I don't think that's true as Fev were talking about staying part-time, or at least hybrid part time/full time, shortly before the promotion decider against Toronto in 2019.
https://www.totalrl.com/featherstone-ma ... er-league/

That said, I think it's easier for Fev to run a part-time team than it would be for London. Fev can attract the better part-time players with good jobs from around the Northern clubs - a good example is a few years ago when Sheffield went full time and Fev were able to sign players like Anthony Thackeray, who is a director and financial advisor, John Davies, Scott Turner and one or two others who had good jobs that they didn't want to leave.

I think it would be much tougher for London to attract Northern players down south as part timers, and probably more difficult than it already is to keep quality players.

I don't think that's true as Fev were talking about staying part-time, or at least hybrid part time/full time, shortly before the promotion decider against Toronto in 2019.
https://www.totalrl.com/featherstone-ma ... er-league/

That said, I think it's easier for Fev to run a part-time team than it would be for London. Fev can attract the better part-time players with good jobs from around the Northern clubs - a good example is a few years ago when Sheffield went full time and Fev were able to sign players like Anthony Thackeray, who is a director and financial advisor, John Davies, Scott Turner and one or two others who had good jobs that they didn't want to leave.

I think it would be much tougher for London to attract Northern players down south as part timers, and probably more difficult than it already is to keep quality players.

Can I ask you a question regarding signing players? Can you explain the business sense in signing players to add to the 14 we already have on contracts when we have absolutely no idea when the next season will start, if at all? No idea, not even a clue. And then to compound that even our best guess at when it will start does not guarantee crowds. Before anyone mentions central funding then lets just remember we also have coaching staff, medical staff, office staff, Academy Players and Staff, rent, other regular bills etc. Central funding does not even begin to cover the half of it and the furlough scheme ends soon. So what do we do? Ask David to bank roll a load of new signings? Seems to be the usual response to everything, just ask David to pay, he is good for it.

Anyone signing players at the moment is simply adding to their expenses without any guarantee of income for the next 6 months.

Does this seem like a good way to run a business in order to secure its long term future to you?

If a shop cannot guarantee any customers being allowed in for 6 months minimum and it has half of the shelves empty would you suggest the smart business decision is to spend money you have not got on more stock to sit there doing nothing at great cost to yourself or would you simply wait until you have a definite opening time and then go to the wholesaler and fill your shop?

I do find that the people using this forum have a much better standard of conversation, Broncos fans should take a look, I much prefer reading these guys - https://www.totalrl.com/forums/index.ph ... n-shelved/

Can I ask you a question regarding signing players? Can you explain the business sense in signing players to add to the 14 we already have on contracts when we have absolutely no idea when the next season will start, if at all? No idea, not even a clue. And then to compound that even our best guess at when it will start does not guarantee crowds. Before anyone mentions central funding then lets just remember we also have coaching staff, medical staff, office staff, Academy Players and Staff, rent, other regular bills etc. Central funding does not even begin to cover the half of it and the furlough scheme ends soon. So what do we do? Ask David to bank roll a load of new signings? Seems to be the usual response to everything, just ask David to pay, he is good for it.

Anyone signing players at the moment is simply adding to their expenses without any guarantee of income for the next 6 months.

Does this seem like a good way to run a business in order to secure its long term future to you?

If a shop cannot guarantee any customers being allowed in for 6 months minimum and it has half of the shelves empty would you suggest the smart business decision is to spend money you have not got on more stock to sit there doing nothing at great cost to yourself or would you simply wait until you have a definite opening time and then go to the wholesaler and fill your shop?

I do find that the people using this forum have a much better standard of conversation, Broncos fans should take a look, I much prefer reading these guys - https://www.totalrl.com/forums/index.ph ... n-shelved/