I fail to see how the current financial crisis engulfing SL, can be laid at the door of the RFL. The RFL is awash with cash compared to when Lewis took over and it was in debt. The clubs price the tickets, they buy the players and pay the staff, what do we expect the RFL to do, micro manage every single club. I'm sure the fans would love that. Sorry Saints send back Manu, you made a loss this year so you have to sell Roby, Lomax, Perry, TP, Sia and several others to balance the books.
You'd soon see uproar against the RFL if they tried to interfere in the private finances of clubs, yet as soon as the mis management is laid bare, it's the RFL's fault.
It's a sad indicment of our society that there is such a lack of personal responsibility it's always someone else's fault or they were the cause by not watching me closely enough whilst I did something rather silly.
I know Saints are in a perilous financial state too, but if we spent like we do now with no financial backers, I would not expect to blame the RFL when the whole house of cards came crashing down. It's simple Money in = Money out. Get that right and you won't go bust.