackpool panthers went into admistration and then got their membership cancelled by the rugby league who did nothing to help them with debts or administration. Yet the RFL are bending over backwards to help crusaders. i understand you cant speak for the rfl but cant your fans see the contradiction and double standards involved........

rugby league is a family and all clubs should be treated the same pity we cant tell that to blackpool.....

I thnk they were omitted because they failed to present the RFL with plans for next years involvement in the league

How exactly are the RFL 'bending over backwards'?

As someone said on another forum

There's nothing like RL Fans ability to take 2, add another imaginary 2, come up with 76 as an answer and then offer it as evidence of some RLF conspiracy.

Blackpool could not come up with viable financial plans for the future.
Crusaders could. Ergo sadly Blackpool got kicked out while Crusaders remain
Hopefully The pamnthers can find a new financial backer and be reinstated back to the leagues

I don't know how you Crusaders fans put up with these edit mostly from Yorkshire. They really are becoming very tedious with the 'Barrow and Batley should be in Super League' CRAP! Why should Blackpool be in exactly? In fact, don't answer!

Harlequins,Crusaders and Catalans. You're all doing a good job so please don't let the same old goats dribble affect your judgment on what the average fan thinks. Well from Warrington anyway. None of the teams who the moaners would like in your place should be allowed any where the Super League. After hundreds of years of existence there is simply no desire in there local areas for a rugby team. SIMPLE AS THAT

I don't know what is or is not true but the version I've seen on the Internet is that the reason why Blackpool could not come up with a plan is that the RFL specified that this plan must include paying off all their creditors whilst Crusaders have been allowed to go into administration.

Agreeing to pay the Crusaders' wages for November. Not to forget that Crusaders are being allowed to sign players whilst Batley are not.

Perhaps the national league teams would also like to be offered the back door entrance keys to the super league

Whilst I have every sympathy for Blackpool are you seriously expecting an answer? Or shall we treat is as the thinly veiled dig at expansion as you've responded on the KR forum:



I'm really interested to see you provide the documentation showing the RFL bailing Quins out (so would Gutterfax no doubt!!)

Or how about this on the Blackpool forum:



2 out of 10 for trolling, must try harder.

Tell you what start a few posts on boards about how many teams benefit from non fed trained players but argue that it's with the RFL agreement, see where that takes you.