Hello

Great work, "can do" people are what all sports need, not the other types. Best of luck

To be fair, for a sport struggling for attention not only internationally, but also within the UK, and even withing the north of England, it would be a super glamorous boost for Super League to see the name of Leigh on the trophy, a town that is steeped in history and well known not just across the UK but also globally. Surely it's beyond doubt that that would attract massive interest from all four corners of the country,with a subsequent boost in interest and investment in the sport not only nationally, but also internationally with SL being beamed into living rooms in countries around the world. And that Beaumont has a proven track record of being a lovely chap...........

There were one or two deferrals of payment because of admin issues that were ultimately paid anyway in due course. If there was any true problem then the players wouldn't have signed on the line to play there. Covid obviously killed most of Toronto's income streams, resulting in the admitedly ultimate non-payment of players in their final season, but without covid they would have had a whole series of home games to come with all attendant revenue. The fact that pre-covid they actually asked to be able to extend the salary cap to be able to pay even more to their players kills dead in the water this non-payment of bills bs argument that the expansion-haters love to use. Some people just seem to be firmly against the presentation of opportunity for fresh areas to expand the sport, I can't realate to that mentality at all to be honest. In the modern world of sport it's surely expand or contract (die).

"Outlandish claims" of Toronto who had crowds considerably bigger than most SL teams whilst in the championship. And as for Toronto being based on lies, there was this thing called a global pandemic, that occured during the season in which they had to pull the plug - you might have heard about it.

They do seem to be a bit of a shambles, but in fairness the fact that sports are not allowed any spectators currently and indefinitely in Wales makes it awkward to try and flog season tickets.

You've made a classic error, you've described a city as having "zero interest" in the sport when they got crowds of up to 9,000 in the second tier, about 10 times or more of the attendance of several other teams in that tier, and a better average crowd than at least half of super League, despite only being in tier 2. Presumably you think that all championship teams and half of super league have "zero interest" since they get less people in than Toronto managed.

Oooohh the truth can hurt can't it

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2009/dec/21/wakefield-trinity-stadium-plans?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA%3D%3D#aoh=16116085152049&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From %1%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsport%2F2009%2Fdec%2F21%2Fwakefield-trinity-stadium-plans This article in the guardian in 2009 refers to unfulfilled promises by Wakefield