Because they start doing this around June/July time or even earlier, rather than throwing a squad of rejects together a month or two before the start of the season

are you 4 real?...dougnut

Is it ?

In what way ?

That still does not stop the problem of the relegated Super League club dominating the Championship competition and getting stripped of its foundations and any progress it had made over the past 5 years. As well as the fact that there would still be a massive influx of journeymen Australians, such as the ones Widnes signed that eventually led to them being relegated again 3 years later. It's alright saying 'they would survive', but really it is just ridiculous that people feel there should be a need for them to have to 'survive'. And bringing some anti-expansionist garbage isn't going to change that.

Is it what?

[i"Is it"[/i doesn't make sense in the context of that part of my quote you put in bold.

Go on then, what is the difference between them?

How about the chance to win the league you have been playing in all year?

yeah and by rights then you should step up

So you admit that the removal of relegation and promotion is to protect expansion clubs

The players Widnes signed when they were promoted were not the ones that got them relegated , it was an almost totally different team

Once again you are falling into the trap of assuming that every club can avoid finishing bottom in a sporting competition , we hae a thread on the VT about it at the moment

For every winner there is a loser , dont forget that

Ok , Why should being on the TV at some point in the season help with sponsorship to the championship clubs ?

The deals for sponsors are done before you know wether you are on the telly

No, I haven't mentioned expansion clubs once


Yes, but the fact that they based their team on those journeymen meant that they had no structure to fall back on once they had left/retired, and they ended up signing players like Troy Wozniak and Sala Fa'alongo to try and replace them. Hence they got relegated after 3 years and not one, but the cause was still the same. It was similar at Salford when they got relegated in 2006.
This did not make any sense to me. Someone obviously has to finish bottom, what does that have to do with this?

Not necessarily. The National Conference champions aren't promoted to the Championship 1, crickets minor league champions aren't promoted to the the county championship, there's no P&R in British Ice Hockey.