Relegation : Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:48 pm  

Is it a possibility this season? My last understanding of the new rules was that it is if a grade b club finish bottom and a grade club win the championship play off. Is that right?

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 5:37 am  

I think we can be relegated yeah. I can’t remember though did they announce the gradings last year before officially announcing Londons relegation? So in theory could we finish bottom but be a grade A due to off field improvements and avoid relegation? I can’t remember which way round they did it such a complicated system.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:20 am  

It’s all on IMG scores. Where you finish in the league only matters in as much as it impacts your IMG score (and sporting pride, obvs). Your current score was enough to secure participation in this season’s SL as one of the better Bs. All clubs will get a new score at the end of this season for 2026 - A means you’re in, B means you need to check 12 teams don’t have a better score.

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:37 am  

But let's get two games into the season before we think about that eh?

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:22 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Is it a possibility this season? My last understanding of the new rules was that it is if a grade b club finish bottom and a grade club win the championship play off. Is that right?

I think the grade B club that win the championship need to be a higher grade B than the lowest club in SL to gain promotion / relegation, maybe I am making that up

[PopTart]

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 11:21 am  

homme vaste wrote:

I think the grade B club that win the championship need to be a higher grade B than the lowest club in SL to gain promotion / relegation, maybe I am making that up

Lol. No. It's all on the score. League position is just 25% of the score so is relevant, but there is no relegation based solelh on coming bottom.

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 12:48 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Lol. No. It's all on the score. League position is just 25% of the score so is relevant, but there is no relegation based solelh on coming bottom.

SL status primarily based upon pixel quality, length of your TV gantry and match day burger vans.

Thankfully Academies, number of stands (and if covered) and on field success over the past 40 years have no place within the IMG spreadsheet.

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 12:56 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

It’s all on IMG scores. Where you finish in the league only matters in as much as it impacts your IMG score (and sporting pride, obvs). Your current score was enough to secure participation in this season’s SL as one of the better Bs. All clubs will get a new score at the end of this season for 2026 - A means you’re in, B means you need to check 12 teams don’t have a better score.

Thats what I don’t understand. Hull have given a high grade B for 2025 so didn’t and wouldn’t have got relegated had we finished bottom 24, it was always going to be London to make way for Wakefield.

Say we finished bottom again, but improve our overall score to grade A with off field criteria does that mean we’d be safe for 26?

On the flip side Wakey got an A for 25 so automatically went into SL. Assuming they don’t win a major trophy they won’t get the bonus points and could easily drop to a B, does that mean they could be relegated for the 2026 season despite having a grade A in 2025? Does the grade A only make you exempt for that one season?

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 12:58 pm  

DSJ1983 wrote:

Thats what I don’t understand. Hull have given a high grade B for 2025 so didn’t and wouldn’t have got relegated had we finished bottom 24, it was always going to be London to make way for Wakefield.

Say we finished bottom again, but improve our overall score to grade A with off field criteria does that mean we’d be safe for 26?

On the flip side Wakey got an A for 25 so automatically went into SL. Assuming they don’t win a major trophy they won’t get the bonus points and could easily drop to a B, does that mean they could be relegated for the 2026 season despite having a grade A in 2025? Does the grade A only make you exempt for that one season?

Grades are re scored every year with slight changes year on year to keep it fresh

Re: Relegation : Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:50 pm  

Rugby Raider wrote:

SL status primarily based upon pixel quality, length of your TV gantry and match day burger vans.

Thankfully Academies, number of stands (and if covered) and on field success over the past 40 years have no place within the IMG spreadsheet.

But you're not bitter right