: Fri May 08, 2009 9:07 am  

daft idea. the crowds would be tiny as a lot of people would be put off paying the normal admission price for what they would view as a reserve team game. personally a better option would be say a ruling stating that under 20 players have to start a certain amount of games, basically meaning 1 player under that age must start a game every so often

: Fri May 08, 2009 9:23 am  

Whilst I dont think a round of games involving under 20s would work, what I dont like is clubs being punished for fielding under strength teams. If a team chooses to rest a load of players it should be upto them, not the RFL to start kicking off about it.

: Fri May 08, 2009 9:52 am  

Eurob0y wrote:

Whilst I dont think a round of games involving under 20s would work, what I dont like is clubs being punished for fielding under strength teams. If a team chooses to rest a load of players it should be upto them, not the RFL to start kicking off about it.

I feel quite unclean for saying this, but I completely agree with you.

: Fri May 08, 2009 9:56 am  

Someone with a legal background may be able to help here...


wouldnt this be age discrimination?

: Fri May 08, 2009 11:36 am  

Lawrie L wrote:

Someone with a legal background may be able to help here...


wouldnt this be age discrimination?

Maybe a case of positive discrimination? A tactic put in place by a number of firms I think.

Of course, that could be complete and utter tosh!

: Fri May 08, 2009 11:56 am  

It'd be great. Saints are still just as likely to win so I'm all for it. Some of the sides who take less care over their academy setups might not agree. It would also be interesting to see who'd win between Catalans and Celtic, as surely those two would have to be playing each other?

: Fri May 08, 2009 12:01 pm  

Eurob0y wrote:

Whilst I dont think a round of games involving under 20s would work, what I dont like is clubs being punished for fielding under strength teams. If a team chooses to rest a load of players it should be upto them, not the RFL to start kicking off about it.

Provided they are up front about it and they offer the season ticket holders that do not wish to attend a refund between the usual price and the price for attending an academy game no problem

The clubs have a duty to protect the integrity/quality of the entertainment on offer

: Fri May 08, 2009 12:42 pm  

Eurob0y wrote:

Whilst I dont think a round of games involving under 20s would work, what I dont like is clubs being punished for fielding under strength teams. If a team chooses to rest a load of players it should be upto them, not the RFL to start kicking off about it.

Oh my god. Who has hacked your account? You can't have posted that.

Like El Diablo, I agree.

Yuk!

: Fri May 08, 2009 12:46 pm  

Eccleshill Rhino wrote:

Provided they are up front about it and they offer the season ticket holders that do not wish to attend a refund between the usual price and the price for attending an academy game no problem

The clubs have a duty to protect the integrity/quality of the entertainment on offer

The coaches have a duty to pick the team in the best interests of the players, the team and the club over the season. The fans pay to see the team the coach picks. End of chat. It might be frustrating but that's life.

: Sat May 09, 2009 9:44 am  

Eccleshill Rhino wrote:

Provided they are up front about it and they offer the season ticket holders that do not wish to attend a refund between the usual price and the price for attending an academy game no problem

The clubs have a duty to protect the integrity/quality of the entertainment on offer

No they dont. The clubs have a duty to have the best interests of the team at heart. If this means resting some players who are jaded, so be it.