: Sun May 31, 2009 9:58 am  

The Dors wrote:

but yes Sheffield have earnt them.

I'm old fashioned i'm afraid. A team should only earn any points for winning. What more incentive is there in sport to get within as many points of your winning opponents than pride? It's all namby pamby gimicks from the RFL i'm afraid.

: Sun May 31, 2009 10:01 am  

i think there should be a bonus point reward for coming up close losers, but in my opinion 12 points is way too gererous. its hardy a massive achivement to lose by 12 is it

: Sun May 31, 2009 10:10 am  

Sport is about win, lose or draw. Not win, lose, lose but get a point anyway because you weren't too bad, and draw.

We'll be going towards Yawnion soon where you get bonus points for tries and how many points you score.

: Sun May 31, 2009 10:13 am  

i think there should be no points system at all. just play for the love of the game.

: Sun May 31, 2009 10:21 am  

littlerich wrote:

I'm old fashioned i'm afraid. A team should only earn any points for winning. What more incentive is there in sport to get within as many points of your winning opponents than pride? It's all namby pamby gimicks from the RFL i'm afraid.

And you're right. I've said on the dedicated thread on this subject that if we must have the BP system it needs to be a tighter losing margin, and give the BP to the winning team for handing out a tonking. That way it doesn't jut favour losing.

: Sun May 31, 2009 10:41 am  

littlerich wrote:

I'm old fashioned i'm afraid. A team should only earn any points for winning. What more incentive is there in sport to get within as many points of your winning opponents than pride? It's all namby pamby gimicks from the RFL i'm afraid.

Agreed, wonder what the Aussies think of it? They play to win whatever the sport, thats one of the reason they are so good at virtually everything they turn their hand to.

: Sun May 31, 2009 11:12 am  

Don't see what the issue is.

It makes tems try to get points when getting walloped !

Also, the winning team still gets 2 points more (at least) than the losing team so who cares?

In divisions below SL, I think it is a positive, and has made most games closer in this division than ever before!

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:44 am  

I'm just waiting for the day when a team loses 12 - 0.

How ridiculous will it look when the loser gets a bonus point for not scoring a single point?

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:11 pm  

The Bonus Point is not something I agree with. However if the RFL are going to have it then each Pro League should have it and then everybody would maybe accept and understand it better-but the RFL just want to create confusion and friction between us all so they have different rules for different teams depending where you are or which league you are in.

: Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:46 am  

The Dors wrote:

And you're right. I've said on the dedicated thread on this subject that if we must have the BP system it needs to be a tighter losing margin, and give the BP to the winning team for handing out a tonking. That way it doesn't jut favour losing.

What you said here.

I'm in favour as it adds something to the competition, but if it was to go, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

Widnes losing to Batley.....that's caused me a sleepless night or two