Bring back Promotion and Relegation....it worked so well before.
1996 Workington Town: Currently Mid table in the 2nd Tier after a few dark seasons staring at the Abyss.
1997 Oldham Bears: Currently as the Roughyeds in Champ 1 after going to the wall with 2 million in debts from trying to stay up
1997 Part 2: PSG folded.....with massive debts
1998: Hudds finished bottom but were saved
1999: Hudds merged with Sheffield to stay up
2000: Hudds/Sheffield bottom but saved again
2001: Huddersfield: Currently sitting pretty in SL with one of the strongest squads and a Sugar Daddy.
2002: Salford: Cellar Dwellars but with a new impatient Sugar Daddy keen to break the cap
2003: Halifax: Currently a Championship heavy hitter with a business plan that most definitely wasn't written on the back of a beermat
2004: Castleford Tigers: Currently cellar dwelling with troubles surrounding a new ground and other finances.
2005: Leigh: Now you see us, now you don't. A club that actually seems happy where it is in the Championship.
2005 PART 2: Widnes Vikings....relegated to make way for the smelly French....they went bust on debts accrued trying to stay up/get promoted.
2006: Castleford Tigers (again)....
2007: Salford City Reds (again)....
2008: Closed the trap door.
From what I can see, Huddersfield benefited from being saved a number of times before getting the chance to regroup, whilst all the other clubs that have gone down have not kicked on or prospered.
Of the clubs to have earned promotion but been denied since 2009...Barrow, Halifax, Sheffield and Featherstone Rovers, which would have delivered more than Catalans, Crusaders (2) or Widnes.
Yep, the Welsh were a mistake......but who says SL isn't better off for the inclusion of the white flag waving surrender monkeys?
Last year/This season, Widnes would have been replaced by Sheffield Eagles.....who would have not known they were playing in SL until September 30th.....by which stage, most, if not all the decent players available would have been snapped up.
Sheffield played their "cup final" v London last weekend......the worst London side in the history of SL....they came up short....they would be perennial whipping boys for the year and in all probability, without a sugar daddy, go to the wall trying to stay up.
Yeah....let's bring back promotion and relegation and while we're at it, remove the regulations regarding overseas players and do away with the cap.....we'll have a 4 year free for all and then a reversion to a semi-pro league with maybe 2 big clubs winning everything and it'll all be available to watch on Premier Sports TV in a Rileys snooker hall near you:CRAZY: