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Post by MossleyRed on Jun 12, 2018 17:31:30 GMT
It appears the account has been hacked
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Post by bonitared on Jun 12, 2018 17:33:07 GMT
Seems not all singing from the same hymn sheet. From Ian Laybourn on Twitter. Leeds chief executive Gary Hetherington has condemned plans to re-structure Super League as "an absurd grab for power by a small group of men who think they own the game" and called for strong leadership from RFL chairman Brian Barwick I thought Barwick would be great for the game and have been very disappointed. Strong leadership and the RFL is an oxymoron. Ive seen zero signs of leadership from Mr Barwick,but stand to be corrected if examples can be provided. |
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Post by dixon13 on Jun 12, 2018 18:17:50 GMT
Seems not all singing from the same hymn sheet. From Ian Laybourn on Twitter. Leeds chief executive Gary Hetherington has condemned plans to re-structure Super League as "an absurd grab for power by a small group of men who think they own the game" and called for strong leadership from RFL chairman Brian Barwick I thought Barwick would be great for the game and have been very disappointed. Strong leadership and the RFL is an oxymoron. Ive seen zero signs of leadership from Mr Barwick,but stand to be corrected if examples can be provided. Why he was know good at the FA mind he wasn't on is own. |
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Post by kreuzbergred on Jun 12, 2018 20:36:52 GMT
I thought Barwick would be great for the game and have been very disappointed. Strong leadership and the RFL is an oxymoron. Ive seen zero signs of leadership from Mr Barwick,but stand to be corrected if examples can be provided. Why he was know good at the FA mind he wasn't on is own. Apparently The £13 Million for Super League and £10 Million Championship teams was Posted on a Twitter parody Account !! Still the Big 4 (Allegedly) trying to make the Super League into the I'm alright Jack league. |
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Post by dixon13 on Jun 12, 2018 21:45:34 GMT
Why he was know good at the FA mind he wasn't on is own. Apparently The £13 Million for Super League and £10 Million Championship teams was Posted on a Twitter parody Account !! Still the Big 4 (Allegedly) trying to make the Super League into the I'm alright Jack league. They must believe in the small is beautiful.It's a professional game run by amateurs. |
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Post by prestwichred on Jun 13, 2018 7:39:12 GMT
Who did the RFL have at the introductory meeting?
The chairman from Wigan Saints and Warrington.
Why? Do other clubs not exist☹️
All the RFL want is a league with Toronto,Toulouse and a USA team in there and the big four, the rest they don’t care about.
I sick of people saying the greatest game when attendances are dropping participation is dropping and we have clubs going to the wall.
This is what the RFL should be sorting out and not stupid games in the USA.
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Post by boltonred on Jun 13, 2018 14:21:59 GMT
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Post by prestwichred on Jun 13, 2018 15:02:38 GMT
Absolute Joke.
The lot of them in any other business would be fired for gross incompetence.
Bodes well for the new leader doesn’t it who puts himself up for tit of the year after being in the job for a hour.
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Post by bigkeev on Jun 13, 2018 15:33:43 GMT
On the face of it, it does appear that this is a power grab by a self elected Super League Executive Board. Personally I quite like the current structure in terms of the Super Eights etc, although I accept that it does routinely put clubs like ours in a precarious situation. I dont think that returning to a previously tried structure that a decent amount of people didnt feel worked either, is in any way a better alternative. Therefore it seems to me that this announcement is an attempt to stick two fingers up to the RFL. I think there is a genuine consensus across the game that as a governing body, it hasnt been fit for purpose for sometime. However it may be dangerous to fully support what appears to be a small group of chairmen who are making unilateral decisions regarding the future of the entire sport. If they were to take control I would imagine central funding from any existing or future TV deal would be limited to Super League. This would probably make for a higher quality elite division, allowing clubs to be more competitive with the NRL or Union in terms of contracts, but would in all likelyhood be to the detriment of the sport as a whole. Certainly form the perspective of the semi professional clubs making up the majority of the remaining leagues. If however the elite clubs were to make a large, binding commitment to academies, reserve sides, and a clear career path from young amateur to full time pro then this could be the kind of sweeping change that the sport has been crying out for. I suppose in situations like these you just have to hope you end up on the winning side. I am comforted by our clubs decidedly non-committal statement on our website which at least gives us some room for maneuver. Interesting times indeed.
