Quote: FlexWheeler "With rugby league it always feels like a get-rich-quick scheme. Looking for the next magic bullet, the next shortcut to make it big. A new playoff format, a new competition structure, more teams, less teams, more loop fixtures, less loop fixtures, more games against the top teams (remember super 8's? why did we get rid of that?) The list just goes on and on. Remember club call? It's sad looking back at all these numerous different schemes, ultimately fruitless but never destined to make any difference anyway. I've lost count of the different playoff formats, and it starts to eat away at the integrity of the competition after a while.
If it isn't a 'get-rich-quick-scheme' it's like someone putting in place a 6-month phased training plan to get in shape but quitting it after a month. Supposed long-term plans will be made only to be scrapped after short-term implementation.
I feel like Rugby league had a boost from the introduction of super league for 10-15 years, but then it's gradually started to return to it's pre-super league condition, exacerbated by external socio-economic factors.'"
It's worth remembering that for the last major shakeup, the third party came up with the 3 x 8 structure, when, every minute was supposed to matter.
Unfortunately, the relegation issues had a massive destabilising effect on the lower end of SL and the top end of The Championship and guess what, here we go again.
It looks like that in a bid to spread the game nationally, there will be some more "forced promotion and relegation", always a sure-fire way to keep old fans interested and gain new viewers and spectators. Oops.
Also, despite the questionnaire, will they actually listen to the fans or, was this just window dressing, something to make fans believe that they'd been thought about.
You can already hear the opening of their presentation, "after consulting with ........."
It doesn't matter unless they actually listen !