Well, say York and Newcastle already meet the criteria along with Widnes, (not sure any other championship sides would) then open up the league and let them in (or 2 of them) so the other sides in the Championship who want some of Super League HAVE to get their houses in order to fast track their claims. I want an expanded league anyway so my views on that will be biased towards that. I really do want to see an end to the fact we could potentially play Saints about 5 times in a season including the CC. Surely fans don't want to see that. I don't anyway. It's far more exciting to know it's months away and the build up to it is far better.

Wonder what Castleford fans make of it.

I like the changes, it keeps everyone honest and makes sure teams don’t rest and take things for granted. There still could be promotion and relegation, even if it’s not in a guaranteed, traditional manner. If a team finishes top of the Championship and is graded as a B and a team finishes bottom of Superleague and is also graded as a B, the Championship club will take their place. That guards against teams at the bottom thinking games just don’t matter. If we look at the last two years, I guess all of Toulouse, Leigh, Toulouse again and London would be graded as a B, so trans would still come and go, as they have done.

It's a step in the right direction, but doesn't go far enough for me.

Until the criteria for the Categories are announced we are all discussing blindly. Leigh may well be penalised for lacking an Academy but who knows?

What happens if Leigh are the only Category B side in SL in which, for argument, they finish in seventh place? Relegating them would only heighten the ridicule thrown at the sport from outsiders. IMG would be rebranded OMG!!

As it happens, personally think that the criteria will be tailored to suit only the rich clubs, favour only them with A status and have a healthy number of Bs making up the rest of SL - then the scenario in the above paragraph would not happen.

They who pay the piper call the tune!