Championship Money : Sun May 10, 2009 10:29 pm  

from the championship website, it says the winner of the championship recieves £100,000. Is this awarded for finishing top or winning the grand final?
100k would do us nicely if we were to keep this up and do it

: Sun May 10, 2009 10:29 pm  

Winning the grand final. Why would you ever think that you would be rewarded for coming top. This is Rugby League!

: Sun May 10, 2009 10:31 pm  

thats bullsh!t

: Mon May 11, 2009 9:16 am  

no its RFL rules.......oh yes you was right.

: Mon May 11, 2009 10:59 am  

.... and, correct me if I'm wrong here, but I don't think finishing top even ticks a box for an SL license, does it?

[tb]

: Mon May 11, 2009 11:27 am  

bluesox4evaaa wrote:

thats bullsh!t

What, that the prize money for winning the championship, should go to the team that wins the champioinship? Seems fair to me.

: Mon May 11, 2009 11:41 am  

tb wrote:

What, that the prize money for winning the championship, should go to the team that wins the champioinship? Seems fair to me.

it depends whether you interperet 'winning' the championship as being the team that finishes at the top of the league. which i feel should be the case.

otherwise something like a 'golden point' could cost the club dearly

[tb]

: Mon May 11, 2009 11:57 am  

bluesox4evaaa wrote:

it depends whether you interperet 'winning' the championship as being the team that finishes at the top of the league. which i feel should be the case.

You may well feel that. But it's not the case. It is the case that the team that wins the title is the team that wins the GF. The team that finishes top of the table gets a nice but meaningless pot. We've got one stuffed away somewhere, but it doesn't compare to the two NL1 championship trophies we've got

Giving the prize money to the team that finishes top of the table would be like giving the 100m Olympic gold to the runner in front at 90m, whether or not they cross the line first or fall over before reaching it.

: Mon May 11, 2009 12:04 pm  

tb wrote:

You may well feel that. But it's not the case. It is the case that the team that wins the title is the team that wins the GF. The team that finishes top of the table gets a nice but meaningless pot. We've got one stuffed away somewhere, but it doesn't compare to the two NL1 championship trophies we've got

Giving the prize money to the team that finishes top of the table would be like giving the 100m Olympic gold to the runner in front at 90m, whether or not they cross the line first or fall over before reaching it.

how big is the nice but meaningless pot?
i understand them wanting to big up the grand final but id have nightmares over such a large amount of money being lost over the bounce of a ball, or a bed refereeing performance

[tb]

: Mon May 11, 2009 12:24 pm  

bluesox4evaaa wrote:

how big is the nice but meaningless pot?

quite small – almost insignificant