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Just hope the gob3 doesn't get his own way

I think the idea is to have two divisions of ten. Bring back P&R, theres a thread on the VT about it.

widnes wouldnt get their guaranteed promotion haha , it does seem a bit idiotic to be honest. Do you think it would kill out league or make it even more competetive?

if it did happen the franchise shiiite would have to be scrapped

Think there is a degree of mileage in it as it'd hopefully drag standards up in our league and might even mean promotion and relegation between the two as I'm sure four of the clubs won't be keen on voting themselves out of the league!

and they cant just change the set up now! not half way through , could you imagine the stick they would get







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Smith believes it could lead to bigger crowds. Possibly, but would it lead to an overall larger total attendance?

10,000 x 13 home games = 130,000 total
You would be looking at boosting your gates to 14,500 to achieve that total attendance from nine games.

On the other hand, you could have six teams:
Warrington, Wigan, Saints.
Bradford, Leeds, Huddersfield.

Just look at the local derbies there, if they played each other 4 times!!

you could add Hull and Hull Kr in there! thats another entertaining derby game

I agree with him because if his idea is adopted franchising would have to be scrapped and p & r brought back.

The Championship would benefit and is particularly good news for clubs like our own with ambitions to reach the top flight.

The way things are at the moment our professional game is dying a slow death. I say slow but the collapse will come quick once the lingering part of this daft experiment is over.

I'd sooner cut smiths throat

How come no bugger down under as snapped him up......thought so

I agree that two divisions should be the way to go. There are a lot of quality facilities outside super league now and a number of clubs in super league who've sat on their backsides too long. However, they will never make the drastic changes they would need, especially under the present system so two divisions is the best option. They should still, have minimum standards for the top division however and a realistic salary cap in the second division. Trying to buy promotion is what has damaged too many in the best, most recently Widnes.

two divisions of 10, based on 3 year franchises. one up one down between those divisions. 5 team play-off to GF in each division to determine champions/promoted side.
return of county cups as u23-style comp, and to include teams outside top 10
Keep Northern rail for clubs outside top 10.
move entire game to summer
create pyramid below the top 2 divisions that allows P&R from NW Counties Division Six right up to National conference (but with facilities & management criteria at various stages).
Do away with the whole concept of the 'amateur' game (it doesn't exist in football or rugby union or cricket, or in the Ozzie leagues).
add in a festival nines programme of three or four events, as union has done with sevens, as our 'Twenty20' version of the game.

I have advocated 2 divisions of 10 for many years, I just thought it would be too logical for SL.
Better games for the elite more FT clubs and an increased player pool with a logical pathway to the elite