Well we had a system of selecting teams for the top league based on business acumen and more than just on the pitch result. People whinged and moaned it wasn't meritocratic - it can't be both ways.



If a team has little or no support, but can still put together a team that can compete on the highest level, great. If they go bust in the process they get relegated never to be seen again. Teams with the most support will alway rise to the top, with more money coming in.

Yeah i dont mean to slate no one, & no i dont suppose i can travel 14 times, but when leeds travel to kr there fans are paying on the gate, when saints go to wire there fans are paying on the gate, what is catalans contribution away from home? im only getting at fans want increased salary caps to keep players in our game or pay a decent wage to stop stars leaving surely 1500-3000 halifax fans would have been better at KC fri night then zero catalan fans? only using halifax as names sake.

When was the last time you had 3000 travelling fans on a Friday night?

But how is helping france improve helping us? are australia willing to help us improve? as for london moving to barnet & building fan base is it really going to work? it is football down there not RL.

It's very shortsighted to use the number of away fans as a yardstick for a teams value to the competition. Hull fans always travel well, and that's something we should rightly be proud of, but it's largely insignificant when you look at the wider picture.



What effect does their involvement have on tv figures?



Are sponsors more inclined to get involved on the sport because they are able to reach a wider audience?



How much work do they do in their communities to spread the game and develop players?



Is the game more entertaining because of them (and as a knock in effect see points 1 and 2)?



In Catalans case how much does having them in Superleague benefit the French national team and international RL as a whole?



I don't know the answers to all of those questions, but those things are far more important than getting a few hundred more on our attendance once or twice per season.

Depending on the game/who its against ie a derby we could easy have 3k fans at rovers.

Playing your bitter inner city rivals is the only way you would get 3000 fans to travel to the KC on a Friday night.



Saturday & Sunday games are different but you was under the impression that a team like Halifax was going to bring twice the amount that they get for a home fixture!

Yes but i was meaning a SL crowd from fax there gates would be up if they was in the top flight as would fevs, we was talking to there fans at Whitings testimonial, these are giant clubs what i think deserve a bash at the big time with actual fans that go to home games & away games spending money on tickets,kits,food & drink,fuel its all good for the game & the economy. imo.

But people spending far more on plane and train tickets is bad for the economy? :s

What catalan fans spend on planes or trains? i must have missed them fri night........mind you my eyes are not what they was.

If they are good enough they will get a chance, however I think you are overstating what these clubs will bring to games. The last time Halifax were in Superleague they avaraged less than 3000. You will be lucky if you get 400 traveling to the KC. And 55% of the entire population of Featherstone would have to go every week to beat Catalans avarage.

Well 400 paying fans at £20 each is 8 grand, this is without food/drink etc, better then none, & i was just using fax & fev there is other big clubs.