Still waiting for you to explain this ?

There is more to being a pro club that just paying your players a bit more

I would love to pay to watch this league with some of the best players from Europe and the southern hemisphere plying there trade in it. It really would 'show off' the greatest game to the masses

Are you taking the bet as you were adamant it would be Ft v PT in the middle eight?

The thing is John , this was essentially the original SL ' Dream ' and as I recall , everybody liked it , as long as their club was part of it and retained their identity , unfortunatly it required clubs to give up that identity

So it will never happen

Look at ' Super Rugby ' down under to see the concept

The top team in Wellington was the Lions , they remain playing in the national competition , however the Hurricanes were formed and play in SR

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If London drop out, I wouldn't plant Featherstone in Super League for 2014. Just run with 13 teams. Then only the bottom team is relegated in 2014. The SL clubs would have fewer fixtures (but with the same SKY money) so they should be happy.

IF they want an extra match to partly compensate there could be two magic weekends. Each with 12 teams (6 matches over two days). Exclude say Wakefield from the first and say Cas from the second. Then they could play each other in a derby (at Featherstone?) to even up the matches played instead of having a bye one weekend. Or make it the last match of the season.

PS Can't find a 'tongue in cheek' smillie

I woud rather you explain why you can't do it. The RFL have said they are willing to go with 13 teams next year.

On the other hand, put Featherstone in SL and promote three instead of two to the Championship from Championship 1, making the latter an eight team league for 2014.

I would love to watch my club Halifax RLFC. Whatever competition. I wouldn't pay to go and see the fanciful stuff in Gutterfax's post - as admirable and utopic it is. But that's just me and countless thousands of other like minded current RL fans. What Gutterfax's scheme would do is create new fans BUT, you can't just turn on new fans at the flick of a switch. It's a pipe dream and depends on forward thinking movers and shakers and brave risk takers. RL doesn't have any. It's a northern sport. Always will be.

It will be. Paying someone £40k instead of £20k so he can train in the local fitness first instead of being a plumber does not a full-time player make.

I really don't understand all the talk about not being able to run the "Magic" weekend with an odd number of teams. Just invite the Championship GF winner to take part. Simples.

We are about to undertake a major restructure with a return to P & R by merit. To simply put a random team in now would once again make a mockery of the RFL

How would that work in terms of league points and deciding which SL team gets a freebie fixture against a championship club?

i agree rich its always good to have a club to follow but an elete league like the nrl would be something special to watch imo.I agree though it is just dreaming unless sky tv and probably french tv take it on

You can't run a league with an odd number of games and an odd number of teams. It is mathematically impossible.

By season's end, one team will have played one game less than the rest. You'd have to cancel the Magic Weekend.

I sincerely hope the RFL's back up plan isn't to run with 13 teams because they clearly wouldn't have thought this through.

Yeah, sorry. As I don't follow SL these days I had forgotten that it was a league round with points at stake, I had it in mind as a one off weekend jolly.

We could just not have an odd number of games. That would be a pretty simple solution.

How about one of the Magic Weekend games been the World Club Challenge ?

Jesus Christ. The stupidity of some people.

I would rather just keep London, if they are not competitive in 2 years they will be relegated into the championship and then they can rebuild as a part time team. Making one guy pay millions of pounds a year to keep them going is unfair so you can tell why he has had enough.

Everything coming out of Red Hall at the moment has been terrible so I am sure they will come up with something crazy. The trend is that they are undoing everything good done in the last 20 years. So London dropping out will be announced along with a move back to Winter and P&R.

If they do drop out you would say that 13 is a good option as it would reduce the shock of moving to 12 teams. Not being able to have the Magic weekend is a bonus as it is a complete waste of time. But it is Fat Nigs baby so I am sure it will be made to work even if it doesn't.

Likewise...how would that work in terms of league points?

Might aswell put the Eagles in, they will bring atleast 5 more fans than the Frogs.

Is there any point to the Magic Weekend these days? It failed miserably with regard to it's primary mission of spreading the gospel beyond the boundaries of the M62 did it not? So why are we still persisting with it? Why hasn't the failed project been scrapped?

13 teams = Play everyone twice -> 24 games
Magic Weekend as the Cup Quarter Finals

Quite right Steve. by Caisley Gary and Mo. If I recall. The rest as they say is History. Unfortunally.