Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Nov 19, 2024 3:50 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

so if these proposals are approved, Wakefield could finish 12th but lose their grade a licence due to losing the points for the championship play off win and 1865 cup and get relegated

Yes and then win them both again in 2026 and be an A grade club once more.

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Nov 19, 2024 4:41 pm  

UllFC wrote:

There's a proposal being tabled by the Batley owner that a GradeB winning the Championship would replace a GradeB who finishes bottom of SL but this is just an idea at the moment.

My understanding is if both a GradeB finishes bottom of SL and one wins the Championship it would come down to points score.

As far as grading with promotion and relegation goes, the Batley owners idea sounds one of the better ones.

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Nov 19, 2024 5:12 pm  

FC Callum wrote:

As far as grading with promotion and relegation goes, the Batley owners idea sounds one of the better ones.

It helps give the Championship clubs the dream that they can still make it to SL but downside is it probably encourages boom or bust spending again and also highly likely the spell in SL would be over after 1 year and then the successful squad dispands (such as London having barely anyone left now)

For me this IMG thing has served a short term purpose of giving clubs a rocket to sort their facilities out. Some things such as the state of Belle Vue should have been sorted 20 years ago...but that's about the only success so far and I fear at the end of seasons we are going to see articles full of stats and what ifs rather than people actually talking about the rugby