RFL Restructure on Twitter Last Night : Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:44 am
I followed the Twitter feed of the RFL meeting with fans about the restructure. I was very pleased about what the rfl had to say, they want the Top Championship teams to be more competitive with the rest of the super league and they are looking to increase the amount Championship sides get from the RFL from 100K to around 500K a year (although this will be dependant on where you finish) they also hope that there will be 16 Full Time teams and hope that Championship attendances will increase from average 1,200 to 1,800 (we can dream !!)I was also pleased to hear that my preferred option of the split and super 7 matches at the end of the season to determine who will be in the Super League is the most popular option.
With regards to TV Rights these are still to be discussed but I would imagine that there will be Super League (2 matches a week) and Super League 2 (1 Match a week) with Sky being the likely winners (although it would be interesting if BT sport took an interest it could result in a bidding war) Toulouse was mentioned but from what i can remember they will have to pay the RFL so i cant see them joining especially as it would cost a lot of money for championship sides to travel to france
Duggs