The Rugby Football League's 10 point masterplan was unveiled late last week, with points being awarded depending on which boxes each club manages to tick.
For anyone who hasn't seen it, here's a quick glimpse:
Facilities: 12,000 capacity stadium - one point, premier standard for events - one point.
Attendances: potential to make average gates of 10,000 - one point, currently averaging 40 per cent of capacity - one point.
Finances: solvency - one point, turnover of more than £4million - one point.
Playing strength: genuine contribution to league (average top eight finish for three seasons) - one point, player development (number of home grown regular first team players) - one point.
Salary cap: no breaches in the last three years - one point.
Expanding the game: no other RL club within 20 miles - one point.
Quite what you make of that little lot probably depends on your perspective and level of cynicism.
Being a confirmed fan of promotion and relegation, and heavily endowed with the latter quality, I cannot help but regard them with a little suspicion.
I particularly like the bit about 'expanding the game', which seems to be Super League's way of giving the prospective franchisees in Wales and France a free point while kicking the more traditional clubs, Widnes, Leigh and Halifax for example, where it hurts.
It's not so much about expansion - 20 miles is hardly a long way, after all - and more about preserving the catchment areas of teams like St Helens, Bradford and Huddersfield.
The question, of course, is which teams will end up with the licences?
Well, I think we can safely include all the current 12 Super League teams, with Wakefield and Castleford losing points for their antiquated stadia, although the Tigers are on track to rectify that situation, but pulling through on all other counts.
So, assuming that we are looking at a 14 team competition, that leaves two more places to fill, with Widnes, Celtic Crusaders and Salford the clear favourites.
The Reds, with a shiny new stadium on the way and the geographical advantage of being on the edge of Manchester, look to be a shoo-in, despite their relegation from the top flight at the end of last year and their frequently poor crowds.
That would leave Widnes, an in-administration basket case a matter of months ago, and Celtic gunning for the final spot.
I have long been of the opinion that the RFL's paymasters at Sky were so desperate to have a team playing in the Principality that they would go to almost any lengths to get it. And I still am.
But with Celtic clearly the sporting equivalent of a house of cards, playing to tiny crowds in Bridgend and with no homegrown talent to speak of, I am sure Nigel Wood and co must harbour serious doubts.
So if Sky want them in, while the RFL might favour a team from closer to the game's heartland, who will win?
It should be an interesting few months.