Is it time to boycott games? : Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:23 pm  

The complete abuse of the dual registration players has gone far enough.

Desperate clubs who cannot be bothered to bring in there own players, are going to ruin this league.

So is it time to not go to away games that are using this system?

[Wheels]

Re: Is it time to boycott games? : Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:49 pm  

Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment, its not always quite clear cut as that.

York are using this system, but at the same time the club are still trying their hardest on very limited resources to develop their own players.

The Knights are running an u20s team (most of whom were signed to play in the now defunct u19s league), they have close links with the amateur junior sides and an official partnership with York College, creating a clear player pathway to pro RL in the city for the first time in a long time.

This year we have 9 young York-born players in the first team squad, who will hopefully form the backbone of the squad for years to come.

York are using their partnership with Hull to compliment their squad with young hungry players on the fringes of SuperLeague (one of them even came through the old Knights scholarship!).

In my eyes its a complete abuse of the system the way Swinton and Hunslet are utilising it, I agree with you there. And I will be very disappointed if York and Hull do end up taking this route and we end up playing Ellis and Tickle for a week just to get their fitness up. It relegates the Championship to a glorified reserve league then.

Re: Is it time to boycott games? : Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:41 pm  

I thought you already boycotted away games.

If you don't want to support and cheer the lads on at times when they need it
most it is your choice.

True fans will go no matter what.

Re: Is it time to boycott games? : Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:42 pm  

MICKY1920 wrote:

True fans will go no matter what.

I'm sorry but that's a very poor comment.

And it's exactly why club directors and governing bodies across not just this sport, but most others as well take liberties with the deluded blind loyalty of fans.

The Super League and the RFL have played a blinder here.

First you bring in the Dual Reg rule.

Then expanded it to more players.

Then only allow dual reg to be done with a partner club, so that a team with no chance of winning owt like Hunslet feel compelled to go cap in hand to Leeds to get better players for next to nowt. Other teams feel threatened by this so go cap in hand to other league clubs.

The next bit will go along the lines of this, the number of Dual Reg players allowed to play will go up from 5 to 7 then 7 to 11 and before you know it we'll be nothing but developmental team like the AA and AAA teams they have in american sports.

The true fans of the Championship should not just stand idly by and keep going through the turnstyles like sheep whilst their team, their pride and their heritage are eroded to nothing but column inches on Wikipedia. They should make a stand, a stand for the future and integrity of our game.

Re: Is it time to boycott games? : Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:01 pm  

MICKY1920 wrote:

I thought you already boycotted away games.

Please show me where i have said i boycott away games.

MICKY1920 wrote:

If you don't want to support and cheer the lads on at times when they need it
most it is your choice.

As you said its my choice. Its a good job i have one.

MICKY1920 wrote:

True fans will go no matter what.

That old card. Making out someone isnt a real/true fan just because you dont agree with them.