Lower than Newcastle and they don’t exist. One of the pullers is Stadiums. Bradfords is a hole and in the process of having their free gold sold off by the RFL. Why Barrow are above us. What are Toulouse above Leigh? It all seems very strange.

Let the fall outs begin. Our grading is no surprise to anyone who took time to fully read the criteria and the things that could not be worked our revolved around FanDom and finances. We already had a decent idea of the FanDom score which was reported in the press so that must be accurate musn't it? That just leaves the finances so hopefully the board come out and let people know how we scored in each catogary.

7 Grade A's is a bit of a surprise as a lot of people thought there may be 4 or 5. The drop off to the B grades although just over a point is in reality huge. Wakey above Cas by so much is a surprise and Cas will not have a lot of wiggle room to improve their gradings so look like they are in real trouble. Fev been so far off a SL spot is also quite a big surprise and really not a chance they can make up nearly 2 points so it will be interesting to see what they do from here. I thought York may have done slightly better and Bradford are a touch closer than I expected but they score very well on location and have manipulated their attendances this season which they won't get away with next year so they could see a bit of a drop off. Also anyone who talked about London been somewhere near to keeping a SL place after this season is going to feel a bit silly at this point and probably should have took more time to fully understand the criteria.

Edithttps://www.featherstonerovers.co.uk/news/board-statement-img-grading-0G46k/rl
Fev statement pretty much pointing a direct finger at Bradford regarding attendances. I wouldn't normally agree with Fev but its been an open joke in the RL community that Bradford's attendances are less than half of what the declared figure has been for most of the season.

Fully agree.

So from the more studious amongst us after carefully reading the criteria that’s it then.

1 no surprise against 3 surprises and a may have.

Cas grading is a slight mistake on a technicality and that puts them above Wakefield and in to 11th spot meaning at this moment it would be Leigh who would miss out. This has the potential to be the funniest thing I have seen in all my time watching RL. It makes it easier as it does not involve us but I can't wait for the drama off the field over the next year or so.

Yep room for a couple to change places and until July it’s just a provisional.
Even though it’s been well publicised bigger picture the game has never seen anything like this before, add that to the Champ 1 issues how each club responds is unfathomable and was what I was referring to as being of some interest.

As will closer to home what Fax have to say.

Some clubs have released statements almost immediately, Cas did so before the IMG announcement, whatever our stance on the gradings is, it's obviously not getting put out in a rush

I can't see Fax saying too much to be honest, even the most one eyed fan had to know we are a long way off SL although it would be nice if the club were to release the full gradings so we could see how we scored on the hidden stuff.

At the moment it looks like only Hunslet have revealed their full gradings and the clubs are under no obligation to do this which just makes the whole thing a bit cloak and dagger but that is to be expected with the RFL.

Fax as a club have said nowt and haven't since this whole ludicrous shambles started. Why would they start now?

That is an excellent statement from Fev

Quote: Hudd-Shay "Fax as a club have said nowt and haven't since this whole ludicrous shambles started. Why would they start now?'" Could be wrong and can’t be bothered to check but thought they had made a few statements about it in the past but in any case if they are going to say something now or in the very near future would seem to be the time period to do so with more of the details as to where they stand are being published, either way we’ll find out. PS: One previous statement https://halifaxpanthers.co.uk/panthers- ... .%E2%80%9D

Quote: Hudd-Shay "Fax as a club have said nowt and haven't since this whole ludicrous shambles started. Why would they start now?'" Could be wrong and can’t be bothered to check but thought they had made a few statements about it in the past but in any case if they are going to say something now or in the very near future would seem to be the time period to do so with more of the details as to where they stand are being published, either way we’ll find out. PS: One previous statement https://halifaxpanthers.co.uk/panthers- ... .%E2%80%9D

IMG have announce that SL may go to 14 teams sooner than expected. This whole thing is a fu…king joke https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/su ... -img-chief

IMG have announce that SL may go to 14 teams sooner than expected. This whole thing is a fu…king joke https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/su ... -img-chief

2025 will be 14 team SL and an amalgamation league of championship and league1. The game will then go further down the toilet and die altogether with the only remaining teams the ones the RFL wanted when they brought licensing in years ago.

What a shambles. Why can't Rugby League just have 2 divisions, promotion and relegation based on what happens on the pitch, nice and simple. It's not rocket science and is a tried and trusted formula adopted by other sports. Imagine if soccer went down the IMG path, they'd be ripped apart by the media.

Can see this absurd carry on ending in tears for many clubs, including Fax unfortunately.

Yep, like turkeys voting for xmas. Well, I've watched this great sport for longer than I care to remember, but ever since SL it's been a complete mess. Oh how I wish Oxley and Howes were still running the sport, they wouldn't have hauled us through this embarrassment.

Time for a complete breakaway, even though I suppose that's happened already through the back door with the "elite" pretending all this nonsense is "good for the game". I think the Fev statement sums it all up nicely.