justonelilpoint, I wasn't just meaning Haven fans when I said "when the penny drops" I meant ALL NL clubs as there are fans in all of them who don't understand what is about to happen when the licence system comes in.
I wouldn't like to see either of the current clubs disappear and if they could carry on in the NL then good for them, I know I would support a new club AND Town and I would think there are quite a few at Haven who would do the same.
Still some are saying what if after 3 years we lost our franchise and ignoring the fact that maybe in 3 years of realisation that the top of NL is the best any NL club can achieve crowds drop so low as to put clubs out of business. As I have said all along it needs people with clout and business acumen to ensure that the right packages were put together for a SL package looking ahead not just for 3 years but many years after that. We can sit and think of how this won't work or that won't work but there are people out there who could make these problems work it is finding them and recruiting them.
Don't get me wrong, Haven have done great over the past what 5 years and they have averaged around the 2,000 mark for attendances BUT what do you reckon those crowds would have been WITHOUT the belief that it was leading towards SL??? If SL wasn't a possibility, how many of those fans would have long since disappeared to watch other sports, etc??? And sadly, after 2008 that could be the reality for ALL NL clubs unless the RFL get some very serious marketing done for our leagues to make the attractive to major sponsors, etc, otherwise rugby league will only be known as Super League.