Not sure any League 1 clubs would vote purely on such a speculative basis considering we are still the most likely team to go up via the playoffs. The carrot for League 1 clubs at the top end of the table is they actually increase their chances of promotion this year - would you vote against that purely to get a crowd vs Bradford?

Where I think it may be a factor in that I think the Championship clubs probably do want us up and would vote for that change. Of course everyone may come to their senses and decide not to implement these changes until the end of next season rather than shifting the goalposts now.

Has that actually been confirmed? There was some talk that it would be a Top 5 play off just like in the Super League. A play off series leading to a 'Grand Final' (which would replace the MPG)

That's right Paul it is a a top five play off with a Grand Final to be played on a neutral venue exactly the same as Super League will do it from next season onwards.This has definitely been confirmed.

FFS what a crock that is.

A GF does nothing but encourage a boom or bust mentality. At least with a traditional route into the top flight there could be an element of prior planning.

They need to enforce an anti tampering deadline after the final week of the season to allow promoted sides to compete on a level playing field when making signings.

It's difficult enough for promoted clubs to step up in intensity as if is, without scurrrying around the market for cast offs and loan players after every club in SL has signed whoever they want in August.

Other than saying 'it's the same for everyone', there is little to recommend it, imo.

As said above, the current SL clubs will have sewn up all the better players long before the championship play-off final, leaving the winners to scrabble about looking for the best of the cast-offs to keep them promoted. We'll see what happens but it looks very much like back to the old yo-yo clubs again.


To be honest, I can't see this remaining for very long before the SL clubs re-introduce some form of licensing.