I know it will never happen, but it's what we should work towards I think.

The ' structure ' is fine , the financial costings are way out and the match numbers are the issue , other than that , bring it on

Two divisions isnt sustanable. Sky would care about Superleague and thats it. There just isnt enough money in the game for it to work. The focus should be about how to get SL up to scratch and more competitive. Splitting the league is a simple solution.



I dont see why people assume that the NRL can do it without promotion/relegation but SL can not.

The NRL doesn't have the monsters of the Premier League and Champions Leagues on their doorstep , effectively taking the vast majority of the money that goes into sport in Britain/Europe , it is just that simple

Im not sure it is.



What we need to do is improve the product of SL until it reaches a level where we have a surplus. A surplus of money and a surplus of players. At that point it can filter down to the lower leagues. I can appreciate the principle in investing in the lower leagues and using them as a foundation, the problem is that the SL financially supports pretty much the entire game. If SL is weakened the entire game is weakened.



What we need to focus on is our product. Realistically we have one product, SL, we are developing another quite nicely International RL, There is, I think, merit in pursuing another product, international club RL. If we can have those three, successful products to sell to broadcasters I think we can start to move towards more virtuous cycles. Where RL isn’t a poor relation in terms of Salary and the game can attract more, better players, improving the game, improving the product increasing its value and allowing us to attract more better players and so on. This then filters down to the lower leagues when a better standard of player cant get a game in SL, so they drop down, improving the lower leagues, improving that league, improving the quality of their product, improving its value and allowing it to produce more, better players again increasing its quality an as so its value and so on.

But splitting the league doesnt remove those monsters. Splitting the league will not guarantee that every club spends up to the salary cap.

, having players drop down from SL would not increase the value of those clubs to the paying supporters and local businessmen who finance these clubs



TV revenue props up 80-90 % of SL , without it we would have a 3-4 team league



The Championships need to go in a different direction to SL , as you have rightly said in the past , they are essentially 2 different sports

Not saying it would on either accoumt , just pointing out why the NRL operates differently , and why we will never be able to work that way

Like to bet that all the Im alright Jacks who assume their club would be in a reduced league would soon change their tunes if they were under threat.

Anyhow how can the game be perceived by the general public to be progressing if they see a reduction in competing teams.

The public perception would be that the number of top flight clubs has reduced.

Do the ' public ' have a perception of RL at all?