Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Given that we basically have no team left from last year, where is (a) the sense or (b) the justification for a -12pt deduction?
It is Cha-Lo who are doing the RFL a massive favour by taking up the compulsory Championship slot, but they haven't bought the club, and they haven't kept the team, they haven't even kept the coach and so afr as we so far know, we haven't maybe even got the Bulls name.
Cha-Lo have no connection with the previous club.
if we are on -12 because we are taking the toxic spot then by the same logic we should also be on the same fundig as the toxic team.
I can entirely see whey prepacks and phoenixes should stand a penalty, but if actual new startups get a penalty then why aren't for example Toronto on -12 points? They had as much connection with the old Bulls as we now have.'"
Isn't the 12 point deduction meant to be the price tag the new club has to pay for the "privilege" of starting life in the Championship rather than C1? It would make sense if starting in the Champioship could be viewed as being advantageous and not an additional punishment.