8 replies to this topic

[Blackbeard]

A piece on page 2 of the League Express...........The RFL has responded to a call by Andy Burnham MP,the member of Parliament for Leigh and a member of the Shadow Cabinet,for the return of promotion and relegation to top flight Rugby League..........the letter which he sent to RFL can be seen on Andy Burnhams website at www.andyburnham.net and supporters can add their name to the letter by clicking on the email link-yestopromotion@aol.com.........and the letter with signatures will be sent to the new chairman of the RFL and try to put pressure on the RFL.................If possible could somebody send this message to all the other club forums for me,the more signatures the better,i don't know how to do it,
cheers Rick,

Edited by Blackbeard, 21 May 2012 - 09:18 AM.

[Blackbeard]

Its just been on the radio about Andy Burnham MP trying to scrap no P and R,a move in the right direction,least its getting a bit of air time.......

[reggahs]

It’s just been on the radio about Andy Burnham MP trying to scrap no P and R,a move in the right direction,least its getting a bit of air time.......

its a pointless letter written by someone who clearly only cares about seeing leigh in superleague!

If he wants to write a smart well thought out letter then maybe he'd get taken seriously by the RFL. AKA The only way P&R can be brought back is if superleague it cut down to 10 teams, 12 at most, and lots of new strict rules are brought it surrounding the quota, young players & money distribution, etc.
e.g.
-a couple Aussie/NZ per club max and they've got to have played an international game in the last couple of years.
-Relegated clubs are allowed to have 'x' amount of players under 'y' age (21 maybe) off the championship salary cap if they've made 'Z' amount of appearances i.e. to ensure clubs carry on (or 'start to' in some cases) looking at developing kids rather than signing sh*t Aussies.
-Relegated teams to receive 'x' amount of money from the RFL to carry on the community work, this money will not count to the salary cap turnover percentage rule & the RFL to audit the benefiting clubs to make sure all money is spent on relevant sectors that will help rugby league as a whole grow.

otherwise it'll be back to the days of watching 3/4 completely shocking teams full of 30+ year old aussies, who are smash by everyone every week other than when they play each other and the excitement is who can be the least sh*t for 80 minutes of rugby so we stay up by 2 points. Shame the part that never gets said is that the team staying up was normally 30/35 points off the leaders.

[Blackbeard]

its a pointless letter written by someone who clearly only cares about seeing leigh in superleague!

If he wants to write a smart well thought out letter then maybe he'd get taken seriously by the RFL. AKA The only way P&R can be brought back is if superleague it cut down to 10 teams, 12 at most, and lots of new strict rules are brought it surrounding the quota, young players & money distribution, etc.
e.g.
-a couple Aussie/NZ per club max and they've got to have played an international game in the last couple of years.
-Relegated clubs are allowed to have 'x' amount of players under 'y' age (21 maybe) off the championship salary cap if they've made 'Z' amount of appearances i.e. to ensure clubs carry on (or 'start to' in some cases) looking at developing kids rather than signing sh*t Aussies.
-Relegated teams to receive 'x' amount of money from the RFL to carry on the community work, this money will not count to the salary cap turnover percentage rule & the RFL to audit the benefiting clubs to make sure all money is spent on relevant sectors that will help rugby league as a whole grow.

otherwise it'll be back to the days of watching 3/4 completely shocking teams full of 30+ year old aussies, who are smash by everyone every week other than when they play each other and the excitement is who can be the least sh*t for 80 minutes of rugby so we stay up by 2 points. Shame the part that never gets said is that the team staying up was normally 30/35 points off the leaders.

I know its 15 years to late but i bet Redhall won't be to happy about Rugby League getting in the papers for the wrong reason,when they seem to make out that theres nothing wrong with the game......We've got Hilary Benn on board with Hunslet and i don't see him doing owt,least this guys trying even if he might be feathering his own cap.......

Edited by Blackbeard, 21 May 2012 - 04:51 PM.

[Mad Mal the Mauler]

On top of this Championship clubs are to receive less money from the RFL next season. Championship 1 clubs I believe will be reduced to £70,000. How the hell do they expect those clubs to survive, hardly crumbs off the Super League table imo!

[pooliehawk]

It may be only a small step, but it's a step, & some thing that should never have happend.

The big problem is clubs all ready in the super league, they are gready bstds, who want all the money for them selfs, & all the supporters to just follow there teams.

Super league won't give in easily to the calls, but all we can do is try.

[bowes]

On top of this Championship clubs are to receive less money from the RFL next season. Championship 1 clubs I believe will be reduced to £70,000. How the hell do they expect those clubs to survive, hardly crumbs off the Super League table imo!

I thought that though they were cutting funding but in exchange they were paying travel costs? They might have changed things though?

[D4vid]

Never did Huddersfield any harm going up and down for a few years.
London, Cas, Salford, Wakey and Widnes are not that much better than Fev, Fax, Leigh and Batley.
maybe a 2 tier league might be better as long as funding was equal.
The difference between super league and the championship is disgusting and would not be tolerated in any other sport

[Griff]

Never did Huddersfield any harm going up and down for a few years.

That's more to do with Ken Davy sticking a million quid a year into the club. And they were only down for one year - 2002.