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Ryan won't get many tries cos his center is a greedy sod

Genuine question.. Does anyone know anymore about his "English mum" cos the way it's worded in that article I saw,to me,it looks like its a step mum and not his maternal mum..

disband SLE and make the RFL the only stakeholder..

here a idea to make the top8 split not a waste of time.. the super 8 playoffs.. the top8 are seeded into 2 groups (1,3,5,7 & 2,4,6, played on a home & away basis... league points are not carried over winner of each group advances to the grand final..

why does'nt it say that then... and couldn't that result in it being mathematically impossible for teams to actually reach the grand final??? hull kr finished the season on 26pts last year....even if they win all 7 extra games they still have less points than warrington & hudderfield (41&42) finished the regular season....

its clear as mud... in the RFL document it clearly states that each playoff group will consist of 7 FIXTURES... to me thats 1v8 2v7 3v6 4v5 semi final x 2 a grand final thats 7 fixtures... but....why are league points carried over into "the playoffs"

its not being split up mid season though.... each league will play a full home,away & magic game season....then the top8 play in the super league playoffs, the bottom4 & championship top4 play in the super league qualifying playoffs and the bottom 8 championship clubs play in the championship shield...

exclusivity

lol fair enough....i stopped going on the RFL website years ago

did everyone have access to it???

that clears up loads....so there isn't 7 extra rounds...just 7 FIXTURES that are the play offs... right i can calmdown down

i think if the top 8 went straight to play offs instead of another 7 rounds...then everyone would be 100% behind it... also im heearing season tickets are gonna be sold in 2 blocks...1 for the regular season then one for the 3x8 season...

have the players union commented on the number of games players are gonna have to play?

right....so the 3x8 split comes in at the end of the regular season... top8 is the play offs.....as normal bottom4 & top4.....is the P&R play offs....i like that. bottom 8......is kinda like the old divisional playoffs.. i can live with that....

does'nt a "chris joynt voluntary tackle" thread hold the world record for longest ever...lol

so.....what happened at the meeting?? was anything decided x

got the calculator out... general concensus is ESL raking in £26m a year...so....give £17.5m to the 10 ESL clubs @ £1.75m per year....give £8.5m to 12champ clubs @ £700k per year... or £2m per year & £500k per year....

cut it to 10 then.... but im calling bull$hit on £1.2m not being enough.....its 75% of the full salary cap paid!

you see,,,thats the issue imo...RUGBY LEAGUE is more than just SUPER LEAGUE... this is where the RFL needs a backbone and decide to use i bit of the money to try and strengthen the game as a whole and not just the top 12 clubs!

at this stage i'll be happy a 12-12-14,three league structure.... and im actually warming to the heatheringtons idea of a ESL bottom 4 v championship top 4 mini comp.... but that requires all the championship to receive funding in some way....obviously the obvious plan would be to divvy up the super league money the 13th & 14th ESL clubs would have received....that would give each championship club around £200k each...thats a start.

we crushed ambition...

theres no interest in the 2nd tier from tv (and sponsors,investors & and the drop in attendances) because of the lack on competition,ie lack of movement...clubs have stagnated...most clubs in the championship & champ1 won't have played for 6-7months by the time the new season starts...how the hell can clubs be expected to survive?? if we condense all the leagues down to 10 it will increase the competitiveness of all the leagues....and i believe that will increase attendances,sponsorship levels and encourage investment in lower league clubs cos of the potential to actually have ambition!

i struggle to grasp the idea that the sport doesn't generate enough money....when the tv deals alone bring in £130m plus... i struggle to grasp the idea that super league clubs struggle when between 70-100% of a clubs salary cap is paid for via the sky money.... is the sport dying?? or is the club run by people who can count???

clubs will wither and die if we continue to alienate clubs & fans

of course if we had a exciting,constructive and competitive league beneath super league then the 23 clubs ( or 30 clubs in my 4 leagues of 10 idea) outside of super league could benefit from their own "cash" tv deal....