Would clubs be any better off were they to opt for an early restart behind closed doors if the furlough option was further extended for say another month after this one, which it might well be?

They'd have to start paying full salaries once more without the top up of gate money.

I guess if they were the first sport to start up again a TV deal showing all games could be lucrative and capture a fairly captive audience

Good point, financially surely the best thing to do would be to wait until the end of the furlough period before restarting the season.

Theres going to have to be plenty of testing etc and I doubt with the failures going on around that it'd look favourably on any sport having to have constant testing of all involved.



If they can find a safe work around I'm all for it. People are crying out for some live sport.

No sporting events in Canada or France until September at the earliest, which will mean the relocation of Catalans and Toulouse as well as Toronto playing in the UK.

That should make them exempt from relegation at least, assuming there will be any anyway.

Surely there can be no relegation this year, the sooner that is agreed the better

Michael Carter's views worth a listen https://forty20rl.podbean.com/feed.xml

Michael Carter's views worth a listen https://forty20rl.podbean.com/feed.xml

Too many risks

Agreed. Madness to do otherwise

Would this work?



Season starts from scratch, no P&R.



Catalans relocate to UK and Toronto stay in Manchester.



Return to games played behind closed doors, 2 games on sky rest PPV, possible discount or free games for ST holders.



2 venues per round, Headingley and one of either Saints or Warrington grounds, 3 games per stadium, obviously go back to normal when crowds are possible.



Straight ‘home’ and ‘away’ fixtures, 2 fixtures per week. Team finishes top goes straight to GF 2&3 playoff to get to GF.



Season finishing in Nov/Dec.



Possibly keep CC but have final in October.



Unfortunately it looks like Aussies won’t tour so Ashes series scrapped along with Magic Weekend.

If Sky do air 2 free games and the rest on PPV, why woud they give any discount to season ticket holders? they haven't received anything from them and will have all the costs to go with it. Doesnt make sense for Sky unless they feel altruistic to the sport but don't forget that they have lost revenus too