Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:32 pm  

Dr Badvibes wrote:

I hate it personally, as ESO says, it rewards failure

Compared to the 2-1-0 system ? No it doesn't. You get two points more for winning than losing, just the same.

Going back to the old system would reward clubs who get stuffed - they'd be the only teams to gain from it.

Why do you want to do that, Doctor ?

[Hillsborough Lad]

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:56 pm  

I don't really care, it doesn't make that much difference anyway.

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:32 pm  

My system would be:

3 points for a win in regulation
1 point for a draw, but the game goes into golden point extra time and the winner picks up an extra point
0 points for a loss in regulation

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:18 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

Compared to the 2-1-0 system ? No it doesn't. You get two points more for winning than losing, just the same.

Going back to the old system would reward clubs who get stuffed - they'd be the only teams to gain from it.

Why do you want to do that, Doctor ?

Saying that, knocking over a drop goal to lose to Castleford 15-27 was quite fun.

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:22 pm  

Dr Badvibes wrote:

Saying that, knocking over a drop goal to lose to Castleford 15-27 was quite fun.

Exactly, how pathetic is that?

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:24 pm  

Imagine a conversation with someone who doesn't follow RL:

"Did you win?"
"No we lost."
"Oh so have you gone down a place now then?"
"No, because we only lost by 12 so we got a reward for it, one point."
"...Right...so you're still top of the league then...think you'll get promoted?"
"No, we don't have promotion, someone just goes up once every three years on sky sports news."

And people wonder why RL gets ridiculed.

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:26 pm  

We're not the only sport with bonus points.

Cricket's had them for forty years.

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:16 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

Imagine a conversation with someone who doesn't follow RL:

"Did you win?"
"No we lost."
"Oh so have you gone down a place now then?"
"No, because we only lost by 12 so we got a reward for it, one point."
"...Right...so you're still top of the league then...think you'll get promoted?"
"No, we don't have promotion, someone just goes up once every three years on sky sports news."

And people wonder why RL gets ridiculed.

I agree entirely with this.

Scrap licencing now and save what dignity (if any) our sport has left.

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:29 pm  

Exactly,i am really underwhelmed by this season,Really lost interest,The realisation that we could win the competition and you don't go up really bugs me,All were missing is the crowds,They won't come,especially at don Valley,We had hope at Bramall Lane,We have no chance for the next application,You shouldnt apply to go up a league,you win it on the field,If a fan who has been for years is struggling to get any enthusiasm for it,then what chance of attracting new fans,Super League is only helping clubs in the super league,It is pushing the clubs in leagues below even further down,you go along with it for a while but after a bit which is what has happened to me,You just can't see the point,No chance of going up or down,Wasteing money on somthing that really doesnt have a point to it.I will still go to the odd home game but if i have somthing else to do then i'll do that,I'd always work around games with things to do with kids etc,Now it's the other wayround.

Re: Is the Bonus Point system in the championship a good thi : Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:47 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

We're not the only sport with bonus points.

Cricket's had them for forty years.

It's hardly comparable though, is it Griff?

Four day cricket has bonus points, but it's played over FOUR DAYS, and is reliant on the weather. Rugby league is played over 80 minutes.

One day cricket doesn't have a bonus point for losing by less than 12 runs, because that would be stupid, just like our system.

I was ambivalent towards it all until I watched Barrow get within 12 points of us at DVS and just kick drop goal after drop goal to secure the point they needed to win the league. That's not entertainment, that's not rugby. It's crap. And it's destroying the sport, along with the franchising system.