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I didn't watch the game last night live, but just watched the highlights after your post to see the penalty try myself - Burgess's "first contact to the shoulder" is so miniscule before his arm goes straight to his neck that I don't see how you get to the opinion that the arm raised up from shoulder to head, rather than it just going straight to the neck.

Or when they're only in the very low 4 figures.

It is also strongly in their interest to try and win Super League.

It wouldn't surprise you if Jamaica beat France? It would certainly surprise me.

He has a SL to try and win, his priority isn't for the French National Team to win. So despite what he may say in the media, I doubt he would be encouraging all of his best players to play.

Never heard of any double headers where you had to buy 2 tickets & leave in between games and re-enter. I guess they are expecting a full house, so can't double sell seats .....

Congrats, but the previous years still matter, you are saying that the Leigh model is the blueprint, well that also includes the seasons before they finally managed to win promotion, it also includes all the turmoil that was happening before. And like you said, it was only 3000 attending in the Championship, so it was unsustainable, just as Featherstone found out last year.

Who knows who Gus may be ....

It isn't the best way because it is completely unsustainable, what happened the years before you eventually got promoted? Players being sacked, not paid in time, etc. That is the roadmap for Leigh's promotion as well, not just the last season when they finally managed it.

What absolute rubbish.

But you say that this would put investors off as they have to wait 3-5 years, most investors in sports clubs aren't looking for a return on their money. But with Leigh as an example, how many years did DB spend big in the Championship to keep failing at getting to SL? You said yourself it would take 3 years to get Halifax to perhaps be in a place for promotion. What is the big difference between what it was compared to what it is now?

You keep bringing up Beaumont and his 5 year plan. How much money do you think he spent before Leigh actually achieved SL? And what did they achieve during those years other than eventually making it to SL? Leigh's model of promotion isn't the best way to do it, it is far from perfect, and Leigh lost lots of money before eventually succeeding. You say that DH may have said "what's the point" etc if IMG came earlier, but that is just you putting your thoughts onto him, he has mentioned that he is working to improve IMG grades, and didn't seem all that critical. If IMG was so bad, nothing is stopping him from withdrawing his money right now.

At some point the club/team needs to start investing in areas that aren't just on the pitch. People bemoan how small time out sport is, but we have all just accepted that if some clubs had invested their money better 20 years ago, they would be in a much better position at this stage, rather than playing out of dilapidated stadiums, etc. If you want more people to come to your stadium, then sure you need an exciting team to watch, but you also need the facilities to accommodate people, and the reach to target them in the first place.

Yes, I would be much more willing to put money into a Championship Club under IMG rules than before. @The Blues OxI don't really understand a fan wanting a boom and bust situation, surely it would be better to invest in the longevity of the team, rather than just investing in players. At the moment, I would suggest that (god forbid) something happened to DH at London, I am pretty sure the club would fold within weeks as no one else is going to run it. You want to build a club that someone would be interested in taking over, that has a long term future to build towards and keep improving. I would have thought the idea of investing money and actually seeing the fruits of that money in 5/10/20 years would be a lot more satisfying than scrapping into SL by buying a team of mercenaries.

Personally I don't understand this viewpoint whatsoever. Under P&R you could buy a team for a year and hope they get promoted, or 2 years and hope they get promoted. Under this current system, you can know that you need to do X, X and X to improve the club, team, backroom staff, Social Media, etc. There are so many factors that are key to building a strong RL club, and the team on the field is one of the last parts of that. Look at London Broncos - 25m of DH money over the last 30 years, and for what? No stadium, no offices, no training facilities, etc everything is rented, 25m just spent poorly on players and renting buildings with nothing to show for it. For 50m you could potentially turn Halifax into a super club, but if you were only looking to invest in a team, then I imagine it would only last as long as you do at the club.