Hi Guys and Girls,

I'm currently studying Sports Business Management at Leeds Metropolitan University, and am currently working on my dissertation. The title of which is "Licensed to Succeed", and the overall aim of the study is "To explore the effect of the introduction of the franchise system (licensing system) in Rugby League." The main focus of this will be on competitive balance and also attendances in the league.

The questionnaires are just 1/4 types of data collection i am doing, and will be used to support / counter the statistics that i have compiled. These statistics consist of a Competitive Balance analysis, which is a formula that shows how competitive our league is, as well as an attendance analysis. The final part of data collection will be interviews with SL clubs (players, coaches etc.)

The questionnaire is very simple, and is open to interpretation, please make sure to tick the box and then explain your answer in full.

For ethical issues no-one under the age of 18 should complete the survey, and if you are under 18 and choose to do so, then it is at your own risk. All responses given will be anonymous and as such, it means you are fully able to give a full response to each of the questions.

Your help is much appreciated, so thank you in advance!

Sean M.

I would like to thank everyone who has taken the questionnaire and all the well-wishers also!

Initially i had set out to only get 100 responses, yet as testament to the brilliant nature of RL supporters i had to upgrade my account with survey monkey to recieve over 100 responses. Since friday i have recieved 345 responses!

so thank you each and every one for helping out! (and making my work so much more detalied)

Sean M