Quote: bishops finger "AP was doing a Hudgell in the Sun yesterday, having a moan about 14 teams been too many and not a big enough player pool. He's probably realised that rugbys not like football where you just have to flash the cash and the players yours, even the skint clubs can't afford to lose players as there's no one about to replace them I guess.'"
Limiting the competition and finger pointing the small player pool is a very parochial and introverted way at looking at the problem. For the long term health of the competition, we need to expand the player pool, and expand the supporting base. All the chairmen are trying to grasp as much of the sky cash as possible, which is good for the short term health of their club, but terrible for the sport as a whole.
As long as I can remember, there has been some awful players plying their trade in the top division so I don't understand the argument fully. I think the lack of certain positions coming through are due to the changes in the way the game is played, rather than participation levels. I also think the lower division is as good as I can remember it being, and there are plenty of players within that comp capable of playing Super League.
