Re: London Broncos youth players : Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:07 pm  

I know they have gone into administration but I really cannot see them going out of business.

If they did survive then the precedent has been set with us that in exchange for a SL licence they should lose 50% of sky money for 2yrs and the rest of league split it between themselves.

The question I have is if this were to be the case, would we be allowed to take our own cut thus reducing the deficit by our own loss of sky money???

Re: London Broncos youth players : Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:13 pm  

bullinenemyland wrote:

I know they have gone into administration but I really cannot see them going out of business.

If they did survive then the precedent has been set with us that in exchange for a SL licence they should lose 50% of sky money for 2yrs and the rest of league split it between themselves.

The question I have is if this were to be the case, would we be allowed to take our own cut thus reducing the deficit by our own loss of sky money???

I don't see why we shouldn't take a cut of their Sky monies or the monies of any club who end up in the situation we were in. After all, other clubs were quick enough to claim a stake of our cash.

TBH, I'd rather this was the end of London as a SL for now. Dropping them down and letting them start again and building back up while having one of Leigh, Halifax or Featherstone taking London's place in SL with a 2 year protected status, just as Catalans got when they started. If nothing else, the elevation of one of those clubs will see an improvement in the average crowd figures which would also mean more money coming into clubs which is always a good thing.

Re: London Broncos youth players : Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:36 pm  

I wish the Broncos all the very best in what will be a very unpleasant time for their fans. Surely it is now time to let them drop out of SL to rebuild on firmer foundations and laid down some proper roots?

Re any share of tv money I seem to recall we gave up 1 years (2013) but split over 2 years so I would assume we would be eligible for a share. I would rather hope that the clubs would vote to use this money on something more deserving than simply lining their own pockets this time around though.. if it comes to that.

Re: London Broncos youth players : Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:16 pm  

I might be making this up, but if SL doesn't have some representation from the south - or perhaps just a wider geographical spread than just the M62 corridor - then would the sport not lose some of its central funding? I forget the name of the funding, is it Sport England?
Anyway, if I've not just made that up then London dropping out of top flight could damage the entire sport.

Re: London Broncos youth players : Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:30 pm  

Or do we expand to Cumbria?
The attendances for the world cup games have been good, there's already a strong RL heritage there.
No single Cumbrian club could survive in SL I think, so would have to be a new Cumbrian regional club, or mergers.

Re: London Broncos youth players : Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:55 pm  

When someone buys them out of admin it's going to cause a headache. Because they'll have to do two years on half the central funding divvied up between the other clubs. But if applied to 2014 will that be half of what they should get or half of what they would get including their share of Bradford's half?

If it's the later then that would mean Bradford wouldn't have been docked half as they would get a small proportion of it back in their share of London's half.

Also Bradford's half has now increased with the money they get from London. But if you recalculate the money taken from Bradford and dished out between the other clubs it changes London's sky money. Which then changes the amount taken off them and divvied up between the other clubs including Bradford! That would then in turn mean we'd have to recalculate Bradford's half and thus change London's!!!

It's mind blowing!!

Maybe we should just give it to Ken Davy and Ian Lenegan so try can swim in it like Scrouge McDuck?

Re: London Broncos youth players : Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:26 am  

My mates just told me that today was officially the last day of the academy.. Hes absolutely gutted! Its a real shame.

Re: London Broncos youth players : Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:28 am  

All those years of hard work by people lost in a day.

Don't you think it's strange that it's been announced at this time?

Re: London Broncos youth players : Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:29 am  

Nothus wrote:

I might be making this up, but if SL doesn't have some representation from the south - or perhaps just a wider geographical spread than just the M62 corridor - then would the sport not lose some of its central funding? I forget the name of the funding, is it Sport England?
Anyway, if I've not just made that up then London dropping out of top flight could damage the entire sport.

I'm not suggesting that's not the case but I can't see how that's allowed.

Re: London Broncos youth players : Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:21 am  

Nothus wrote:

I might be making this up, but if SL doesn't have some representation from the south - or perhaps just a wider geographical spread than just the M62 corridor - then would the sport not lose some of its central funding? I forget the name of the funding, is it Sport England?
Anyway, if I've not just made that up then London dropping out of top flight could damage the entire sport.

It wouldn't surprise me. On the other hand isnt that sort of funding for development of sport, so you would have thought that it would be not just the top level but the whole structure of the sport concerned that was taken into account.

And it is development of grassroot RL in London that would eventually lead to a viable London team, hopefully the academy players will find a London club and not be lost.