Starbug wrote:Unfortunatley these days , any excuse will do
Attendances are the biggest problem at this level , there is a reason the RFL have 40 % of stadium capacity as a criteria , anything less and the lack of atmosphere is very apparent
The Championship clubs really do need to sit down together [ without an RFL presence ] to discuss what they can do collectively to improve attendances , income and profile of the competitions they contest
I understand that Widnes are the favourites to get the 2012 SL spot up for grabs but until all the clubs make a ' leap of faith ' on the issues outside of the 80 minutes on the pitch , no clubs will ever move forward
All the best
It don't matter about attendances if you are 'expansion' clubs though does it????
You can get hardly anybody there and the RFL don't bother a jot as long as you aint from a town on the M62 thats fine. Or have a crowd of freebies!
This is the NRC and some fans don't bother with them so the crowds are lower than League games.