Quote ="Catalancs"I thought their motivation was the desire to offer fair compensation to their players for the time off work that was required by playing in Saturday matches.
The breakaway was caused by the northern clubs desire to pay players which was outlawed at the time in Rugby Union.
Not sure profits were at the forefront of their minds.'"
The first part is true, so in the first year the Northern Union played the XV man game and lo it were sh*te.
They then decided that to be able to pay their players they needed to make the game something for the fans to enjoy in order to make money.
Hence RL being the sport to make money by entertaining the punters.
Paying players and profit-making go hand in hand.
