wolfie Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Only 3 options as the status quo is a non-starter apparently. The new options Option 1 - Super League reverts to a 12-team competition (from 14) and a 10 or 12-team Championship, with one club promoted and relegated each year. Option 2 - A two-division Super League with each division comprising 10 teams. Option 3 - Two divisions of 12 in Super League, with teams playing each other once to provide 11 fixtures before splitting into three groups of eight in mid-season and then playing each other home and away to provide 14 more matches. Each of the three groups in the third option would conclude with a play-off series and a Grand Final or play-off final. The final standings at the end of the regular season would determine the make-up of the two 12-team divisions for the following season. The third option would mean two teams being relegated from Super League at the end of next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeway60 Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I got half way through and my brain exploded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 (re option 3) I was thinking of enrolling in an evening class to get the basics of it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I like option 3. The top four of SL2 would have fourteen games to try and take the place of a team in the bottom four of SL1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Option one for me - nice and simples! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 I would love to know how option 1` would work ,when expecting a team's full time professional side to go out & work for a living if the team gets relegated...on the other hand could anyone really expect a part time player with a good job to give his job up to become a professional rugby player for what might be one season. Who ever came up with this idea at RL HQ is surely a cretin.To have any chance of P&R working, the divisions involved would have to be paid on the same basis ,either full time pros or part time with other jobs. This latest move by the hierarchy smacks of desperation & in all honesty i think our game is fast approaching the point of no return regarding its future lifespan.The rule changes to so called make the spectacle of rugby league more exciting are laughable & are doing nothing but turn the games into mistake fests with the likely winners being the team who can hold the ball ....or more likely Rugby Union ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 I would love to know how option 1` would work ,when expecting a team's full time professional side to go out & work for a living if the team gets relegated...on the other hand could anyone really expect a part time player with a good job to give his job up to become a professional rugby player for what might be one season. Who ever came up with this idea at RL HQ is surely a cretin.To have any chance of P&R working, the divisions involved would have to be paid on the same basis ,either full time pros or part time with other jobs. This latest move by the hierarchy smacks of desperation & in all honesty i think our game is fast approaching the point of no return regarding its future lifespan.The rule changes to so called make the spectacle of rugby league more exciting are laughable & are doing nothing but turn the games into mistake fests with the likely winners being the team who can hold the ball ....or more likely Rugby Union ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Well i don't know how i managed to post that twice, but regarding option 3 ,i am losing the will to live & i don't think i'd buy a season ticket for anything like that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Seems Option 1 won apart from the fact they haven't made their minds up if promotion and relegation is worth having. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 I thought relegation and promotion was coming back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 You could be right, but the way I read it a decision has still to be made on whether there will be straight-forward promotion and relegation between Super League and a 12-team Championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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