Re: Am I being paranoid here or...? : Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:13 am  

With you now Pepe.

I agree with you that the RFL are self serving and as I stated will do anything it takes to keep the Crusaders going.
This includes everything you have explained, changing their own rules etc, as they have proved before!! As you say they can deny us entry for anything they want to make up.

My view on this is if the RFL decide not to promote a champ club (in reality us) they will suffer a world of pain from the whole RL community and the media. As they are all aware that Widnes have done everything they were asked to do and are in better shape than perhaps half of the existing clubs already in SL.

It will also mean there is no hope for any club outside of SL ever reaching it. In effect they will become feeder clubs as stated, but for all the unjust acts and stupidity previously carried out by the RFL surely they must see that the feeder clubs will fold and die, therefore destroying lower league RL and the system for bringing new players into the game.

This will starve SL of new young players to choose from, where will new talent come from as the existing SL clubs academies will not produce enough? So the ultimate aim of the franchise system to improve the quality of SL and the England side will not be realised.

When this is considered alongside the RFL's desire to retain the Crusader's it only leaves them with option IMO, which is as you stated expanding SL to 15 meanig paycuts in Sky money for all SL clubs.

Re: Am I being paranoid here or...? : Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:26 pm  

wackerchemic wrote:

With you now Pepe.

I agree with you that the RFL are self serving and as I stated will do anything it takes to keep the Crusaders going.
This includes everything you have explained, changing their own rules etc, as they have proved before!! As you say they can deny us entry for anything they want to make up.

My view on this is if the RFL decide not to promote a champ club (in reality us) they will suffer a world of pain from the whole RL community and the media. As they are all aware that Widnes have done everything they were asked to do and are in better shape than perhaps half of the existing clubs already in SL.

It will also mean there is no hope for any club outside of SL ever reaching it. In effect they will become feeder clubs as stated, but for all the unjust acts and stupidity previously carried out by the RFL surely they must see that the feeder clubs will fold and die, therefore destroying lower league RL and the system for bringing new players into the game.

This will starve SL of new young players to choose from, where will new talent come from as the existing SL clubs academies will not produce enough? So the ultimate aim of the franchise system to improve the quality of SL and the England side will not be realised.

When this is considered alongside the RFL's desire to retain the Crusader's it only leaves them with option IMO, which is as you stated expanding SL to 15 meanig paycuts in Sky money for all SL clubs.

I don’t believe that the RFL think that downgrading the lower leagues in status would harm RL as a whole in any way. In fact, I believe they regarded as a desirable aim.

They think that they would actually increase player production from the expansion areas and that the lower leagues would serve RL better as smaller feeder clubs, with fewer fans and no ambition.

The good news is that the Crusaders won’t be wound up on the 10th, as they have paid off their tax bill - phew!

Re: Am I being paranoid here or...? : Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:39 pm  

Rugby League will never expand,with union and football more popular in other areas.I have been based in London and Gloucester,and they laugh at Rugby League. They can not understand the tackle and then time to play the ball, with player releasing.If game is not played regular in schools, then nobody will be interested in going.I never go and watch Widnes rugby union, so is the same down south and in Wales.Rfl are stupid in my opinion and wasting lots of money.

Re: Am I being paranoid here or...? : Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:29 pm  

not paranoid. RFL will always change the rules to suit themselves.