Quote: Newbridge_Wolf "Am I the only one who quite likes this system?
It gives Championship clubs who may have been unlucky with injuries through the season or for a final a real genuine chance at not only getting into the mix with it being four potential promotion spots, but also progressing themselves even if they have a strong challenger also looking for promotion.
I think Wakefield's recruitment policy last year will have opened eyes (see Soward) to show you can invest earlier to make a go of the middle 8's with less risk than hoping on a one off game, and then having a few short months of chaos in the old one up-one down system where you had to change virtually your entire squad after most decent players had already been snapped up.
There is the obvious big gap that last year showed, but I think over time, Championship clubs and players getting regular games against SL sides can only be a good thing, and besides, if they can't compete for four spots, then the club isn't strong enough to be in SL anyway.
The biggest problem in RL is the constant chopping and changing and never seeing anything through. Licensing/franchises are all well and fine, but it makes for a closed shop and the opportunity to fail without potential recourse (look how the RFL bottled threats of legal challenges last time), this way at least it forces the bottom 4 SL clubs to realise they have to compete. It will only take someone like London going up having invested in Soward to give Championship sides confidence that it can be done.'"
Alternatively, you could promote the top Championship club as of right, which would give a much clearer incentive to ALL Championship clubs.
I do agree with you about the sport chopping and changing too much (this is called being innovative at Red Hall
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Going back to promotion under the new system, surely there was no better chance than last season when Trinity were miles behind the rest of SL but, still too strong for the Championship pretenders ?
