Quote: EastStandFaithful "Fair point but why not introduce parachute payments like in football?'"
Where is the money going to come from for that and how does that stop the relegated team from being virtually guaranteed promotion again the year after as they will have a much better squad than their NL1 counterparts?
The problem is lack of money in NL1. If they could all afford a £1.6m cap or even say £1m then P&R would be viable.
I think the bottom line is we can only afford one division that is a full time pro division and because that is the case the idea we can have P&R between that and a semi-pro almost amateur league is just unworkable.
We have adopted the Aussie play-offs to decide the champions but still want to cling to P&R at the bottom. The Aussies don't have P&R and it doesn't seem to bother them. They have the professional and full time NRL and then they have the country sides and they would laugh at anyone who suggested there should be P&R between the two.
