: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:45 pm  

Celtic should be too, Castleford will be safe.

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:51 pm  

wakefield are circling the drain. So i reckon there will be one space up for grabs. Though it is a while away.

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:54 pm  

Lets just win the NRC and Grand Final this year first!!

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:15 pm  

griffax wrote:

I have a sneaky feeling that the only way a team on the Championship will get a SL Licence is if they kick out one or 2 of current teams. Probably due to grounds not being completed

was also talk of increasing size of SL at the next round of franchises.

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:23 pm  

swifty62 wrote:

was also talk of increasing size of SL at the next round of franchises.

Which will change when they tot up the income from falling attendances and SKY offer less next time round as Setanta probably wont be around to compete with them

If they had to reduce the SKY cash do you seriously think certain clubs would be able to operate in SL ?

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:02 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Which will change when they tot up the income from falling attendances and SKY offer less next time round as Setanta probably wont be around to compete with them

If they had to reduce the SKY cash do you seriously think certain clubs would be able to operate in SL ?

I would hope they could do twice as well . All the foreign imports will leave SL like rats leaveing the Titanic . Leaveing only Northern Hemisphere players to rake in the pittence that Sky would pay. Once again, we will beat the Aussies, with men who want to play RL and not play for a fat pay cheque as they do now. Cometh the hour cometh the men.

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:05 pm  

Cassandra wrote:

I would hope they could do twice as well . All the foreign imports will leave SL like rats leaveing the Titanic . Leaveing only Northern Hemisphere players to rake in the pittence that Sky would pay. Once again, we will beat the Aussies, with men who want to play RL and not play for a fat pay cheque as they do now. Cometh the hour cometh the men.

And most of those players will be replaced by players from
















Fax

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:06 pm  

Starbug wrote:

And most of those players will be replaced by players from


















Fax

Hopefully GB.

Caught me out with the FAX then.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:00 am  

The way I see it is that 1 place is guaranteed from a Championship club. To qualify for this guaranteed place you have to win the NRC or get to a GF, although there was talk of a top 3 place being good enough. Obviously though, the RFL have covered themselves by saying all qualifiying teams have to pass certain criteria so i suppose its possible that one team could win everything but still not get a SL place if other parts of the club aren't in order.

Also what hasn't been made clear is what happens if a club qualifies on most criteria, but doesn't get to a GF or win the NRC. For example, if say only Halifax and Barrow qualify for the guaranteed SL place and Halifax get the nod. What happens if the RFL wanted to also kick a couple of current SL teams out of SL, because they were awarded a 'C' licence and they hadn't fulfilled certain obligations such as new stadia. Would that then bring other Championship clubs into play or would the RFL have to decide between Barrow and whichever SL club that might be under threat?

[Dick Jones]

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:27 am  

The RFL will bring in the excuse "because of the current climate and the way the country has been finacially it wouldnt be fair to use the Stadia clause so, Wakey , Celtic and Salford will be ok.