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Salford troubles

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“In March, it was suggested by Salford City Council the club could receive a subsidy control grant"
“In November, Salford City Council advised that the subsidy control grant was not available. the impact of which was that the club had already committed funds to player and staff recruitment and paid for pre-season preparations including a warm weather camp in Portugal."

Not hard to see why they are in a mess, spending money before its even been confirmed.
 
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Tigers1986 said:
And again, why did IMG not investigate this with due diligence? Salford have been a shambles for years and it's kind of embarrassing that they're essentially stealing a super league spot in 2025 at the expense of Toulouse, London, York etc.
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Its not IMG's job to investigate anything. Its was their job to create a grading system, then take the data provided by clubs in that grading system and generate a grading. You seem to think they have a lot more control than they do. in fact the frustration that what they are recommending isnt being supported by RFL/Clubs is already starting to bubble.

You also seem to be under the impression grading is predominantly determined by finances when in fact it only accounts for 22.5% of the total score. It is also avg'd over last 3 seasons so maybe Salford as an avg wasnt that bad over 22,23&24?

It is scored on: Revenue 2.25pts, non centralised turnover 0.75pts Profitability 0.5pts, balance sheet strength 0.5pts, increase in owner investment 0.5pts

It would be interesting to see what financial points Salford got for 2024 and hear why though.

As for why are they in instead of London, Toulouse or York, pretty obvious, those 3 clubs havent scored more . As it is Salford barely got 12th spot for 2025 and it looks very likely they will be replaced for 2026 by a higher scoring club. You could say the system is doing its job.
 
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Perth Red said:
Its not IMG's job to investigate anything. Its was their job to create a grading system, then take the data provided by clubs in that grading system and generate a grading. You seem to think they have a lot more control than they do. in fact the frustration that what they are recommending isnt being supported by RFL/Clubs is already starting to bubble.

You also seem to be under the impression grading is predominantly determined by finances when in fact it only accounts for 22.5% of the total score. It is also avg'd over last 3 seasons so maybe Salford as an avg wasnt that bad over 22,23&24?

It is scored on: Revenue 2.25pts, non centralised turnover 0.75pts Profitability 0.5pts, balance sheet strength 0.5pts, increase in owner investment 0.5pts

It would be interesting to see what financial points Salford got for 2024 and hear why though.

As for why are they in instead of London, Toulouse or York, pretty obvious, those 3 clubs havent scored more . As it is Salford barely got 12th spot for 2025 and it looks very likely they will be replaced for 2026 by a higher scoring club. You could say the system is doing its job.
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Then it's on the RFL for not doing their job, or investigating Salford for lying. If the process is transparent, then how do we end up in this situation.

And der, I know they scored more. But I don't see Toulouse, London, York etc needing to offload players to be compliant or relying on a stadium deal to secure finances.
 
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Tigers1986 said:
Then it's on the RFL for not doing their job, or investigating Salford for lying. If the process is transparent, then how do we end up in this situation.

And der, I know they scored more. But I don't see Toulouse, London, York etc needing to offload players to be compliant or relying on a stadium deal to secure finances.
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Again they scored lowest of SL clubs with a 13.97 out of 20. Maybe their finances were the area that lost them the points? Unless there were clear signs last year that they were heading for financial crisis then what do you expect the RFL to do?

If be surprised if there wasnt some questions asked and Salford replied with stadium ownership change will see them safe. They've been tottering on the edge for a while and had to sell some star players but still managed to put out a very competitive team last season.
Until a club goes broke there is really nothing the RFL can do. It will likely see Salford score lower at end of this season (remember it goes on a 3 year avg for finances and league positions) and Toulouse replace them for 2026. Its clear the RFL are positioning them to be able to get through the year without going bust then they will be relegated and have to rebuild themselves in the championship. It may be what they need. Its worked for HKR, Leigh and Wakey.

London are on the edge as well now their owner has bailed. York and Toulouse are not paying SL wages. Toulouse struggled to make ends meet last time they made it to SL and didn't have the resources to quickly build a SL surviving squad winning only 5 games of 27.
 
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