There are loads of questions.

Another one is what happens if a young player moves to another club (Leeds as example) and compensation is due, exactly who gets it?
What happens if a player signs for Rovers and then lets his deal finish and goes to Hull before he reaches 21 (Or vice-versa) does compensation still apply and/or is there agreements in place to stop this happening?

It's just going to be a mess.

Words fail me. How either owner can even contemplate this monstrosity is beyond me.

A sad, sad day.

Good grief, cannot believe what I'm reading/hearing today. What on earth is going on.

I think it's increasingly clear that Pearson is not the owner we all desperately hoped he would be. He, and we, seem to be absolutely skint. The club seems to be operating a skeleton staff, it's selling its best players, the constant comments about falling ticket revenues and attendances, Adam scrambling around for football jobs and now this from which we gain absolutely nothing at all other than slashing costs. London seem to run an academy side just fine, travelling vastly further than we have to, on gates sub-1000.

What I am not looking forward to is the mealy mouthed spin, which I see has already begun in the Mail today. What about this "Club Hull" BS that he cited as the reason for getting rid of Gentle and half the squad when I actually, Huddersfield play off game apart, felt like we were getting somewhere. Crooks, Lineham, Cunningham bombed out, Shaul, Abdull, Lineham, Crooks publicly slagged off by the coach and dropped out of the side, no marks like Howarth signed, Lancaster and others under used and now stuffing the academy together with (emotionally) that lot down the road and (practically) a vastly inferior operation.

It's clear that a miracle buyer is our only hope now. Never wanted my Euro Millions numbers to come up quite as much as I do this Friday.

Awful decision and will not work.......reasons;

1.Who will want to sign for an academy with no identity, Leeds, Cas and Wakey will possibly seem a better option

2. It will need totally un-biased staff and coaches, impossible in this city!

3. Logan, Fash, Downes, Turget, Abdull, HTW, Dean and Lancaster are currently contracted first teamer's, with the latter 3 still eligible for 19's in 2016, all these regularly play under 19's. Would any future combined academy have those guys playing. Where would they play their rugby?

4. If at the draft a kid says i aint playing for X because i support Y. UK Employment lay alone says he cannot be forced to play (therefore be employed by) for someone he doesn't want to be. Therefore allowing him to become a free agent and eligible to sign for whoever he wants.

5. Academy is a 3 year program. At the moment it is difficult (especially for forwards) who are in their 1st year to get a game because there are bigger and older kids in front of them. A bigger playing pool will make this even more difficult them to get a game.

6. When does a draft take place? After 1st year, 2nd or 3rd? If kids can be drafted after 1st year then, as above, where will they play their rugby? or if draft only after 3rd year then this allows kids to be poached before hand by other clubs.

7. If there is a 15 or 16 year old superstar in the city he can still be signed by either Hull or Rovers first team at 16, where will this kid the play his rugby.

Just heard a rumour that Stanley Gene has been approached to head up the new academy

BBC Humberside Sport ‏@HumbersideSport 19m19 minutes ago
#HullFC chairman Adam Pearson has agreed to talk to us live on #Sportstalk tonight from 6pm in light of the 'Super Academy' announcement.
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I hope he takes calls!!

Players aren't happy. Tweets have been made and then deleted. Lockdown in force..

what did they say?

Hey, Darth, good to see you!

What sort of stuff?

Nothing very controversial. Sad that youngsters won't get the chance to play in a Derby mainly. One or two slightly stronger posts about never playing for one club or the other. Shame they were deleted. Rampant paranoia?

I just cannot fathom why they think this is a good idea apart from to save some money. Spend 100k less on the cap and keep our identity!

We are now going from an Outstanding rating to joining forces with a club that needs improvement. We are producing better kids, with international honours and bright futures. Pearson has to go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3bqMk4KkHs Integration of both academies started a couple of years ago, the lads getting to know each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3bqMk4KkHs Integration of both academies started a couple of years ago, the lads getting to know each other.

How interesting to be told this afternoon that although they had pledged their support for a no vote Rovers changed their mind at the last minute on the Marquee signing vote and voted for it. Then suddenly they sacrifice the autonomy and heritage of their junior set up to save money, I wonder what they are going to spend the money on?

all the money and time that has been put into our youth set up since Hetherington left and kr get to reap the rewards for it...doesn't seem right.
who will coach them?
what will they be called?
what kit will they wear?
etc etc

Maybe merger has always been pearson's endgame?

This will probably kill of school rugby.
Each Academy has 30 plus lads on books that makes 60 plus in Hull with this down to just 30 so dedicated school coaches will think why bother.
KILLING the game off.
Stupidity at best .
Beleave more like Decieve

Money saving exercise? No doubt our fault for not turning up in our droves to watch that shambles we call Hull FC
They bring in the marquee rule yet two rivals merge academies. Absolute disgrace.
The love of the game, and my team, has eroded year on year. I've kept buying a pass in the hope things will improve.
Don't think I could be more disillusioned. I'm done with it.
As Roberto Duran said - "No mas"

Can't really get my head round this one , if it was to cut costs then just share training grounds , equipment even staff ie club doctors , that I could live with but this ....... Well it actually makes me feel sick . I hope to Christ gollum isn't asking the questions

I could honestly cry.

I had a heart attack early in June which really floored me (as I'm not THAT old). I haven't seen a game since Saints at home, but had the "pleasure" of watching the farcical displays against Leeds and Wakefield. Now this news just makes me not want to bother any more.

My grandad proudly led Hull out at Wembley in 1980, against a team which he always regarded as our sworn enemies. He would turn in his grave at how low we have sunk with this news.

Like I say, I could cry.

The bloke speaking at the moment is absolutely bang on.

A subject the vast majority of both sets of fans agree with, we don't want ANYTHING to do with your club and I am sure the feeling is mutual.

It is.

Now go away

And long may it continue.