What profit did we make last year

Championship clubs do not make profit

We didnt.



We lost a lot, not as much as the SL clubs, and we dont get a million pound plus handout either.





Championship clubs should cut their cloth to suit they say........

Rugby League doesn't make profit!



Rugby is something you spend money on, not earn money from.



The only people who profit from RL is Sky TV. Hence Sky's (not the RFL's) desire for expansion. Everytime a club like London, Crusaders or Catalans enter the competition, Sky acquire another revenue stream by selling alternative advertising for a product they already own! And the RFL will do whatever Sky tell them to, because the current administration has virtually blackmailed clubs into selling their grounds and moving into leased property. This has reduced club revenues and make SL clubs wholly dependant on Sky funding, now if we don't do what Sky says, they pull the plug and Rugby League goes bust. If that happened now Salford, Cas and Wakey would be laughing their c*cks off as at least they have capital provided by their grounds despite all the flack they get for not being up to scratch.

Flatcapper

If Sky pulled the plug,all SL clubs would be up s--- creek,other clubs would be marginally worse off financially that is.



The big losers would be the semi retirement club from Australia who have graced our game over the last decade.Imagine the money Salford alone have wasted on over rated Ausies over the years.



No one will convince me Sky money has greatly improved our game regarding development or bringing on players to match the Aussies.I know lots disagree with me but I have my views and I'll stick to them.

SKy money probably has helped to improve our game. Problem being that the Aussie game has improved even more!

Only by selling the cricket ground

Without the proceeds from that they lost 350k. They can't sell the cricket ground next year

Did we make a bigger loss compared to some of the SL clubs?.

Has it really improved the standard? the entertainment? the individual skills of the players?



Or is Superleague just an execise in polishing a turd based upon the masterclass in the art performed by football with the Premier League?



Exciting SL games are becoming an exception to the rule. I prefer the Championship games, probs because they have a bearing on my own team, but I would suggest that they are just as entertaining.



Superleague and Sky's appointed muppets Stevo and Eddie keep telling us how great SL is and how our game has improved. Well you saw how good it was on Saturday night, further behind the Australians than we were before the introduction of Superleague.

I'm not extolling the virtues of SL - far from it, I wouldn't currently cross the road to watch it, and I haven't got SKY. I simply feel that SL standards have probably improved, over the years, but that Aussie standards are constantly improving faster. In other words, SL standards are possibly at NRL levels of about 2000, but unfortunately NRL levels are now in 2009!