Re: Reserve grade under 23s : Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:18 pm
Mr Churchill wrote:
The above two posters are talking rubbish on this in my opinion and seem to have no clue as to what is good for the game in this country.
Every club has a first team. There should be Under 23 and under 19 leagues for all clubs. It should be compulsory for Super League and Championship clubs to run under 23 sides in the respective leagues.
Under 23 teams will be allowed to play up to x number of over age players say 5 eg for first team players coming back from injury.
Salary cap rules can be amended to fit the structure but it only covers the top 25 highest paid players anyway.
There should be a suitable limit on the number of age over 19 players that a club can sign as there always used to be.
Good players below super league standard will start to sign for teams below SL now there is an open route to SL via the new structure.
Any young players that progress can be signed by SL clubs by paying a transfer fee to the lower league side thus helping the finances of the game as a whole.
Reserves isn't a spectator sport; the Championship / Super 8s is. If fans of teams outside SL are treated like feeder club fodder the game in this country will die.
Dual Reg was a stupid idea and is being killed off just in time.
Every club has a first team. There should be Under 23 and under 19 leagues for all clubs. It should be compulsory for Super League and Championship clubs to run under 23 sides in the respective leagues.
Under 23 teams will be allowed to play up to x number of over age players say 5 eg for first team players coming back from injury.
Salary cap rules can be amended to fit the structure but it only covers the top 25 highest paid players anyway.
There should be a suitable limit on the number of age over 19 players that a club can sign as there always used to be.
Good players below super league standard will start to sign for teams below SL now there is an open route to SL via the new structure.
Any young players that progress can be signed by SL clubs by paying a transfer fee to the lower league side thus helping the finances of the game as a whole.
Reserves isn't a spectator sport; the Championship / Super 8s is. If fans of teams outside SL are treated like feeder club fodder the game in this country will die.
Dual Reg was a stupid idea and is being killed off just in time.
I never said reserves was a spectator sport nor that teams outside SL be treated like feeder clubs. Nor are they now. Nobody is forcing ANY Championship club to use the DR system. Leigh and Bradford seem to manage fine without it. That's their choice. As it would be under the system I proposed.
What you don't seem to get is that an U23's weakens the Championship. Many youngsters, if not signed up to SL first teams go to Championship clubs. Now they won't do for another 3 or 4 years. If the U23's is of a lower quality than the Championship then that hasn't helped the development of players.
If it's really the good of the game we're looking at then Championship clubs will be more than happy to help player development won't they?
As I said, Dual Reg wasn't a stupid idea, it just wasn't implement well and if both Championship and SL clubs hadn't had such self-serving attitudes it could very easily work.