Quote: Wooden Stand "The key foundations for the success of the game in this country, and which should be implemented immediately, for me should be:-
1. Automatic one-up, one-down promotion and relegation between the leagues.
2. Entities owning an RFL club to be required to prepare accounts to a 31 December year-end and have them audited and submitted to Companies House and the RFL within 6 months of the year-end.
3. Suffer an insolvency event e.g. go into administration
Ok, you're either being sarcastic or, if you're being genuine, you've no concept of this thing we call REALITY.
1. We had P&R, it didn't make any club stronger, it just created a whipping boy and a usually guaranteed 2 points for virtually every other club. This is because the club coming up doesn't know it's coming up until October time and pretty much all OOC players of note have already got deals for the coming year by the time the promoted club is able to get into the market. Sure they could try and get in sooner, but how many players do YOU think will be prepared to gamble their's and their family's livelihood on the chance of a club managing to make it to SL? And for those who do take the risk and it doesn't pay off, will they be able to still get a deal at a SL club? Perhaps, but not likely for the amount the player wants.
2. There's this thing called a TAX YEAR, it runs April to April. Companies tend to use THAT for putting in their accounts. Just because you think this timetable you've thought up is a good idea, it doesn't make it so.
3. Err... That ALREADY HAPPENS
4. So if someone comes along and buys a RL club, that club has to be forced to the bottom of the pile and must work their way back up? Brilliant idea, if your plan is to block any outside investment in the sport. Who on earth would want to put money into buying a RL club with that in place?
