Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:15 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

That doesn't make it right though.

It should be a stipulation of membership that all S.L. clubs run an academy.

i agree, no hull fan or kr fans wanted this but when the governing body is giving its full backing and encouraging it, its hardly a rule they are going to put in place


and just to add, fc do have a reserve/u23s team

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:22 pm  

number 6 wrote:

i agree, no hull fan or kr fans wanted this but when the governing body is giving its full backing and encouraging it, its hardly a rule they are going to put in place

My comment wasn't a swipe at the Hull clubs, or Salford for that matter, the governing body are entirely to blame.

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:42 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

That doesn't make it right though.

It should be a stipulation of membership that all S.L. clubs run an academy.

Fully agree

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:26 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

That doesn't make it right though.

It should be a stipulation of membership that all S.L. clubs run an academy.

This ^

[Bullseye]

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:01 pm  

I agree.

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:46 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Just so disappointing if true. Think it will be the beginning of the end for Salford sadly. Scrapping the academy says to me he isn't in it for the long term.

The RFL won't do anything. They will just bury their heads in the sand and say "carry-on" For once can't they actually govern the sport! How this isn't a requirement to play in SL is beyond me.

I agree with Wilzay, Salford scrapping theirs, Hull clubs merging theirs and Leigh currently without one (although Leigh get benefit of the doubt as it is their first year in SL). that's only 9 English academies being run in the top tier (who get more moeny than eveyr before) The sport is going backwards. Glad we are continuing to fund ours. We'll be rewarded in the long term.

Leigh shouldn't get benefit of the doubt, nor should any top flight club get let off with not running an academy.

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:55 pm  

You should have your salary cap reduced if you don't run an academy team and are in SL. That would stop clubs adopting a short term approach and using the saving to spend on the first team potentially giving some of the lesser teams an advantage over other lesser teams.

Wakey don't spend to the cap but run an Academy. The shortfall in funding that the club has to make up could be used on improving the first team but it would rightly be wrong for us to contemplate doing so.

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:12 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

It should be a stipulation of membership that all S.L. clubs run an academy.

All clubs should be required to run an academy and A team IMO. How do Salford plan to get the minimum number of club trained players required in their squad in a few years time?

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:39 pm  

I don't support this move whatsoever, but from a business point of view you can understand it.

Would you rather spend the money on developing players/employing more staff/needing bigger or more facilities. Or would you rather pick up the players that Wigan, Warrington, St Helens and Leeds cannot afford to keep. We have a salary cap that encourages this sort of behaviour.

You could play this team without having any out lay, just picking up the players teams couldn't afford to keep.

1. Matty Russell
2. Stef Marsh
3. Iain Thornley
4. Jake Connor
5. Tom Lineham
6. Ryan Hampshire
7. Gareth O'Brien
8. Lee Mossop
9. Brad Dwyer
10. Dom Crosby
11. Jack Hughes
12. Greg Burke
13. Logan Tomkins

A lot of that team moved on because the team play played for either needed to free up money on the SC or couldn't pay them as much as someone else could. Very few moved for footballing reasons.

So as a business decision, why the hell would you invest in an academy, when you can get these sorts of players because their parent team cannot afford to keep them. The model we have is stupid.

[Bullseye]

Re: Salford Academy to be scrapped? : Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:11 pm  

Rules should be in place that prohibit such a negative approach.