true indeed, but if you relegate Quins and Cru what will happen to the development of youngsters in those areas? The criteria set out for the franchises do a similar thing to promotion but with the added security to help develop the youngsters and not rely on Aging aussies. Give it time, Cru and Quins will come good, the signs are already there

i can see you do not work for the rfl do you great idea lets have 16 teams and bring back promotion and relegation but if the team to come up does not fit the criteria promote one that does then all teams will have a chance

Flash.Spot on,that was the bit I missed off,grounds had to be an acceptable standard.!

Sport ?

the salary cap and promotion and relagation can't work together. one or the other

In theory the salary cap should give every team an even playing field on day one of the season, so every team has an even chance of winning the league and therefore every team has an even chance of finishing bottom. This "levelling" of the playing field is essentially handicapping.

Club A, are being handicapped to what they spend on wages as they have more money than Club B beacuse they have a bigger fan base, and have as a business have been run better and have done more for the sport of rugby league in terms of attracting revenue and exposure of the game. If they both spent the same percentage of there turnover on players wages the odds off club A finishing above club B would be 1 in 50

So is it fair that club A and club B have even chances of being relegated on day one of the season, even tho Club A is clearly a bigger and better club at that point?

For the record i love the salary cap and would never want to got back to the days one team could buy the league, but i do belive the best and worst teams in the league cannot be soley decided on league position, so i would be unfair to relegate a team soley on league position

Good article and all valid points really.

My feeling is that you do not build a sport from the top down but the bottom up, kids will play any game whether or not there is a big club attached to it. This is done through promoting the game as they have done succesfully in London.

Would that go if they cut the club, I don't really know.

Are the traditional clubs/areas out of Super League like Halifax, Whitehaven etc not having kids take up the game there due to being sacrificed to Quins etc. Not sure of that but perhaps.

Traditionally when you market your product you hold onto your current customer base and then try and attract new customers too, it would be considered suicidal to cut off part of your business.

Is this true of SL???

It all comes down to money or lack of money to compete with the bigger clubs.
It was mentioned above that a clubs supporter base would rise as soon as they got promoted......yes it more then likely would, but come round 12 and they haven't won a game and are getting flogged by 50 every second week, how many supporters are going to fork out hard earned coin to watch that.

Ever since the idiot box took over our game it can only be run with a salary cap and a criteria as far as I can see from afar.

We have never had relegation/promotion in the NRL but I can see how it would be exciting for the new clubs entering and the rivalry of the lower teams towards the end of the previous season would be fantastic, unfortunately I don't expect we will see it in R/L again with so much money involved in our game now, albeit a drop in the ocean compared to the premier league or American sports...cheers.

e-mc2

Sport ?


First the cheese then this idiot, jeeze this place will never get any members with these two. A bingo clown and then a yawnion ladyboy, whatever next

Well, when RL lives up to the definition of sport, and follows conventions (as in every other sport) like relegation and promotion, then maybe you'll get some members.....

Does the defintion of sport include cheating and falsification?? troll on plonker

(then maybe they will get some members) ....
Have a look at the union 606.....Ha! Ha! Ha! that is why this pea-brain is on here all the time... poor old mc-2 is bloody lonely......what a wally!!

Maybe all your new posters will join from your massive fan base.....oops, I forgot, you have a lower fan base than even croquet and marbles.....

Has anyone else worked out why there are so few posters on the Union Board.............or do you need a formula to work it out.

e-mc2 - you've joined the cheese on the filter list - one click and poof they are gone

I have always thought promotion and relegation is a must whatever the sport.It makes virtually every game all season important and something to play for,as it is now teams who cannot make the eight are just going to experiment with nothing to play for towards the end of season.!

I agree that you cannot have a salery cap in th way we do and then have promotion and relegation - you cannot handicap the best run teams and then relegate them. If you had a salery cap base don your income as a club then that would be much fairer.

I also agree that the salery cap is the way to go - even I got bored watching wigan win every year.

......sarcastic warrior...

honestly i did

westy_warrior

I agree that you cannot have a salery cap in th way we do and then have promotion and relegation - you cannot handicap the best run teams and then relegate them. If you had a salery cap base don your income as a club then that would be much fairer

And when did Wigan ever honour the salary cap ??????
Think before you post.

Isnt it lovely without bingowings

Promotion and Relegation in every other sport?

Are we now to consider the likes of Speedway and Ice Hockey as "non-sports" now then. Their supporters will be pleased!