DavidM Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 11 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said: idea. Just get the super league clubs in at the last 32, make them all play away in the last 32 and give us these proper cup games that actually interest fans. Saints took a load to Haven, made for a great tv game. Giants vs Barrow looked good, let´s get them in earlier. Plus if we are going Cat B it will give champ clubs a game to market and promote against a bigger club to see if the interest is there. York vs Leeds on BBC , ok York, let´s see what you can do. Agreed . Seems a lot simpler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 26 minutes ago, wiganermike said: This plan has ditched after a year written all over it. That’s better. Proper Rugby League planning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 I find this odd. IMG made clear yesterday that they weren’t interested in “the game” (laws, onfield matters, league structure) but more about the product in terms of matchday experience and content. It, therefore, seems unusual that they’re proposing a structure change to the Challenge Cup. There is a need, certainly in the short-term, to replace the loop fixtures they’ve suggested removing with an alternate product and it appears this is one kind of proposal to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 If it’s 86-86 on aggregate after two legs is it a penalty shoot out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 30 minutes ago, Tommygilf said: It compensates for the loss of home games from going to 22 rounds a season. Does it? The SL team may be away for the first leg, win easily and then lose money on the second leg when only a percentage of season ticket holders attend. Strange compensation if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, DavidM said: If it’s 86-86 on aggregate after two legs is it a penalty shoot out A replay as compensation for only having a 22 game season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) So, in debates until we all die, this will be held up as something that was definitely proposed but then didn't happen and was thus dropped. Despite ... well, read the words in the link ... Edited September 29, 2022 by gingerjon typo Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agbrigg Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 well if this is the type of 'blue sky thinking' (IMG style cliche) from the powers that be, dont be suprised to hear far more utter tripe when the IMG masterplan gets fleshed out. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) I think I'd like to hear what was said in the actual podcast first before taking anything Steve Mascord writes as fact. Journalists like to spin a sensationalist angle. Edited September 29, 2022 by Dave W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 22 minutes ago, Gomersall said: Does it? The SL team may be away for the first leg, win easily and then lose money on the second leg when only a percentage of season ticket holders attend. Strange compensation if you ask me. Agreed completely, but its almost certainly a consideration 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboy Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Toby Chopra said: yuck. I suspect this is all about trying to guarantee season ticket holders at least one more game after scrapping the loops. It won't work. First mistep. It's not because STs don't cover cup games (not at the moment anyway...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboy Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 34 minutes ago, Gomersall said: A replay as compensation for only having a 22 game season. Two replays surely? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiganermike Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 6 minutes ago, Dave W said: I think I'd like to hear what was said in the actual podcast first before taking anything Steve Mascord writes as fact. Journalists like to spin a sensationalist angle. Reported on LoveRugbyLeague.com now with quotes of what Simon Johnson said on the BBC podcast. It's one of many proposals, and is such a poor idea that it may just be there to make a different proposal look better by comparison (e.g a hypothetical Challenge Cup group phase proposal). They (IMG) are proposing to cut three home fixtures for each SL club and so need to propose ways to replace them (to get club owners on board with cutting league fixtures) until such time as the SL expands the number of clubs and the fixture numbers increase again. I think it far more likely that we will see the loop fixtures retained with these reducing in number as the SL expands over time so we keep the same number of home league fixtures per club (13). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, dboy said: Two replays surely? I like it but stop calling me Shirley. Edited September 29, 2022 by Gomersall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Chopra Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 38 minutes ago, dboy said: It's not because STs don't cover cup games (not at the moment anyway...). I know, the point would be that by guaranteeing every team at least one home cup game, they could include it in the season ticket to soften the blow of reducing league fixtures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 They’re not the Messiahs, they’re very naughty boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Trying to stay positive with IMG’s initial outline for the game,but on this one I’m a Go Forth & Multiply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) If it's to compensate season ticket holders for the loss of a game, why not just reduce the cost of the season ticket? Edited September 29, 2022 by Dave W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, Dave W said: If it's to compensate season ticket holders for the loss of a game, why not just reduce the cost of the season ticket? Because that reduces revenues. In reality, the realisation will soon come that if we want a certain amount of fixtures, loop fixtures do the job almost perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiganermike Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dave W said: If it's to compensate season ticket holders for the loss of a game, why not just reduce the cost of the season ticket? Any effort to replace home games cut from SL with other games would be to allow clubs to maintain the same income level from tickets over the season, not to compensate season ticket holders. The reason we have the loop fixtures is that club owners said when two teams were cut from SL that they needed at least 13 home games to be financially viable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 I’m guessing another proposal will likely be a group stage, which I’m not mad about either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Dave T said: Because that reduces revenues. In reality, the realisation will soon come that if we want a certain amount of fixtures, loop fixtures do the job almost perfectly. So does a larger division but it also spreads the money a bit thinner too. Loop fixtures to remain for the time being? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiganermike Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Gomersall said: So does a larger division but it also spreads the money a bit thinner too. Loop fixtures to remain for the time being? That's what I expect will happen so that the clubs don't lose income from home league fixtures. Then as the number of clubs in SL begins to increase each extra club means that two loop fixtures can be dropped until we get to a point where we don't have any loop fixtures anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwalker71 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Keep in mind that 12 clubs are already guaranteed to be in this round - and they are looking (it seems) to get to 14 top-flight clubs soon. At that stage, there are only going to be two Championship teams even making it to that stage. If they are competitive Championship Grade B clubs like Fev or Halifax or whatever - teams aiming actually to get to Grade A level then they ought to be at least competitive. It's not like every SL club is going to play a low-level team TL: DR There wouldn't be that many blowouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 We ditched replays but are now proposing a mandatory second game. "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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