The grand plan

[Wb1234]

They wont lead a breakaway league, thats just stupid talk.

Yes the UK and French game cab be stroner and bigger, were already starting to see some fresh growth at many clubs due to IMG influence. But its never goign to match NRL no matter where you put clubs as it wall always be a very minor sport compared to football.

The best hope is DAZN want rights in all three countries and offer a big enough package that the knock on into Europe, and NZ, is significant.

Needs to be a 12 or ideally 14 team comp though. At moment there is only really 2 clubs in SL that are not pulling their weight. Salford and Hudds. Cas are middling but with potential. A 14 team league with a grant of $6-8mill a club of would work:
HKR
HFC
Cas
Wakey
Leeds
Bradford
Wolves
Wigan
St's
Leigh
Dragons
Toulouse

maybe
London
+ 1 (cant think of another club that would really add large fanbase and be financially strong)

Well there’s two groups now

Woods group which might kick out Catalans and the other group that wants the nrl to control it

Here’s a press release from the woods group



I think setting a goal of 100 million pounds pa for the tv rights in say 10 years should be the kind of goal

Salford would be the extra club (or hudds at Halifax maybe)

Nice to see which club you mentioned first

 

[Canard]

You've got some points but you underestimate what going global will bring in revenue. It's currently literally operating out of 1 corner in England.

10 clubs is 170 million btw

You just have to be troll.

f**k me your brain is cooked.

 

[Gobsmacked]

You just have to be troll.

f**k me your brain is cooked.

Another quality contribution

 

[Gobsmacked]

With these small British clubs holding the game back, I think that 1. They will vote to out the French and 2. They won't give the NRL full control.
This screams of a breakaway league and they'll get all the clubs they want, no contest. Making it a 10 team League owned and operated by the NRL.

NRL takeover of Super League depends on keeping French sides

Any potential deal for the NRL to take control of Super League depends on the continued presence of French clubs in the British game

www.theguardian.com

 

[Wb1234]

With these small British clubs holding the game back, I think that 1. They will vote to out the French and 2. They won't give the NRL full control.
This screams of a breakaway league and they'll get all the clubs they want, no contest. Making it a 10 team League owned and operated by the NRL.

NRL takeover of Super League depends on keeping French sides

Any potential deal for the NRL to take control of Super League depends on the continued presence of French clubs in the British game

www.theguardian.com

A majority of super league clubs also support booting Catalans

All the sh&t clubs plus st Helens

 

[Perth Red]

Intrigued to know how they think they will get a big UK tv deal with only 8 British clubs?

 

[ThornlieBear]

With these small British clubs holding the game back, I think that 1. They will vote to out the French and 2. They won't give the NRL full control.
This screams of a breakaway league and they'll get all the clubs they want, no contest. Making it a 10 team League owned and operated by the NRL.

NRL takeover of Super League depends on keeping French sides

Any potential deal for the NRL to take control of Super League depends on the continued presence of French clubs in the British game

www.theguardian.com

Sad to hear that Andrew Abdo has left the NRL

 

[Wb1234]

Intrigued to know how they think they will get a big UK tv deal with only 8 British clubs?

London replacing Hudd sal Wakey and cas is equivalent

Two French super league clubs may finally get a French tv deal if not right away down the track

 

[Perth Red]

London replacing Hudd sal Wakey and cas is equivalent

Two French super league clubs may finally get a French tv deal if not right away down the track

London have been in SL 24 years, that hasnt made a jot to the tv deal.
So we replace Hudds, Wakey, Salford, and Cas and bring in London? And the Tv deal is going to go up? Sounds legit lol

haha they've been promising that since Catalans joined 19 years ago!

 

[ThornlieBear]

haha they've been promising that since Catalans joined 19 years ago!

Why would you hold the incompetence of the RFL against the NRL?

I guess someone who makes fun of children looking through fences.

You are a strange man.

 

[Wb1234]

London have been in SL 24 years, that hasnt made a jot to the tv deal.
So we replace Hudds, Wakey, Salford, and Cas and bring in London? And the Tv deal is going to go up? Sounds legit lol

haha they've been promising that since Catalans joined 19 years ago!

Something like 30 to 50 percent of viewers were / are from the south

I’ve literally met people who became rugby league fans who were union fans from the south and follow the broncos

 

[Perth Red]

Something like 30 to 50 percent of viewers were / are from the south

I’ve literally met people who became rugby league fans who were union fans from the south and follow the broncos

and yet London have been in SL for 24 years, go figure.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

They need a team in Scotland. Perth?

 

[Perth Red]

Why would you hold the incompetence of the RFL against the NRL?

I guess someone who makes fun of children looking through fences.

You are a strange man.

I was making fun of the notion of NRL players being locked up behind a fence as appealing. I can see you are a certain type of person after just 193 posts lol

 

[Wb1234]

and yet London have been in SL for 24 years, go figure.

They aren’t now

There’s Aussie investors that want to take the club over

Part of the deal with Aussies taking control of super league is two nrl clubs investing into super league clubs

 

[Perth Red]

They aren’t now

There’s Aussie investors that want to take the club over

Part of the deal with Aussies taking control of super league is two nrl clubs investing into super league clubs

So they didnt make much difference to the tv deal for 24 years, but they will in the future? Ok makes sense.

 

[ThornlieBear]

I was making fun of the notion of NRL players being locked up behind a fence as appealing. I can see you are a certain type of person after just 193 posts lol

A certain type of person?

That's not very PC of you.

I might have to call the UK police about this. They are arresting about 20 people per week for offensive post online at the moment.

 

[Wb1234]

So they didnt make much difference to the tv deal for 24 years, but they will in the future? Ok makes sense.

The tv deal has gone down in half whilst clubs like Leigh have been added and London kicked out

You think sky wants clubs from the suburbs of Wigan in there ?

Just pretend it’s Australia and London are the Melbourne storm

And super league is the nswrl in 1930

 

[Gobsmacked]

Intrigued to know how they think they will get a big UK tv deal with only 8 British clubs?

It's called talent mate.
How many boxing bouts happen every week?
How many draw an audience?
You pay for the best talent, you get the best show, the better the show, the bigger the audience. Right now SL is shit but if you up the grant and cap...
The 10 teams could all be fielding more talent than the RU clubs do across Europe.
They'll be the biggest show.

 

[Gobsmacked]

The tv deal has gone down in half whilst clubs like Leigh have been added and London kicked out

You think sky wants clubs from the suburbs of Wigan in there ?

Just pretend it’s Australia and London are the Melbourne storm

And super league is the nswrl in 1930

They're literally being dictated terms by clubs who represent towns of 50k .
Not only do they hold the game back, they do so deliberately.