Yet another stupid idea

i should have added a wink, it's fine as it is

I keep saying it but the only way to make rugby league stronger, Super League stronger, the Challenge Cup stronger, the player pool stronger, England stronger is by improving the Championship and making it strong enough so that clubs can interchange between divisions without contracts going null and void, with no fear of facing the wilderness.



We need to get the Championship to a level where clubs in the 2nd division can spend to say a £1m salary cap, with their own TV contract, strong sponsorship etc.

We certainly do , can you tell Richard and Nige please , because they obviously think the opposite

Considering were arent that much ahead of that point with SL, any idea how we get there for the 2nd division as well?



Its just not only very unlikely, but largely not a priority.

I think the evil RFL empire should stop the beleagered championship clubs from entering the competition, strip them of the league format and make them play friendlies against amateur outfits from new areas like cornwall.



Then film starbug as it's announced.

If it was up to me, they wouldn't get in for free.



I'm sure Oldham would rather play at home in front of 1000 fans paying £20 each, instead of having to travel to Hull to play in front of 6000 with only a couple of hundred pay £15 each.

All you would see would be a door shutting behind me , and a couple of thousand others , no great loss in the bigger picture

You actually believe it could happen.

Only if your scenario was to happen

That's what I'm saying. You actually believe my scenario wasn't a gigantically OTT suggestion but something not too far fetched.

No it was farcial , never happen

Part of this problem comes with having so many teams in super league. The championship would look a lot stronger if they lost (just for example) York, Hunslet, Batley and Dewsbury but then gained.... Quins, Salford, Crusaders and Wakey.



You would end up with 8 clubs who have been in super league at some point along with Toulouse who will potentially apply within the next few years along with Barrow. Then there is also Featherstone who would hopefully be able to afford this through a better tv deal. Maybe even throw in south wales and/or the skolars which might help with the tv deal.



You would hope that league could afford a 1m salary cap.



In football they have so many big clubs that they can have PandR with a 20 team top flight along with a 24 team second tier and they still have clubs below that level bigger than any club in super league. Super league would be much higher quality with less teams and this would also clearly imrpove the challenge cup. I bet the 4 teams mentioned don't even spend to the full cap anyway. Also, if this was the case, maybe all the applications for a franchise would be from the 3rd tier and you could have PandR between the top two divisions providing facilities are up to standard. That would satisfy flatcappers and people like me who think franchising is a good idea.

How's about playing the entire QF round at Wembley or Cardiff on one day ala MM weekend?