One of the army of PR folks hired by the 12 clubs behind the Super League notified media late Tuesday that, after an emergency meeting, the project was "suspended." Yeah, suspended by a thread over a giant pit of derision, incompetence and failure.
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By that point, five of the 12 "founder" clubs had issued statements that they were withdrawing from the competition.