It’s literally the reason why we have two sports.....
I actally think rugby league has developed a much improved version of rugby. So to my way of thinking, rugby league has enough rule differences to maintain its status as a football code on its own right. That being rugby league! So why the overbearing crap from union toward participants. Is it a form bigotry ? Very much so. Definitely overbearing and restrictive toward rugby league in the big scheme of things. And shamateurism in union was at play for numerous decades. Such a dodgy code is union!