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An appeal for change pulls in all the discontented, but agreeing on a specific set on of changes is difficult because many of us differ, at least in terms of degree, as to what the problems are.
I'll be honest and admit that the refereeing and MRP are not a huge bugbear for me. On competence, what goes around comes around is the consolation I take. Obviously sometimes it doesn't and where unconscious bias is (in my own highly subjective opinion) an issue that is annoying. I still haven't forgiven James Child for that game on Sky at Saints a few years ago. But anyway...
Stuff like the hash they made of licensing and Wigan's laughable penalty for flagrantly breaching the cap back in 2006 is the sort of thing that really undermines my confidence in the governance of the sport. But how much of that is totally the RFL's fault? They should have had rules, but powerful club chairman in some instances were open about the 'need' for flexibility. Or double standards IMO - certainly in the case of licensing.
Then there's stuff like whether the new league structure is a good idea, whether central revenue generation is what it should be, whether the salary cap and overseas quotas are in the right place.
Nearly everybody wants change and envisions the new dawn as looking like their own ideal. Very few agree on the details though.
