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This is the article discussing the proposal from the HDM. Basically, the idea is that whoever wins the Championship gets promoted as long as they are a Grade B club. Doesn't matter where they actually rank points wise against their peers so they can be the lowest ranked Grade B club in the Championship but if they win it, they're promoted. In terms of relegation, they would replace the lowest ranked Grade B team in Super League. Not the lowest placed Grade B team. So as things stand, Salford are the lowest ranked Grade B club in Super League and would be the ones under threat regardless of league position. If all clubs in Super League are Grade A clubs, the league would be expanded to accommodate the Championship winner.
Personally I think that they either need to stick to the IMG grading system (certain aspects of the criteria's need tweaking of course) or go back to straight up promotion and relegation. This just sounds far too convoluted trying to accommodate both ideas and I can see there been some real controversy in the future on this.'"
As you say whoever wins the Championship/Play Off Final gets promoted as long as they are a Grade B club so conversely any club in SL that finishes bottom should be relegated grade B or A as I can't see the point of relegating a club on grade score rather than finishing bottom. It just wouldn't make sense when clubs in SL are A or B anyway and you have to be a B or higher to gain promotion like Wakefield have.
So its should be as simple as any club that wins promotion goes up (as long as they hold a B grade as minimum) and any SL club that finishes bottom is relegated (whether A or B). But in true RL fashion in the UK we have to make it far more complicated than it should or needs to be.
