[Bullseye]

Re: Scurr : Tue Feb 11, 2025 5:30 pm  

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/ ... ef-3529855 Well Wood may be back at the RFL if some get their way so perhaps our chances may improve....

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/ ... ef-3529855 Well Wood may be back at the RFL if some get their way so perhaps our chances may improve....

Re: Scurr : Tue Feb 11, 2025 5:49 pm  

Rafa9 wrote:

Being a grade A is no guarantee of staying in super league

I thought it was, have i misunderstood the grading?

Or are you alluding to financial problems in the game? (Apologies if I'm being daft)

Re: Scurr : Tue Feb 11, 2025 6:25 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/super-league-clubs-plot-coup-oust-rfl-chief-3529855

Well Wood may be back at the RFL if some get their way so perhaps our chances may improve....

Can you imagine the p*ss that would be boiled if Wood was re-appointed at the RFL and then he fast tracked us back to Super League. Only in Rugby League could this happen.

Re: Scurr : Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:39 pm  

Clickin'knees wrote:

I thought it was, have i misunderstood the grading?

Or are you alluding to financial problems in the game? (Apologies if I'm being daft)

If there are more than 12 teams with a grade A img rating, and they do not expand the league, then the lowest rated team would then drop out.

Re: Scurr : Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:45 pm  

I take your point.... I just looked at the IMG recommendations and they say.....
"Category A' clubs will be guaranteed participation in the top tier......' but the superleague clubs keep ignoring the IMG recommendations (i.e. refusing to scrap loop fixtures) and indeed it seems likely they will refuse expansion recommendations too. I'm not sure what the point of hiring IMG was/is.

Re: Scurr : Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:39 am  

Bullseye wrote:

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/super-league-clubs-plot-coup-oust-rfl-chief-3529855

Well Wood may be back at the RFL if some get their way so perhaps our chances may improve....

I hope he doesn't, even short term I doubt it will benefit him the Club or RFL in general, his time has gone, if anyone one should be fronting up it should Hetherington.

Re: Scurr : Wed Feb 12, 2025 7:37 am  

[quote="Rafa9"]If there are more than 12 teams with a grade A img rating, and they do not expand the league, then the lowest rated team would then drop out.[/quote]

I thought it stated if more than 12 grade A clubs then the league would expand

Re: Scurr : Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:49 am  

Bullseye wrote:

And scoring that favours the incumbents on crowds and TV exposure.

Indeed it does, as well as things like extra merchandise sales etc.

Re: Scurr : Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:53 am  

herr rigsby wrote:

I thought it stated if more than 12 grade A clubs then the league would expand

It does say that, but I bet there is a tiny * beside it - when you go to appendix 42, it says

* as long as the 12 A grade clubs have increased revenues across the board by improving the product and the game day experience which is the whole purpose of the IMG ratings and adding a 13th A grade club will increase revenues to all 13 clubs