Quote: northernbloke "I know it's not for everyone, and some folk think there should be no promotion demotion in our sport, but for me sport is about excitement and challenges.
The 8s I think have really come into there own.'"
Show us the massive increases in Attendances that this jeopardy has delivered...or the line of new top notch sponsors with their cheque books open, of the flow of players heading the NRL (It pretty much stopped the day Licencing did), or the extra column inches in the mainstream media that this end of season farce has delivered.
Quote: northernbloke "What confuses me is the whinging about the MP game. If you are to have promotion then why not make it exciting, all the complaints by clubs involved revolve around people losing jobs etc, only difference would be if they got rid of the MP game would be it's decided a different way, one club was still relegated from SL this year, yes it would have been Catalan but would that not have just made there game against Widnes the week before there MP game?'"
Nope....Widnes went up and were safe from relegation under licencing. The minute the comfort blanket was removed they regressed in their style of play...The Average the season they got their first Licence was 5,769 and they finished at the foot of the table.....they got that up to a 7,928 average the season that was the last of licencing was their average, 5,767 this year (less after the 8's)......RL isn't just about the 80 minutes on the park and until we get people at the helm who can grasp that, even if it miffs some of the "old guard" we will remain as we are.