Division 2 would be full time also.

And where would the money come from for 2 FT divisions?

That would require the remaining SL 1 clubs to still only have the same TV money as present, and SKY be willing to give the other 4 teams share to SL 2



Some would suggest that is unlikely

I think you are mistaking Hull for one of the better teams







The RFL get the money for selling the rights to the top tier, then they pass it on to the clubs and other projects, how they divide it should be up to them and they should do that for the good of the game as a whole.

Yes but with only a 10 team top tier SKY might not consider it being worth as much



And ultimatly it is the clubs that have the final say in the breakdown of the money

The RFL should make them. The remaining Sky money could be divvied out for 10 full-time teams in division 2 too.



As I keep saying, it'll never happen anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Isn't that french tv channel now financially backing catalan? if thats the case surely that would release another million+ that could be put towards increasing the number of fully pro clubs

Sky should calculate the worth of the product on a combination of hours of programming, number of viewers and advertising revenues - I see nothing in the ten team top tier structure that would decrease these, they should if anything increase. As with the clubs they should be convinced that the long term benefits far outweigh any short term concerns.



Ryan Hall scoring in the corner is the most exciting thing to ever happen at the New Wembley and one of the few occasions Rugby league registered on the national radar in the SL era. The future of the game needs England to win and regularly compete in tournaments and for the general public to see this, a well structured league system with a top tier where the players have to be at and give their best every time they take the field is the best chance we have of achieving this.

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The current deal is worth 18m between 14 clubs, it is signed for the next 5 (inc this one) years.



Your two divisions on Sky has salary cap totals worth £28m between 20 teams. To cover those payments our 5 year £90m TV broadcasting contract would need to be a 5 year £140m contract, and what do sky get in return for an extra £10m per year? 9 fewer rounds of Super League or 18 games, and 2 fewer SL play off rounds, taking the number of SL play offs sky screen from 9 down to 3 and 18 games from what is in effect, a new name for the championship, a league which Sky weren’t prepared to pay anything for,



Premier Sports meanwhile don’t pay anything of note for the championships, yet the best teams are taken out of this league, but somehow they are going to find £6m a year to cover the costs of 8 teams with a £750k SC.



Its simply not realistic. We struggled for years to find a broadcaster for the 2nd tier, we aren’t going to get one which pays enough to sustain a £6m in salaries for the 3rd tier.

I concour , I just didn't want to be the one to p155 on his chips



We have what we have , just more thought and work needed to improve what we have and where we are heading to in the future