I would be interested o find out from the fans how many would like to bring back promotion and relegation?
Also did the RFL consult with the fans on this matter?

i have to say yes

Definitely not

yes

good enough for us good enough for halifax

did you get asked?

Yes for me.

They had a vote with the rlfans mods

don't like relegation, think the players and their families and the clubs should have stability

if only you knew whats in store for next year

I'm struggling to see how we, as a club, are really making the most of the relegation amnesty at the moment, tbh. After a great start, the security afforded by no p&r seems to have translated into complaceny with us. Everything seems just a little too confortable, and a little bit dull.

Admittedly, it takes time for new attitudes, approaches, and new (young) players to work their way through the system, but some improvement in our general approach to the game is needed soon, before too many people are turned off by what's increasingly looking like a big non-event.

Definitely.

Quite!



And in 12 months we'll be panicking that we desperately need bigger crowds and more income for the licence application. We need to buck our ideas up - and quickly!

A reduce in prices would have been a good idea for Sat seen as it's on sky.

Ladies day against Quins, where is the mens day? Free lager and that

I voted yes,
maybe the club and players are getting complacent, its no different to normal life where are jobs and companies are at risk too, if you have a thriving club/business its not a problem, if you haven't you look to improve it.

the clubs and players might not like the tension but as a fan it whats needed at the bottom end of the spectrum, you only have to go back to the wakey /cas game, in its own right it was as thrilling as a title decider

must say you are right there about the wakey and cas games. you don't forget them days.{ what a day!}, but i do think when you are going to councils to build stadiums and building fan bases, bringing through youth in the club you need stability, and i don't think relegation gives that. but i grant you it does add spice and excitement.

by extending the clubs to 8 in the play offs it is at least giving the clubs lower down the league a chance of at least one game and a bit of income

I voted no.

Would be in favour if it was a level playing field. Bottom of SL relegated and GF winners in NL promoted. No crap about meeting the criteria for SL or clubs given exemptions.

Level playing field - YES as things stand at the moment - NO.

id go for that

Yes for me as well, even though I hate attending the last game of the season with my bike clips on.

Yes most definitely. I was dead set against it being abolished in the first place and for the fundamental reason is that the dreaded "R" word puts the fear of God into any sportsman, along with the implications that go with it and therefore is the motivation to play to the best of their ability every week.

Then you've got those poor teams in the national leagues, you're Barrows, who have been really doing well this year, your Widnes's and your Halifax's who would give anything to play at the top level but because the egos at the RFL who want to "Australianise" our sport, those teams for the next few years are unfortunately playing for the sake of playing, almost with it being like a past-time rather than for sport.

Once this spell of Franchise is over, bring back Promotion and Relegation for the sake of our sport and lets have some proper, ruthless competition again.

Any day of the week for me, more more interesting with promotion and relegation.

Are we the Turkey's voting for Christmas??

Well we are "stuffed" thats for sure

We won't get bigger crowds if we don't play a standard of rugby that people want to watch. It's supposed to be entertainment, after all, and we now have the opportunity to entertain without the fear that it will cost us our place in the top flight.

When you consider the salaries that some of the 1st team players are reported to earn, and then the money that Squadbuilder was trying to assemble to promote the future of the game, well, frankly, it's a chuffin joke. 25K, I believe, for the "next generation" deal..... 86K (according to the Sun, IIRC) for Scully. Where's the sense in that? And I'm not saying that Scully was stealing a living, I'm sure there are worse examples than him. But in terms of what we should be doing with the modest sums available to us, it doesn't look smart business to me.

It's time some people started to earn their coin and be grateful for what they have. Otherwise, I'd welcome Barrow ahead of us. Sorry, but it's true.

Voted no. As exciting as it was, if Cas had won that game, we might not exist now. Having said that, we knew the franchise thing was coming, and so we knew that the only chance we had of staying in the top flight was being in the top flight. If it was pure promotion and relegation, like Sandal Cat says, maybe relegation would be no real disaster, as there would still be some hope for the next year.

Second half of the season should liven up when the top eight positions start to get fluid. This year is no different to last year in reality, and no-one complained about the lack of intensity then.