Rugby League to drop promotion & relegation by right

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  1. Acido Tyke

    Acido Tyke Well-Known Member

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    And the post season top eight Premiership play offs lol. Although I can't remember if those and the County cups, were sponsored by booze or fags.
     
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    sure I went to a rugby league game at Oakwell, but may have dreamed it
     
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    BBC 2 Floodlit Trophy
     
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    those were the days ,the joy of seeing a live game on t v midweek
     
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    I've never heard of that, it sounds like BBC 2's Pot black for rugby league teams. :D
     
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    Games used to be played on a Tuesday night, BBC 2 would show highlights of 1st half then 2nd half would be live
     
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    Bramley beat St Helens in the final of the Floodlight Trophy back in the 60's?...my old man sent them some cash through the post to buy all the team a pint... we got a nice letter back from Arthur Keegan inviting us up to meet the players.
     
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    That's why I don't remember it, I'm not that old lol.
    Who remembers Scrum down on Ytv in the 80s. It was the highlights show on Sunday nights, at about 11:30 ?.
     
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    Wakefield played at Oakwell at least once.
     
    Skryptic, Apr 21, 2023
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    I can remember Esso Yorkshire Cup.
     
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    Against St.Helens, Wakefield won 13-12 i wa there for the novelty of seeing RL at Oakwell.
     
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    Bramley beat Widnes 1973 but it wasn't under floodlights.
     
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    Ha thanks for that... I thought it was late 60's..tbf it was 50 years ago!!.. Google being my friend here... Bramley bt Saints in the semi final and as you say Widnes in the final, but although it was the Floodlight Trophy the final had to be played in the afternoon due to the power cuts!!
     
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    The most bizarre thing about these proposals is some people are reading it as there will be automatic promotion if a team graded B finishes bottom, and another B team wins the Championship, while others are saying the Championship team needs to score higher based on non-playing factors. So clubs have voted through something where they don't seem to know what it is.
     
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    They were just really badly managed. They paid money they couldn't afford for players that were past their best (Iestyn Harris being the most high profile example), and they gradually declined over the years that licensing was in.
     
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    Any league system which does not operate on sporting merit as primary factor is moribund, especially in a country where the idea of promotion and relegation is hardwired into our understanding of what makes an exciting competition.
     
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    Spot on lol.
     
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    Try telling that to Super League fans self serving like their chairmen.
     
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    I think the top and bottom of these proposals are to keep the chosen few in Super League and the club's who the media people see as embarrassments out.
     
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    Much the same seems to be happening in the Union Premiership, including clubs overspending thinking they're secure among the "elite"
     
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