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That is the elephant in the room there
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Restructure of Championship and League 1
Tommygilf replied to Rene_Artois's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
If the side who is 11th in the Championship is Grade A we'll all be much happier! -
Restructure of Championship and League 1
Tommygilf replied to Rene_Artois's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
I think that is an unnecessarily pessemistic take. Salford have a real job on to get from where they are indicitavely to an A Grade - financially and fanbase being their biggest hurdles. Its a paradox to argue that the bar is set so low yet is simultaneously unachievable. -
Restructure of Championship and League 1
Tommygilf replied to Rene_Artois's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Yeah, because between 2 part time leagues the difference is far less than between a full time and part time environment. Especially when the FT League is the one which brings in near as makes no difference all the money and needs to be prioritised accordingly. -
That's really crappy
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Britain has always moving to the metric system, inch by inch...
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As ever, freebies have to turn up
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I think the sport needs to be wary of ending up in a reductive "we provide this" mentality, especially with gradings coming in. Only (English) Grade A clubs will be getting TV money at this rate.
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I actually think the interesting comparison with Catalans would be Cornwall. The latter takes longer and is harder to get to (direct flights at a minimum). Yet its in England so you can't use the "no broadcast money" argument. Despite that, they have been asked to sit out a competition all of their peers have entered - this is the attitude at the heart of it. English RL clubs are used to, from 100 years of history, a competition that involves an average of up to 2 to 3 hours each way (4 for the rare Cumbrian trips) coaches every week. We don't do internal flights, nor do we do European games. Culturally the game isn't on that level and it feels alien.
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There does have to be a return, but Catalans don't control that and we actively have made it harder for SL to do so over the past decade.
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Exactly!!!!
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Similar to Salford then, except you have a chairman who backs you to compensate. Glad we've got that clarity...
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Which club would you invest in?
Tommygilf replied to Eddie's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
As an easy option I reckon a big time investor could turn KR into one of the biggest clubs in the league pretty easily too. The decline of (or lack of investment in) some of the key bits of RL infrastructure in West Yorkshire is pretty tragic. 11 or so clubs with arguably only 1 top facility being both modern and specifically RL focused. So much potential in so many clubs but seemingly not enough money about. -
Which club would you invest in?
Tommygilf replied to Eddie's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Both good ideas. Sheffield hopefully will see that in the near future with the new ground getting approval Widnes arguably need less money because the facility is there. It just needs the club to be built around it. -
Which club would you invest in?
Tommygilf replied to Eddie's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Dare I say it but Bradford. The club is crying out for someone, or a group of someone's, with some serious real money to spend. A tidy small ground with room for expansion would be the number 1 port of call, the rest could follow on. -
Quite, Huddersfield without Ken Davy are a much smaller club, let alone 1st team.
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I think what Salford shows is that you can have that "success" but if there is nothing underpinning it then its incredibly fragile. The Salford "club" ie the office and non playing department clearly aren't well equipped to take advantage of what you describe. You need that core infrastructure there to really boost things long term. Indeed you can do it with that core without the on field success as much. Right now it seems Salford are (if they don't pay full rent and get repeated bailouts), just about able to put a team out on the pitch every week. After that, the "club" seems rather hollow in lots of aspects.
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Yes, of course. It is specifically not for playing budgets and daily running costs; unlike Salford.
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I think the new deal will put the club in a better position. I have my doubts whether that position could be deemed as thriving though. Perhaps ironically I think this best benefits the club for if they get relegated. The current deal is pretty untenable now, it would have been impossible in the lower divisions. In short, it can't make things worse