: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:41 pm  

slimwire66 wrote: with the exception of the MK dons in football i can't think of any other sport or team in this country doing the same, mergers ie, hull and gateshead & sheffield and huddersfield were a bit different. is it the name that's franchised..ie the wolves, bulls & warriors? can you picture it widnes buy saints' franchise rights would they become the widnes saints? the batley warriors! amsterdam city reds? Clicky

slimwire66 wrote: with the exception of the MK dons in football i can't think of any other sport or team in this country doing the same, mergers ie, hull and gateshead & sheffield and huddersfield were a bit different. is it the name that's franchised..ie the wolves, bulls & warriors? can you picture it widnes buy saints' franchise rights would they become the widnes saints? the batley warriors! amsterdam city reds? Clicky

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:42 pm  

Tones Tackle wrote:

you still havent answered mine about that god awful rumour you started on saturday Slim.

yes i have, i've pm'd some one on here with my prediction just to prove when it happens that i'm not full of cack

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:46 pm  

slimwire66 wrote:

yes i have, i've pm'd some one on here with my prediction just to prove when it happens that i'm not full of cack

pm me cockles.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:55 pm  

RAI of Sunshine wrote: Clicky good old wiki

RAI of Sunshine wrote: Clicky good old wiki

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:58 pm  

no if someone bought a franchise and had lots of cash they wouldn't just be able to move it as the RFL don't actually run a franchise system they run a mambers club, ( a very good friend of mine tried to buy London Broncos when they weent bust withthe idea of merging it with an Nl1 club and playing the game split over a couple of sites as per USA franchise and NRL mergers, SLE voted that they wouldn't be allowed and blocked the registration of the club and company with the rfl)

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:02 pm  

To answer slim's original question, as far as we know at the moment, the process will be similar to last time - i.e. clubs will be invited to send licence applications into the RFL. However, there are certain criteria to meet to be allowed to apply. Basically only the following will be allowed:

-current SL clubs
-clubs in the Championship in 2011 who have also contested a Northern Rail Final or a Grand Final in 2009, 2010, 2011.

If one of those clubs said they had been approached by a rich buyer who wanted to move them somewhere else, they might be still allowed to apply, but they may struggle to tick some boxes on their application.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:07 pm  

wooder wrote:

no if someone bought a franchise and had lots of cash they wouldn't just be able to move it as the RFL don't actually run a franchise system they run a mambers club, ( a very good friend of mine tried to buy London Broncos when they weent bust withthe idea of merging it with an Nl1 club and playing the game split over a couple of sites as per USA franchise and NRL mergers, SLE voted that they wouldn't be allowed and blocked the registration of the club and company with the rfl)

that doesn't make sense tbh, they're not franchises then are they?
if i could buy batley for example, then move them to liverpool and had enough money to buy a good team and put the infa structure in place ie youth development why would the rfl turn me down when it came to franchising in 2 years time?

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:10 pm  

SEB wrote:

To answer slim's original question, as far as we know at the moment, the process will be similar to last time - i.e. clubs will be invited to send licence applications into the RFL. However, there are certain criteria to meet to be allowed to apply. Basically only the following will be allowed:

-current SL clubs
-clubs in the Championship in 2011 who have also contested a Northern Rail Final or a Grand Final in 2009, 2010, 2011.

If one of those clubs said they had been approached by a rich buyer who wanted to move them somewhere else, they might be still allowed to apply, but they may struggle to tick some boxes on their application.

thanx


they're not really franchises though are they? not in the true sense!

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:10 pm  

slimwire66 wrote:

that doesn't make sense tbh, they're not franchises then are they?
if i could buy batley for example, then move them to liverpool and had enough money to buy a good team and put the infa structure in place ie youth development why would the rfl turn me down when it came to franchising in 2 years time?

why bother with batley though. why not just create a liverpool team? i don't think you would need to buy an existing team. if you could prove your finances, player potential, ground etc, you could form liverpool, and leave batley to plod along as they are

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:23 pm  

Teddington Wire wrote:

why bother with batley though. why not just create a liverpool team? i don't think you would need to buy an existing team. if you could prove your finances, player potential, ground etc, you could form liverpool, and leave batley to plod along as they are

because initially you'd have to buy batley, invest, get to grand final/ northern rail final, then move to liverpool


tarrraaaa the liverpool bulldogs