apologies to everyone for jumping the gun

Feel free to pull out of the deal, then hand the cash back to the rfl

Seriously you expect no rovers academy employees to be given a role? Talk about blinkered

So what you are trying to say i think is we have to bow to the bigger club IE hull fc

you never know it might work out well for both clubs

I hope it does then both hull and rovers will be trend setters

Why on earth would Hull City want to share their medical team with the City of Hull Academy? They have a team of full time medical professionals.

The new academy is based at Bishop Burton College, the home of Hull FC's current youth set up and Hull City's Scholorship set up. Why would you want them to leave what is a fantastic venue to go and train at City's first team training set up in Cottingham?

You're making it sound like West Hull ARLFC moving in with Hall Road Rangers.

There is a lot of things that all three clubs are using, sports medicine equipment & practitioners, the cost could well be spread across all teams, first to the academy's. The same goes with purchasing kit & equipment the savings benefit everyone the football offsets some cost & the rugby gets better value for money by sharing, its not rocket science?

Any idea how ring-fencing will work with the club-trained rule?

Would a player let go by one club qualify as club-trained if the other wanted to give them a shot? Or maybe later in their career, returning to the area from another club altogether? Not that any system seems to last that long in RL!

I'm bored of this merged academy debate

Don't post then?

I'm not a fan of it, I still fail to see how it benefits FC other than financially? It's a no brainer for KR. And I'm not trolling, I really think that is the case - both clubs pay less so gain financially but there is no doubt which team benefits in term of the output (players).

And I don't see it lasting long. (hopefully)

Isn't a financial benefit well worth having? Especially if the money can be spent better elsewhere e.g. On having an additional development level.

Apart from maybe Saints, Leeds and Wigan, how many clubs have under-19 teams that offer value for money?

Paying transfer fees, scouting the lower leagues and the amateur game - that'd offer more bang for your buck than the current system. At the moment it's basically train some teens to the point where a few are ready for championship 1. I know Hull fans are (rightly) proud of their under-19s efforts, but if you look at pound spent per regular first teamer produced, as Pearson, surely will, you can understand why he might think there's gotta be a better way.

Time will tell I guess, no doubt cutting the cloth was needed I get that, and hopefully it will be the right decision, I don't want it to fail just to be proved right, I'm not that shallow. I'm not sure the saved money will be re-invested though, I think its a saving money exercise - both directors have openly admitted they cant keep throwing money at the clubs.

I just can't help but feel that our academy was really starting to bear fruits, the evidence is there for all to see. Kind of seems a shame to have put al that investment in place and then buckle just as it was starting to come good?

If it can start producing talent on a regular basis, and the evidence would say FC are right on the cusp of that, then paying big transfers would be a thing of the past anyway, as the talent pool would be in place.
Ultimately I cant see how merging with KR will produce more talent for FC than it is now?