Nothus wrote:Imagine if a team from the champ (not necessarily us) did well enough in the round robin to find themselves in 4th place in the middle eight after the weekly rounds were over, but then lost this farcical 'million pound game' and were denied promotion as a result. It just seems like a complete gimmick to me, almost as if the RFL wanted this new system but were afraid to lose the equivalent of a championship grand final, so they just came up with this rubbish to try and have the best of both scenarios.
I hate the concept, and what annoys me further is that if we are ever to get back into SL, we will probably have to make it through this 'million pound match' to get there.
Sky and the RFL will get their drama, but spare a though for the losing side. How on earth are you meant to budget for the future when your best laid plans can be dashed by the outcome of 80 minutes of rugby. Ridiculous.
TBH, I feel this whole concept is just purely to provide the illusion of promotion and relegation and I base that on the obvious stacking of the deck against the Championship clubs.
They are being asked to compete against teams with both a higher salary cap and a larger overseas quota. It's like putting Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match against Wladimir Klitschko.
I feel that in 2015 the Bulls have an advantage in terms of crowds and income. We've got a decent swell of fans and the BOD are doing a top job in building back the trust of those fans. But at the same time, promotion MUST happen this coming season as I feel it will be much harder for the club to achieve promotion in 2016 as I feel that we are likely to lose players like Gaskell and Ferguson if we don't make it back into SL at the first ask as well as hamstring those fans who've been burnt too many times in the past.
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Bulliac wrote:In theory. In theory if I trained really really hard I could jump over the moon, I guess.
Bad guess, you couldn't. Just to escape the pull of Earth's gravity you would need to be able to run at 11.2 km/s (approx. 40,320 km/h, or 25,000 mph). Now, given that the top speed reached by Usain Bolt is 30 mph I reckon the additional 24,970 mph might be an improvement too far.
And that speed just gets you into orbit. Not to the moon.
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roofaldo2 wrote: They are being asked to compete against teams with both a higher salary cap and a larger overseas quota.
Overseas quota is same for SL and championship. Whether championship clubs can afford to use all the available quota places, particularly if their part time is a separate issue.
Ferocious Aardvark wrote:Bad guess, you couldn't. Just to escape the pull of Earth's gravity you would need to be able to run at 11.2 km/s (approx. 40,320 km/h, or 25,000 mph). Now, given that the top speed reached by Usain Bolt is 30 mph I reckon the additional 24,970 mph might be an improvement too far.
And that speed just gets you into orbit. Not to the moon.
Surely, once you are in orbit, the moon is there for the taking?
Ferocious Aardvark wrote:Bad guess, you couldn't. Just to escape the pull of Earth's gravity you would need to be able to run at 11.2 km/s (approx. 40,320 km/h, or 25,000 mph). Now, given that the top speed reached by Usain Bolt is 30 mph I reckon the additional 24,970 mph might be an improvement too far.
And that speed just gets you into orbit. Not to the moon.
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Ferocious Aardvark wrote:Bad guess, you couldn't. Just to escape the pull of Earth's gravity you would need to be able to run at 11.2 km/s (approx. 40,320 km/h, or 25,000 mph). Now, given that the top speed reached by Usain Bolt is 30 mph I reckon the additional 24,970 mph might be an improvement too far.
And that speed just gets you into orbit. Not to the moon.
I was allowing for Stevo's momentum rule..
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Post subject: Time to grab hold of something solid
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:49 pm
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We dont want anybody getting hurt when you drop down the boards in a few hours
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SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
Post subject: Re: Time to grab hold of something solid
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:25 pm
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Look Starbug, us lads [n lasses] in the championship should stick together and watch out for our enemies in super dooper league. You're wasting time on here when you should be on the Wiggin or Sentellens board telling them to watch proper rugby league and not that nouveaux riche shambles at Old Trafford. Chop chop!
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