They have been lucky with the merger of the leagues. The way things are going they may have to start again. So if they apply to join the pro ranks like Goole now they will go straight in to the Championship. 

For us it's actually better to have them in. Its good to have a couple of more local sides to play like Salford and Swinton alongside Oldham. All our traditional rivals are in SL. 

@dan1 

more questions than answers really

assume salfraud are gone and they become a phoenix club - where will they play ? Doubt at the current stadium as they will have to prove their solvency, where players from as all contracts will be nil and void

but as stated if allowed back into the comedy show the rfl runs they would be in the same league as us