The Virtual Terrace • An idea - Amateur Round

Many of us have noticed that the relationship between the pro game and the amateur game seems to have deteriorated, with amateur sides resenting that pro clubs take away their top players for scholarship, then many of them never return, even if they don't get a contract. To help address this, I'd like them to introduce one round per season when NCL Premier sides play curtain raisers before Super League games. This would help promote the amateur game, give them a bit of kudos so players may be more likely to play for them, and give them a small cash boost. I'd couple them with SL games that are less likely to sell out and give out plenty discount tickets for the amateur clubs to sell, something like:

Hunslet Parkside v Egremont - Leeds v Catalans (TV)
Underbank v Kells - Huddersfield v Wigan (TV)
Castleford Lock Lane v Thornhill - Castleford v Hull KR
Normanton v Siddal - Wakefield v Warrington
Thatto Heath v Rochdale Mayfield - St Helens v Salford
West Hull v Wath Brow - Hull FC v London

Edit - swapped the games about

Statistics: Posted by Grimmy — Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:48 pm — Replies 1 — Views 42

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