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| Quote: Huddersfield1895 "Just remember this we have never beaten the Aussies in a series when we have had P & R. We have never won a world cup when we have had p & R.
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Not strictly true. When we had one league, within it were the Lancashire and Yorkshire Leagues. In order to attract better inter county club fixtures it was necessary to attain a higher position within the league - a form of P&R. Plus of course there were the cup comps - Floodlit Trophy, Yorks/Lancs Cup, Players No. 6 Cup, Challenge Cup and the end of season play offs. So there were plenty of prizes for clubs to aim at and keep the speccies happy. Unlike today. And of course under promotion and relegation we've come pretty close to beating them in a series on several occasions. The most notorious being the Meninga obstruction at Old Trafford in 1990. If the ref gives that we win the series - that's how close we came. Who knows what the outcome for RL would have been in the UK had that admitedly 50/50 decision gone the other way. |
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| Quote: Saddened! "It's daft that the RFL are even looking at this when the clubs that could come up are so weak. There are no clubs bar Fax, Featherstone and Leigh who could even entertain the notion of moving into Super League and they would all be relegated after one season anyway.
What the RFL should be doing, rather than trying to grow the existing clubs (Which are mostly poorly run, have poor infrastructures and are in undesirable locations) is to try and get outside money involved in the sport. If you are a Sheikh with £50m to spend on sport, rather than buying a Premier League or Championship football side that you will then send into administration, why not invest it into Super League? You could run a successful club for 20 years on the same money you would blow on acquiring and maintaining a football club.'"
Thats a very valid point but in our recent discussion with Sheikh Onamaface the lack of guaranteed p&r killed the deal. |
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| Quote: maurice "Thats a very valid point but in our recent discussion with Sheikh Onamaface the lack of guaranteed p&r killed the deal.'"
Interesting. When we were negotiating with Baron von moneylaundering, it was the fact that he could almost guarantee getting a team into SL by building the right club infrastructure, rather than having to depend on the lottery of a small set of playing results that made the idea so attractive to him. |
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| Quote: Richie "Interesting. When we were negotiating with Baron von moneylaundering, it was the fact that he could almost guarantee getting a team into SL by building the right club infrastructure, rather than having to depend on the lottery of a small set of playing results that made the idea so attractive to him.'"
Thats quite interesting, do you think its a cultural thing between Germans and Arabs or historical, due to one having one and the other not? |
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| Quote: maurice "Thats quite interesting, do you think its a cultural thing between Germans and Arabs or historical, due to one having one and the other not?'"
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| Quote: littlerich "Win the lottery. Buy a Renault Clio instead of a Merc. ![]()
I don't think that's a very apt analogy. You are implying that soccer is a better sport than rugby league, when we all know that isn't the case. A better analogy would be chosing which musical group to invest in; a musically talented, hardworking indie band who write amazing music, but who won't ever be internationally famous, or some bubblegum pop, lowest common denominator e who will get lots of exposure, but might end up costing you money in the long run.
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