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news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_l ... 973976.stm

WOW........what a surprise







Did anyone seriously expect anything different ??

thats what i think of the RFL

Bail out? Where?

please tell me which part of the phrase "financial support" you don't understand?



Has such support been offered to Haven for example?

'some' isn't the same as a bail out.

Tell me which bit of him staying behind the club you don't understand..... the difference is Haven don't have anyone stupid enough to throw money away>

That reads like a helping hand and is nowhere near a "bail out". The RFL needs a presence in London so will do their best to maintain it.

NEED A RL PRESENCE IN LONDON, MY @RSE.

How on earth did the RFL manage before Fulham was created..

For RL to have any chance of being a national game (and the Sky money that comes with it) it needs a presence in London.

I'm OK with the RFL helping them out, I just hope they come out and tell the world exactly what it is they are doing, no hidden agendas, no cloak and dagger, no moving goalposts. Just cut the flannel and tell us the truth.

What us flatcappers think or care is as irrelevant as it is frustrating but a growing RL needs London more than it needs Leigh, Whitehaven, or Oldham.

I just wish they would grow some balls and say 'Yes, we're taking £x out of the Sky pot and pumping it into Quins, and any other 'expansion' club for that matter to help the game grow nationally'.

Haven won't have £1.2M coming off the SKY deal will they though, give it up Nik the RFL favour London above any Championship side this latest assistance package says it all.

It says" it doesn't mean a big cash payment now" well that to me sounds like they will get quite a bit of financial help over a period of time instead of a lump sum

If the RFL have the money surely they can place it wherever they wish.