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Post by gunner on Jun 13, 2018 15:46:36 GMT
On the face of it, it does appear that this is a power grab by a self elected Super League Executive Board. Personally I quite like the current structure in terms of the Super Eights etc, although I accept that it does routinely put clubs like ours in a precarious situation. I dont think that returning to a previously tried structure that a decent amount of people didnt feel worked either, is in any way a better alternative. Therefore it seems to me that this announcement is an attempt to stick two fingers up to the RFL. I think there is a genuine consensus across the game that as a governing body, it hasnt been fit for purpose for sometime. However it may be dangerous to fully support what appears to be a small group of chairmen who are making unilateral decisions regarding the future of the entire sport. If they were to take control I would imagine central funding from any existing or future TV deal would be limited to Super League. This would probably make for a higher quality elite division, allowing clubs to be more competitive with the NRL or Union in terms of contracts, but would in all likelyhood be to the detriment of the sport as a whole. Certainly form the perspective of the semi professional clubs making up the majority of the remaining leagues. If however the elite clubs were to make a large, binding commitment to academies, reserve sides, and a clear career path from young amateur to full time pro then this could be the kind of sweeping change that the sport has been crying out for. I suppose in situations like these you just have to hope you end up on the winning side. I am comforted by our clubs decidedly non-committal statement on our website which at least gives us some room for maneuver. Interesting times indeed. Promotion & relegation, one up one down, two up two down works fine in every other sport, the reason rugby league became stale was the elite club, which we became a member of. |
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Post by bigkeev on Jun 13, 2018 16:44:37 GMT
On the face of it, it does appear that this is a power grab by a self elected Super League Executive Board. Personally I quite like the current structure in terms of the Super Eights etc, although I accept that it does routinely put clubs like ours in a precarious situation. I dont think that returning to a previously tried structure that a decent amount of people didnt feel worked either, is in any way a better alternative. Therefore it seems to me that this announcement is an attempt to stick two fingers up to the RFL. I think there is a genuine consensus across the game that as a governing body, it hasnt been fit for purpose for sometime. However it may be dangerous to fully support what appears to be a small group of chairmen who are making unilateral decisions regarding the future of the entire sport. If they were to take control I would imagine central funding from any existing or future TV deal would be limited to Super League. This would probably make for a higher quality elite division, allowing clubs to be more competitive with the NRL or Union in terms of contracts, but would in all likelyhood be to the detriment of the sport as a whole. Certainly form the perspective of the semi professional clubs making up the majority of the remaining leagues. If however the elite clubs were to make a large, binding commitment to academies, reserve sides, and a clear career path from young amateur to full time pro then this could be the kind of sweeping change that the sport has been crying out for. I suppose in situations like these you just have to hope you end up on the winning side. I am comforted by our clubs decidedly non-committal statement on our website which at least gives us some room for maneuver. Interesting times indeed. Promotion & relegation, one up one down, two up two down works fine in every other sport, the reason rugby league became stale was the elite club, which we became a member of. I think its a bit more complicated than that. I don't think Rugby League itself is stale as a sport, I'm just not sure that simple promotion and relegation does work in this day an age unless there is some other incentive than winning the competition or simply surviving in it. Using the EPL as a an example, outside of the winners you have another 8-10 teams vying for the riches and exposure of European football, with the remaining clubs under the threat of relegation. There are very few meaningless games. I assume with straight promotion/relegation there would be no play-offs, and as such any Grand final would be difficult to legitimize as a showpiece just being a play off between the top two. it seems to me for a decent proportion of the Super League the season could be done with nothing left to play for pretty early on. I personally dont see how that will address a slide in attendances across the sport. I accept the eights had issues but it certainly kept things pretty interesting. Whatever ends up happening though I understand there is nothing more redundant than me trying to convince you that im right and your wrong. We will just agree to differ on this one. |
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Post by redsfan84 on Jun 14, 2018 7:01:06 GMT
It appears the account has been hacked It was a parody account. |
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