RL in Crisis

[cos789]

Bradford going into administration is the tip of the iceberg. The Broncos are leaving London after a 30-year struggle and there are failings with the salary cap and sponsors

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 35589.html

The fear is that Bradford could be the tip of an iceberg of financial distress in the chilly waters of recession. The Bulls were the third Super League club in 18 months to go into administration, a record which has raised questions over the Rugby League's fiscal stewardship.

The RFL's chief executive compares the licences it grants to driving licences. They allow you to drive, but do not guarantee you won't crash. That is disingenuous, because, if the driving test tries to do anything, it tries to keep dangerous motorists off the road. The RFL has given the green light to some accidents waiting to happen.

If the rumours are correct, the next club to change hands will be Salford, which is what they need, because they have been haemorrhaging money since moving into their new stadium this season. They have had no option but to accept Sale Sharks as co-tenants and last Saturday suffered the indignity of having to take their final game of the season to Leigh, because the stadium was required for rugby union.

Two hundred miles south, rugby league could be about to lose its main professional presence in London after 30 years of struggle.

The London Broncos have had another unsuccessful, poorly supported season at The Stoop and are considering moving to Gillingham. The Medway has its attractions, not least a thriving junior club, but it is not London – and the capital is where rugby league's most significant grass-roots growth has been so hard-won.

Almost unnoticed, another club has dropped off the bottom end of the professional game, without ever playing a match. The Northampton Rebels were supposed to be one of four expansion clubs in the South, but have already withdrawn, conceding that they could not come up to scratch, even for part-time rugby in Championship 1.

Economic difficulties are not confined to club level. The code's two major competitions are in need of new sponsors. Super League's ill-fated dalliance with Eddie Stobart has crashed into the barriers after just one season – a failure which the RFL has somehow dressed up as a success.

In the Challenge Cup, Carnegie have been little more than sleeping partners for the last two years and cannot wait to get out.

[Stewie]

Rl is largely ignored in its home country. No other sport in its home country struggles as much as rl does in England. Why would the English want to follow an inferior and bogan's version of real rugby?

[ParraEelsNRL]

Oh for FUCKS sake you dopey pr!ck, did you even bother to look at the date?

Last year in September idiot, and since then, the club have been sold and are debt free playing in the Super League.

What would you expect from cuzzy though, the blokes á complete fuckstique!

[ParraEelsNRL]

Better mention Salford, same thing happened to them 2 Months ago dickhead.

Code in crisis?

I guess so, one of Britian's richest race horse owners bought them this month.

[Rabbit]

fuck me cos is a dickhead

[Raiderdave]

an article ..... 18 months old



the ESL had its biggest year ever in 2012
&

it could have had its worse year ever
& still be 1000 times bigger then Vicky Kicky in the UK ....


lostCOS
summa yr best D head
summa yr best

[Raiderdave]

Rl is largely ignored in its home country.

a bit like Vicky kicky in half of its home country too ... eh F stick

[Stewie]

Rl is largely ignored in its home country.

a bit like Vicky kicky in half of its home country too ... eh F stick

Please explain how the national and most popular sport in Australia is largely ignored.

Fuck stick.

[Raiderdave]

Rl is largely ignored in its home country.

a bit like Vicky kicky in half of its home country too ... eh F stick

Please explain how the national and most popular sport in Australia is largely ignored.

Fuck stick.

national .... ....
half the country can't stand it ....

oh &


RL 131 Million
VFL 123 Million

most popular .... nup missed out there too d head

[Stewie]

a bit like Vicky kicky in half of its home country too ... eh F stick

Please explain how the national and most popular sport in Australia is largely ignored.

Fuck stick.

national .... ....
half the country can't stand it ....

oh &


RL 131 Million
VFL 123 Million

most popular .... nup missed out there too d head

131 million?

Source?

Oh that's right

Another win for the AFL.

[Striker]

No one compare the NRL and the ESL against the AFL and EPL, please? England is soccer mad. If it wasn't for the hooligans the EPL would have the biggest crowd average in the world. ESL will always have a fight against that. The NRL have it far easier against a sport that is only played at a professional level in ONE COUNTRY!

[Stewie]

No one compare the NRL and the ESL against the AFL and EPL, please? England is soccer mad. If it wasn't for the hooligans the EPL would have the biggest crowd average in the world. ESL will always have a fight against that. The NRL have it far easier against a sport that is only played at a professional level in ONE COUNTRY!

Yet the nRL still fail dismally. The sport must be the reason

No professional rugby league league (even the sports name is ******** ) has a crowd average over 20k.

How does it feel?

[Beaussie]

Code in crisis?

Indeed and not just here in Australia. :<> :<> :<>

NRL clubs are not the only teams struggling financially in the tough economy. A BBC Inside Out investigation found that Super League clubs faced a combined debt of £68.5 million.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... z2JonE2E66

[Striker]

Hey Stewie very few sports across the board have an average above 20,000! In other words, so what?

[Stewie]

Hey Stewie very few sports across the board have an average above 20,000! In other words, so what?

The majority of "football sports" have at least one league with an average crowd over 20k. rl does not.