toulouse havent qualified to apply for superleague in this round of franchises.
They should never have had to, atleast not in the English Championship. They would have been allowed to assemble a better team if they remained in Elite without the disadvantage of travelling to another country every second week.
They should play out this year then go back to Elite where they will able to assemble a much better team to prepare for SL, the fact that players like Kane & Andrew Bentley are going tot other Elite clubs because they can get more money shows what a farce inviting (forcing if they wanted a license) Toulouse to Championship.
I'd propose putting Toulouse's full team back in Elite and giving the finalists of Elite the right to apply same as Championship winners, this will mean teams with no hope have the right to apply but it's the same in the UK with the likes of Featherstone. All of this for 2015 ofcourse, it's too late now. It will also give any future bids other than Toulouse (Aude, Montpellier, Paris etc.) a level playing field. If the bid is not good enough, deny them, simple.
Maybe the best thing to do would be to assemble a squad of most of the best Under23s in France aswell as a few overage players and play them in the Championship based in Paris or Toulouse. This will help develop some future SL players in the 3 years while Toulouse wait for a license.
