Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:27 pm  

We all know now that Widnes have been granted a license for superleague but reading this Halifax wouldn't be an option even if RFL are looking to add another team. But the reigning Co-operative Championship champions will get a second chance when the final make up of the competition is announced in July after being told they do meet the criteria for membership of the top flight. http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/lo ... _1_3239592 Surely they cannot demote a second superleague team on this basis.

We all know now that Widnes have been granted a license for superleague but reading this Halifax wouldn't be an option even if RFL are looking to add another team. But the reigning Co-operative Championship champions will get a second chance when the final make up of the competition is announced in July after being told they do meet the criteria for membership of the top flight. http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/lo ... _1_3239592 Surely they cannot demote a second superleague team on this basis.

Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:28 pm  

Surely Halifax will now have to meet the harder criteria SL teams have to meet? And not the pathetic Championship criteria of 2500 average attendance, 1m turnover etc?

Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:36 pm  

Gaslight wrote:

Surely Halifax will now have to meet the harder criteria SL teams have to meet? And not the pathetic Championship criteria of 2500 average attendance, 1m turnover etc?

Compare Fax now with us in NL1 would they even compete with that? I doubt it, so how will they compete now?

There is a strong suggestion that Fax failed because of the lack of youth development so demoting us would be laughable.

Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:07 pm  

The whole idea of promoting Widnes into Super League 4 months before the current clubs find out who is to be demoted is surely to allow them time to build a good team to compete in the league, even though it is supposedly illegal to approach players before September.

However, this concept of Halifax going into the hat along with all current clubs (Minus Widnes) for the other 13 spots is surely just a smokescreen to keep current clubs on their toes.

If it isn't, why promote a team so early (Widnes), to give them a much needed advantage in player recruitment so they can at least compete with the current clubs, if they are then going to add another team (Halifax) 4 months later without the same amount of time to build a squad, it makes no sense.

But this is the RFL so anything is possible.

Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:54 pm  

Cas Man wrote:

However, this concept of Halifax going into the hat along with all current clubs (Minus Widnes) for the other 13 spots is surely just a smokescreen to keep current clubs on their toes.

That what I am telling myself too.

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Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:23 pm  

Gaslight wrote:

Surely Halifax will now have to meet the harder criteria SL teams have to meet? And not the pathetic Championship criteria of 2500 average attendance, 1m turnover etc?

Those are the criteria a club needs, in order to be considered. They're not the criteria to cross the winning line. Or at least that's how I understand it.

Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:32 pm  

from how i understand it fax still get measured against the championship critiria for july with the current superleague clubs going against the higher standard critiria

Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:33 pm  

i dont see where halifax have a chance of coming up,if they did it would meen 3 super league teams within close proximety "hudds,fax, bradford" whilst the league wouldnt have a representative from the wakefield district which of course is one rl`s hotbeds of not only fans but junior talent,whilst the hetheringtons would love a big void between leeds and hull this wont happen and it will be straight call for the chop cas or wakey.imho on the information we have we have a stronger case than wakefield but only marginally and the adminstration for wakefield and out A1 development programme will see us given the nod.

Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:58 pm  

braytontiger wrote:

i dont see where halifax have a chance of coming up,if they did it would meen 3 super league teams within close proximety "hudds,fax, bradford" whilst the league wouldnt have a representative from the wakefield district which of course is one rl`s hotbeds of not only fans but junior talent,whilst the hetheringtons would love a big void between leeds and hull this wont happen and it will be straight call for the chop cas or wakey.imho on the information we have we have a stronger case than wakefield but only marginally and the adminstration for wakefield and out A1 development programme will see us given the nod.

So what your saying is, just because Hudds, and Bradford are there means we cant come up/

those 2 are never going to get kicked out so does that mean we will never get back in ever again until this franchise rubbish ends??

Re: Halifax not coming up?! : Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:33 pm  

faxtastic wrote:

So what your saying is, just because Hudds, and Bradford are there means we cant come up/

those 2 are never going to get kicked out so does that mean we will never get back in ever again until this franchise rubbish ends??

imho yes,not my choice but where you are on the map seems to be the biggest clue to any clubs hopes and 3 teams in super league from the same area doesnt fit in with the rfl`s expansion plan neither does 2 clubs from the wakefield district.