the rfl have put in place a new innovative procedure for the 2020 season, so innovative that it has remained a secret. however the Mole's younger brother has uncovered the plans and they can now be revealed. hopefully this will pass the stringent rules on this forum

the proposals revolve around round 18.in the week prior to this round there will be a window where teams can trade points. for example if team b is facing relegation, they can approach team a who might be 6 points clear at the top and ask for 2 points. it is up to team a to decided whether to sell and at what price. meanwhile team c who is safe in mid table may also interject and offer 2 points to team b, also at a price, but could undercut team a's offer. team d might need 2 points to close the gap on team a, so could buy from team f team g and team h, though team i might be only a couple of points behind team d so could well tell them to get stuffed. team c would probably not be interested either. however if team c has a local hatred for team j who are only a couple of points from the drop, then they could sell their points to team b in the hope that they could relegate team j. teams k and l might decide to sit it out or might just trade with each other for the hell of it

teams can only trade 4 points in one or, at most, two transactions, and cannot sell or buy more than once from the same team. teams in administration of course cannot participate in the sales. the RFL at first were looking at a points auction, but considered it unworkable.

the RFL believe this idea will alleviate any boring meaningless matches in the last few weeks of the season possibly giving all teams something to play for, as well as spicing up the title and drop races. it also would get some cash moving round the clubs at what might be financially a difficult time of the season. it is not clear how the salary cap would work in respect to this new procedure, but a spokesman said, it can't be any more complicated than it already is.

it is believed that the clubs will be meeting to discuss the plans around 12.00 today april 1st

Happy April Fools Day .

indeed, and a pretty pathetic attempt it was too!

lighten up they are supposed to be pathetic!

Well i thought that given it was done as a RFL release it might actually be seen as believable by some

apologies for not being 12

The most sensible and practical initiative from the RFL for a long time

can't believe you've put that much effort into something so stupid

but it did get me reading and gave me a chuckle, bet Wigan and Leeds cheque book was out wafting

like all the best RFL stuff, it only took 5 minutes



back in the day this forum was full of nonsense like this, now its just full of itself

no it isn't, it is largely full of conversation about the game, not garbage.

Surely thats an Aprils fools quote?

well i wouldn't exactly use the word 'full' but each to their own - if you don't like nonsense then stick to sensible threads

your right but there's them that have to whinge about even the good weather

Don't give the RFL any daft ideas like this, they are likely to implement them.