Quote ="Donnyman"(1) OK apologies if you genuinely believe this "expansion" stuff. Please look carefully at where the interest in RL lies - along the M62. Please note who privately invests £Millions into Superleague clubs?? Most of the major investors if not all are also rooted in the M62. They are northern lads who grew up with RL.....
Look carefully at TWP - where does the investor have his roots - in the land of NRL in Australia - he's an NRL fanatic. Virtually All the current investors inc France have been born, bred and brought up with Rugby league. So who are all these [u"Super rich" [/upeople who know nothing of Rugby league and who if they like Rugby have Union to invest in which they are all likely to know more about and where there may be some sort of a return as opposed to Argyle's massive ££10Million dollar loss.
(2) the investment will come from where it has always come from, from those people in those areas that still have a deep love for Rugby League.
and people on web sites want to shut these RL heartlands down as "failed"....over to you??'"
Nowhere have I said shut down heartlands... Why can’t the 2 exist together - if there’s rich people on the M62 corridor willing to invest in their local clubs, then that’s fantastic, but why can’t that stop another rich person setting up a club outside of those heartlands? It doesn’t need to be 1 or the other.
Yes, most of the benefactors are from RL heartlands, but if they’re happy to set up elsewhere, why not? What’s the harm in opening up to a new market? The bigger the footfall of the game, the bigger the fan base - then in 20/30 years time, you want just be relying on rich folk from the M62 corridor.
You’ve not answered the question on how the game grows? Relying on the M62 corridor will see the game maintain its position at best.
