Rupert Prince Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I see Canberra won again. They have 4 (?) England qualified players. They play 22 regular season games. But Bateman (as an example) returns to Wigan next season and faces a short pre season and 29 regular games plus cups and finals. As do home based England players. Australian based players from all nations will be far fresher come the world cup. The game is deliberately being speeded up. This is led by Australia, which wants a fast TV spectacle to make it money. But in Britain we persist in piling in the fixtures, lengthening the regular season, shortening the pre season and squeezing in the Cup. And speeding up the game. Player welfare must be an increasing issue. Injuries are prevalent, knee injuruies for example and we now clearly get more neck injuries ... and I do not think this comes from foul play, its becoming inevitable because of the style, the speed and the movement of the game. How long can this go on. The result is one word. Burnout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, Rupert Prince said: I see Canberra won again. They have 4 (?) England qualified players. They play 22 regular season games. But Bateman (as an example) returns to Wigan next season and faces a short pre season and 29 regular games plus cups and finals. As do home based England players. Australian based players from all nations will be far fresher come the world cup. The game is deliberately being speeded up. This is led by Australia, which wants a fast TV spectacle to make it money. But in Britain we persist in piling in the fixtures, lengthening the regular season, shortening the pre season and squeezing in the Cup. And speeding up the game. Player welfare must be an increasing issue. Injuries are prevalent, knee injuruies for example and we now clearly get more neck injuries ... and I do not think this comes from foul play, its becoming inevitable because of the style, the speed and the movement of the game. How long can this go on. The result is one word. Burnout. The injuries are just as prevalent in the NRL from what I can see. The number of games won't be reduced in SL as the clubs all repeatedly say they need the money. You could limit a player to making say 20 appearances in regular season games I guess, but the smaller squad clubs would complain. Until we stop being such an overwhelmingly club driven sport it'll never change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 40 minutes ago, Rupert Prince said: I see Canberra won again. Thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellsy4HullFC Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Whippet13 said: The injuries are just as prevalent in the NRL from what I can see. The number of games won't be reduced in SL as the clubs all repeatedly say they need the money. You could limit a player to making say 20 appearances in regular season games I guess, but the smaller squad clubs would complain. Until we stop being such an overwhelmingly club driven sport it'll never change. Personally think something along those lines is what is needed. A bit of squad management would increase uncertainty of some results too, and blood more players through the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty craiq Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 We could reduce salary cap by 20% and do this easily, we may lose more of our best players though. We could even get a much bigger tv deal that allows for a shorter season but same number of TV games we could put admission prices up 30% common theme is more money into clubs to replace the fixtures lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 One issue at I think needs to be addressed is the pre season. We should give players a rest and then give then proper pre season to get fit and train, not least for skills as well as team work. This must need however a shorter season. To do this we have to fit in the Cup as well, whilst in Aussieland they are not fussed about cups. The most I would agree with is 24, which gives 2 magic weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Rupert Prince said: I see Canberra won again. They have 4 (?) England qualified players. They play 22 regular season games. But Bateman (as an example) returns to Wigan next season and faces a short pre season and 29 regular games plus cups and finals. As do home based England players. Australian based players from all nations will be far fresher come the world cup. The game is deliberately being speeded up. This is led by Australia, which wants a fast TV spectacle to make it money. But in Britain we persist in piling in the fixtures, lengthening the regular season, shortening the pre season and squeezing in the Cup. And speeding up the game. Player welfare must be an increasing issue. Injuries are prevalent, knee injuruies for example and we now clearly get more neck injuries ... and I do not think this comes from foul play, its becoming inevitable because of the style, the speed and the movement of the game. How long can this go on. The result is one word. Burnout. Yes , it was incredibly stupid to push through essentially a full season so late in the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, GUBRATS said: Yes , it was incredibly stupid to push through essentially a full season so late in the year Yes. But I believe that next season should be shortened as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Rupert Prince said: Yes. But I believe that next season should be shortened as well. Which is why I suggested a mini league of 9 rounds , then starting on Boxing Day to stretch next season out running up to the WC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Just now, GUBRATS said: Which is why I suggested a mini league of 9 rounds , then starting on Boxing Day to stretch next season out running up to the WC I don't think the game should stretched. There should be a longer pre season and there should be a some space after the GF to let the England squad have some time in camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellsy4HullFC Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 11 hours ago, GUBRATS said: Which is why I suggested a mini league of 9 rounds , then starting on Boxing Day to stretch next season out running up to the WC I doubt 9 rounds would have been sufficient for the broadcaster or sponsors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said: I doubt 9 rounds would have been sufficient for the broadcaster or sponsors. 48 games ? Added to the ones already broadcast gives around 60 , how many do we normally supply ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Apologies gentlemen, but you want to ADD to the burn out!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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