Wellsy4HullFC

My thoughts exactly.

Yeah, now that Wembley has gone, I'm surprised they're interested in it to.

7 x 3 could work if Bedford are in. 6 H&A vs your group = 12 7 H or A vs other groups = 14 26 game season (28 rounds). Or is that too long?

I'll add, having lived in Leeds for a number of years for uni and then after, Rhinos was such a distinctive brand and everyone knew who you were talking about when it was used. I'm surprised by the lack of favour for it amongst Leeds fans on here. It makes them stand out nationally (who else are the Rhinos?)

Sometimes you need to stand out from the football teams though. It's okay in locality, but people from outside of the region struggle to distinguish, and any struggle can lead to a lack on potential interest. Outsiders still think Hull FC are a soccer club for example. It might be because I was a kid at the time, but the Sharks name really wasn't an issue for me. The execution was poor, like!

Looks far better on the players than it does in the shirt photo (the fit looks terrible on that, like a big sack!). Could have integrated the primrose and blue into the sponsor logo a bit rather than just black, but it's far better than being bright red I guess!

Yeah they start to look like training shirts when you plaster so many sponsors on them. Everyone does it now though. How we went from "let's add a sleeve sponsor" and "let's add a collar sponsor" to "let's have a breast sponsor" and "let's have a couple of shoulder sponsors", then upper back, lower back, shorts, socks... Surprised that don't wear sponsored scrum caps.

I'm under no illusions these particular sides would progress far. However, there are teams abroad that could, and you can't just say we'll let these in and not these. There are other competitions for lower level teams that could be arranged that might be more fitting.

*double post*

Play off game locations are determined by league ranking. It's a reward for finishing higher. It would make it pointless in some regards. Wouldn't work. The cup however is a random draw. Enough space between one round and the next round would give you a great 16-team 8-game weekend that would get a bigger crowd than the 8 games combined at normal home grounds no doubt.

Money. Logistical issues. Crowd potential very low. In the professional game, and in the position our game is in, we need to accept that this isn't going to bring in the money. "Success" (i.e. the foreign team improving) is counter-intuitive to our goal of making money for the game to invest if they end up knocking tens of thousands off the crowds at the biggest games. We can mitigate a bit for that when the game is in the North, but not as much at Wembley.

No one would support it. These "select" teams all seem good idea in principal into you realise that don't have a fanbase and thus don't generate money (which at the professional level is very important).

Perhaps they could be part of the French Challenge Cup?

This would make sense if that early round want at the very beginning of the season. But as stands, unworkable when clubs are only just back in camp for the new season.

I think the idea is that they're seeded based on the playoffs so they get extra off-season to make up for the extra SL fixture due to come?