I wonder who got Town's mandatory game against SL opposition? Last season from the end of May until mid-September Town had 4 home games and during the same period Blackpool went 5 WEEKS without a game of any sort due to the incompetent nature of the fixture lists!!!! How do you suppose clubs get behind with tax bills, etc, when they have wages to pay to players and staff???



The money that comes down from the RFL to Championship clubs is only for administration and development purposes and teams in the Championship 1 below the top 4 are very unlikely to get on TV to get any extra money.



As it happens a few weeks ago Craig Spence of the RFL made a comment that Town were probably the only Championship in the black, but at what price to us fans? We got rid of all our travelling players halfway through the season and played local lads from the amateur ranks and finished the season with only London Skolars below us, but bills got paid. If SL had any scruples they would be ensuring that the lower league clubs were receiving cash paymenst from the Sky money but sadly it would mean a bit less for them.

Dont be silly the game below SL is that awash with money it can be given to Easyjet/Ryanair and hotel chains to finance Toulouse in the Championship



In our ' vibrant , worth winning in their own right ' competitions

Something definitely needs to be done about the number of games being played.



Between June 1st and August 8th Cougars only played 5 games.



I'd bring the 6 decent teams up from Championship 1 into Championship and then put the remaining 4 in Conference National and have promotion from there to championship.

A large proportion of Sky money goes to SL clubs. As it should. The remaining sky money goes into RL as a whole. It goes into a pot that provides funds for non SL clubs. So non SL clubs get sky money...live with it





Many of the clubs are badly managed and marketed so it is no surprise that the RFL want money it spent on 'professional managers'.



The 'mandatory games' continue. And of course SL clubs pick up the best young players and they spend more on developing them (the RFL insisting on Sky money being spent this way - so Sky £ produces players that fill many C1&2 teams)). Its elementary.



With greater mobility and greater tv coverage many people are unwilling to pay comparatively high entrance prices for 2nd and 3rd tier rugby. That is there choice.

Link ?



You dont have a clue how clubs operate at that level , most dont need F/T CEO's and most definatley are not going to get somebody with millions to throw away on board just because they have a ' marketing ' executive



The mandatory games might continue but nobody cares to watch u 18's , be they Championship fans or SL fans , so what help exactly is that



So if these players didn't go to the Chamnpionship clubs where exactly do you expect them to go ?



Correct , so the answer to the problem is ?



Since you are so clever

Ahh ok. Thought you knew the exact figures.



But your just presuming this money is from Sky? and not from other sources? Grand Finals, Challenge Cup finals etc?

I'm almost certain Oldham Bears played in that extended world club challenge that was held back in 1997



I seem to remeber they were thumped by a massive score by someone....not sure who when or where though

So part time teams that are rarely televised get far less SL money than ft teams regularly broadcast. This is true of all professional sports. Lower tier RU and football clubs get buttons compared with the top flight clubs.



Also the top clubs in any sport have more money and tend to have better academies. Only a moron would think that taking £20K out of the Leeds development budget and giving it to say Hunslet or bramley would improve the quality of players coming through. The idea that you can develop elite athletes on a pittance is nonsense.



The chip on the shoulder of some RL fans about 'sugar daddies' is sadly all too predictable. These guys are fans who love the game and put their own cash in. Good on them. Once again this is true of many sports. Oldham are now struggling because a wealthy local backer wants out while in barrow there is a resurrenge because of a local wealthy backer. Welcome to reality.

I am sure that your post makes sense inside your head. In the real world it is incoherent.





The problem is that many clubs do not have a clue how to run themselves. Failing to pay their taxes or hiding behind CVAs - expecting someone else to pick up the tab for their incompetence.

So you like the RFL see the only way clubs can survive and prosper is to ' snare ' a ' sugar daddy '



If that is the case then the sport will never prosper , and not just below SL , sustainability is what we need , more matches , better income from existing ' streams ' and most of all more ' pay through the gate ' fans



Clueless

Did you think that? really? Gosh.



I am not presuming anything - though you need to think otherwise.

Answer this one from Geekay







This is just one of the problems clubs outside SL have



But not to worry the RFL will chuck 300 K a year at having Toulouse in the Championship , very helpful