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I would expect avid loyal supporters to stick with their club and certainly not be criticised for doing so.'"
I aren't criticising the loyal supporters, faxcar, not at all. Far from it. Indeed, I'm one of those supporters!
My underlying concern about the sport in general stems from my own attitude ................ I attend now more out of "a sense of duty" than being entertained.
In the past 25 years the entrance fee has quadrupled whereas the average salary has doubled, thereby Rugby League is progressively pricing themselves out of the entertainment industry, particularly as television and online options have improved significantly as a much cheaper value for money alternative.
That's why I think the sport should act now. The Championship in particular should exercise a very strict LOW salary cap meaning they're essentially only utilising part time players so we can MULTILATERALLY get the entrance fees right down and get the fans back and the communities more interested. Situations where we have bank rolled clubs like Toronto and Leigh are killing our league. We shouldn't be having full time pros playing against part timers - it's awful to watch (hated our home game against Toronto last season, couldn't wait for it to end - just imagine if a "newbie" decided to stump up 19 quid to watch that? Never to be seen again I reckon),
Just my take.