Quote ="SmokeyTA"C'mon the 2000 world cup was 15 years ago. According to the accountant the 2013 WC made more than the 2000 WC lost. We have just had what they tell us is a huge tv deal. We are launching a new structure
if now isn't the time to invest in our game, when is?'"
Yeah it was 15 years ago. But it took long enough just to get the RFL's finances back on a decent footing which meant proper investment in the sport didn't happen for several years after it. We're still suffering from those years of effectively having no development money available.
Despite a good World Cup we're still only talking about a few million pounds which doesn't stretch very far. It's a start, but that's all it is. We need several successful World Cups in a row to make much impact in terms of finances.
So what money we have has to be wisely spent. As I said I'm not against us thinking big, but we need to be smart with it and not waste the hard-earned small pots of money we have.
