Quote: Wembley71 "Yeah, but the question was, "If Leigh Centurions finish top of the Championship, can't go any higher, fans should be happy, shouldn't they?"'"
No probs ... so why bring the East and the Miners into the equation when they are not denied promotion into a higher division, with franchising being an obstacle.
Quote: Wembley71 "
If we can't go any higher (at least by winning the Championship), then we are by definition in the highest league possible (certainly at that point).'"
I`ve no problem watching a successful Championship Leigh side and IMO could n`t give a rats rse about SL, however I`d much prefer the governing body to decide that the drawbridge of SL is finally over, rather than changing the criteria when it suits. I fully understand the needs of SKY to sell dishes and to increase viewing figures but to be the influencing factor in to how our sport runs the game is sad.
Quote: Wembley71 "
Miners or Easts could use the fact that they are champions as a launchpad to apply to be in Championship 2... or, if the whole game moves to summer rugby, perhaps there WILL be a pyramid in which Miners and Easts can go up. We are the only sport that has licencing for its top division, true, but we are also the only sport that plays its pro comp and its top amateur comp in diametrically opposite times of year. That seems to me to be a more fundamental problem in creating a meritocratic league structure than the licencising system...
(ducks for cover)'"
Thats irrelevant ......... The Miners or East have no right to passage into Championship 1 ........ The professional tier of our sport goes SLE,Championship and Champ 1.
Regards the licensing process why does n`t the RFL adopt this system into all of the 3 tiers of RFL. If they`re so convinced that this way of thinking is the correct way to manage/stabilise our clubs , surely this should be the blueprint for the future of RL.
Been working in Nottingham with the great and good of the RFL Community Department.
