It is said that Leigh have received a parachute payment from the RFL following their relegation from Super League. The sum of half a million pounds has been mentioned. It may not be true, but if it is.
How much did Hull KR receive in 2016? Did they receive anything? I have no idea. If they did not, but Leigh have. Something very wrong, is going on here.
Surely when we were relegated along with Bradford, due to reducing the number of teams in the League, we would have been due a similar payment.
It strikes me that Red Hall are making the rules up as they go along. It is not good enough.

Always said that the return of promotion and relegation would lead to clubs spending next year's money on the gamble of getting promoted. Leigh were always the prime favourites for this - Halifax and Fev seems to stare in to the abyss then pull back. Leigh's failure in Year 1 stacked up the stakes on the gamble; hence this situation unfolds to keep them from going bust (again).

Last season,every SL club agreed to pay a certain amount, (which equated to around £500k) to the club who would be relegated. This was agreed before the 8s. HTH.

London and Bradford both received parachute payments in 2014....

how do you know

That was my understanding as well god. The only issue with this is if next year they didn't pay it.

Think that’s the case. They saw KR go down, pooped their pants and agreed to save their own bacon.

They received a payment, which everyone called a parachute payment but I’m sure the RFL spent a lot of time telling everyone it wasn’t. KR didn’t get one and the Payment at the end of last year (to Leigh) was more all the SL teams protecting themselves rather than the RFL coughing up.

Because I am the oracle...the all seeing eye...the beginning, the middle and the end.....the all encompassing entity that is the universe.....the founder of logic, the defender of the truth and 19th in line to the English Throne......

...or it could be just that it is common knowledge




If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck........

This isn't a massive issue and some are using something, absolutely anything, to bash the RFL. Nothing to see here.

Moe, whatever the RFL do will be seen as wrong

why ever could that be

It'll be a swan......

...that's RFU spin if ever I've seen it

Who did?