Instigating this league cup competition adds variety to the league season. It also provides teams with another trophy that can be won. This proposal offers only one more game than currently employed. This option incorporates the possibility of playing Challenge Cup and finals rugby league.
It presents more variety to the season than currently on offer — something the broadcasters and fans may enjoy. What about the reserves and academies unders? Would they play all these games? When the league cup rounds are played, only the first teams will compete. The reserves and the academies unders will have rest weekends.
This rest will allow the first-team coaches to rest players, rotate their squads to cover injuries and present their clubs with the best chance at victory. There are many other matters to address. As such, there would have no such requirement for three grades. However, to gain promotion to Super League, the clubs would have to provide financial guarantees of meeting the three-grade requirement needed for the Super League level. The World Club Challenge would not count to this tally if and when returned.
This suggestion should be one of many the sport considers. The following presents a raft of options that have been expressed. I am curious to know what option fans prefer.
Once more, it is recognised the above is not a comprehensive list. Yet, it does provide an option to the governing body and clubs moving forward. In any case, it is imperative that the game consults with the fans, explains the issues and allow fans a voice in the process.
Failing to do this will only end in more fans becoming disillusioned with the direction of the game. So, to the fans, what structure do you prefer for the sport moving forward? Do you have any other suggestions?
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When casting an eye through England squads of recent history, a full starting line-up can be assembled of players who have either been contracted to, dual registered or loaned to Championship clubs Phil Eggleshaw, a back-row forward who spent seven of his eight years as a professional in the Championship with Doncaster and Nottingham, says it is a league where players "give a lot for little in return".
When he started to plan for a family, he had to choose between his career on the pitch, one blighted by injury, and a stable job away from the sport. Despite being in the third tier, I made more money directly from rugby last year than I had for most of my years as a professional. Financially, playing in the Championship would unlikely cover the cost of my monthly bills with a young family. Eggleshaw also talks about being unable to afford medical insurance and the lack of independent support for athletes.
Chief executive of the Rugby Players' Association RPA , Damian Hopley, admits the organisation has struggled to represent players in the Championship because of a lack of funds, but says the organisation has long had concerns about wages and insurances in the competition.
While the RPA receives project funding from the RFU and Premiership Rugby to go into welfare, personal development and insurance projects aimed at top-flight players, Hopley says the organisation lacks the resources to extend to the second tier.
It has, however, given "emergency" support and advice to players at London Welsh, as it previously did to financially troubled Plymouth Albion last year. So that's why we've withheld to this point. We're optimistic, based on the conversations we've had, that there's an appetite around the Championship to make this work.
The undefined status of the Championship as a professional or semi-professional competition is a major issue when dealing with contracts and insurance. This needs to be imposed as a condition on the Championship. When it comes to remuneration, Hopley said the "national minimum living wage external-link is all part of putting on a professional sporting environment". There needs to be a healthy dose of reality around all of this.
The Championship draws in crowds that pale in comparison to the Premiership, with the cumulative total attendance across six matches during the New Year period attracting just over 12, spectators - less than half the crowd that watched Saracens beat Leicester at Welford Road on 1 January. London Irish drew the biggest crowd of that weekend, 4, for their win over Bedford at the 24,seater Madejski Stadium, while the smallest attendance in the Championship so far this season was at Ealing Trailfinders' match against Jersey in September.
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