paul hicks

how many of them in Wakefield instead go to elland road and watch leeds utd or indeed play cricket on a sunday

London and midland broncos. come on neither are in the heartlands so the catchment area is anything down there

it's all bit of a nuisance

given the so far 54 pages of complaints and proposals that IMG would laugh at just as hard as mine i can't see a problem. well i can but i suspect mass murder is not to be encouraged

was just a thought. perhaps they could combine there IMG points on the back of it. if London and midlands hurricanes merged could the not combine there grading points and get into the top 12. got to be worth a try. ah just a flight of fancy but no dafter than a number of posts on the thread. just not as desperate

its easy to improve the catchment score. just merge with any other team in the same catchment area

fine so you put the money into the club account for a year and leave it there. then after a year you take it back out again. still a bit of a con you could do

28 teams. the idea is you play each opponent once and rotate the home and away fixtures against each club each season. you don't get tired of seeing the same clubs all the time and you spread the game. yes, you would need a lot of investment. there would be blowout scores at times but don't we already have a lot of blowout scores in super league already. the remaining clubs could be in a development league which could increase over time.

but in reality, its just keeping a club going by pushing more money in rather than rather than running a business that can stand on its own two feet without external investment. is there not a section where you get points for been self-sufficient and not needing more external money pumping in as that would show a sound profitable business and surely should be rewarded. instead, you reward business for needing more external money because it can't increase its internal profitability through good business management.

so really, it's a con you just rest a bit of money in the club accounts but lay it aside not to use . it's also a waste of money if it's not earning. could you just put it in say this month and then take it out next month and claim it was a short-term investment

interesting although i did not realise points were awarded for increase in owner investment. in this case it looks strange because the owner does not need to increase investment. what on earth would Leeds spend the extra investment on that they cant manage to do now

as many as can be afforded to give a reasonable amount of money to each team. if you spread the money to thin then it will result in teams going bust trying to keep up with some clubs who are better funded. so really it depends what the deals with media and sponsors are.

oh i can think of at least 7 A rated clubs that are happy

if i may put it this way. I'm looking at this thread but not complaining and i can't be bothered to look at the BBC or other sites as im happy enough with the results. ah well time for a cuppa and more watching people trying to wring blood out of there club scarfs

its not failing to improve crowds i question as those who get reduced crowds