Reynolds to buy into welsh fire?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cp8e7lpp709o

Raised By Peregos wrote: Do they fancy a rugby team? They took Wrexham on partly because of it's history...

GPR - Rochester wrote: Raised By Peregos wrote: Do they fancy a rugby team? They took Wrexham on partly because of it's history... I was thinking the same!!!!!

SVD wrote: The nearest thing I do to social media is scarletfever.org, so I appreciate I am no help at all, but I’m sure, from what I have seen of them, that Ryan and Rob would love us and lots of West Walians like me follow Glamorgan too. Our history is similar in importance to Wrexham’s in terms of Welsh sport. I agree with the last post, can anyone more computer literate than me drop some hints to R&R that we’d love to see them in PYS?

I would love the league to happen, I see the Scots being up for it and it would also support the rugby up in Sale and Newcastle (not being the outer reaches) and give their fans some closer away games.
I do think the thorn will be the Irish and their governing body. TBF they have made a very good model and would probably be reticent to release any control.
However I think the time is good , by the time the possible set up happened the extra funding from the mysterious sofa wallet will help improve our squads certainly to a good competitive level, and if the Irish want to stand alone then so be it.

Good point 16 teams home and away 👏 the Irish sides can play amongst themselves lol

Eastern outpost wrote: roy munster wrote: Good point 16 teams home and away 👏 the Irish sides can play amongst themselves lol Thought 16 was too many for 30 matches in the season.

roy munster wrote: Raised By Peregos wrote: Do they fancy a rugby team? They took Wrexham on partly because of it's history... The history and heritage and the fans is what first attracted them to wrexham, the 3rd oldest club in the world and the oldest club ground in world football. Record 24 times welsh champions and an fa trophy too too...Their fans though are their greatest asset, theyre incredible. Their biggest problem will be to get the ground expanded from the current 13,300 The endless battles over development with the council over sewers, water, road access etc  Plus the applications for relvant funding and the collapse of construction companies like buckingham who were meant to do the KOP has all added to the delays. Scarlets meanwhile if they want a part of the hollywood pie we need to do a damn sight more to attract their attention we do at least have a complete stadium and barn etc which is all top class All we need now is some events and a winning side The news the WRU found millions down the back of their sofa is massive  We will see increased funding to £6/6.5 million from 2025  BUT we need to improve massively in all areas We have a very weak presence on social media , our website is hardly ever updated.  The main events page on scarlets at the moment say, our next event is january 2024 llanelli rfc v llandovery? We need regular event inside the stadium and also the barn Theres almost unlimited posibilities- business conferences, exhibitions, more bingo lingo, sports events from darts to pool to snooker to motorbikes, more football, wales u20s rugby, rugby sevens events,  fairground events and all kinds of concerts like ffos las who have events all the time with big crowds in a frankly far less salubrious environment...etc  The loss of the rfc side is a huge 1 imo as were now losing these youngsters to village clubs and other sports. I used to enjoy going down to watch the up and comer in the rfc side...going all the way back to mike phillips lee byrne and many more. Now these kids are paid big boot money in village clubs but are throwing their long term professional prospects down the drain scarlets need some good news some good performances some new exciting events to stimulate more interest and revenue...Heck get a few new tunes on the tiktok get cochyn to have a punch up with ossie the osprey and dewi the dragon...whatever it takes gets some hustle behind the muscle Ryan reynolds got sucked into the cricket underworld by his co star hugh jackman....The short form of cricket is very lucrative and perfct for massive tv audiences and adverts between overs etc But its all about passion that attracts such investors. We got plenty of passion on the terraces, but we need far more in the boardroom I think ultimately it may take a british and irish league to really change things. With a few bankrupt english clubs already, the premiership needs bigger revenues that may be a factor in them accepting us into the fold. This is currently under discussing again in England. https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/premiership-rugby-urc-merger-british-irish-league-cvc/ "However, according to The Telegraph, the British and Irish league option attracted the most interest, due to it being deemed to have the greatest commercial value. Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, which holds stakes in Premiership Rugby and the URC, is said to be open to the idea" 2 division british league. the welsh irish scots teams cannot get relegeated below division 2 but the english clubs would allow 1 up and 1 down from division 2 to allow their club structure to service intact I would expect to see 10,000+ every week if we were in such a league and more tv revenues, sponsorship, financial backers. The irish crowds would be massive leinster would probably play mostly at landsdown road.