Doncaster RLFC • Re: Ottawa & League One
Just another thought...
Imagine Ottawa and New York entered League One in 2021, with this being the last year of League One's existence, and one or both didn't get promoted, the RFL would face a huge dilemma as their expansion plans would be shot to pieces.
If these two clubs have huge budgets and both did get promoted, no current sides would get out of League One in 2021. This season and next season would then be the only realistic hopes for current sides in the bottom league to escape the chop.
But there's an even stranger thing that could happen! If Ottawa and New York were 'fast-tracked' in the Championship in 2021, they could be the ones who get relegated at the end of the season and have nowhere to go! Could it be a fair bet they will be given a 'relegation exemption clause'?
I'm feeling uncomfortable about all of this. Do we really want a rugby league without the likes of Hunslet, Oldham, Keighley, Workington, Whitehaven, Newcastle, and possibly the Dons? No we don't. This cannot be allowed to happen!
Imagine Ottawa and New York entered League One in 2021, with this being the last year of League One's existence, and one or both didn't get promoted, the RFL would face a huge dilemma as their expansion plans would be shot to pieces.
If these two clubs have huge budgets and both did get promoted, no current sides would get out of League One in 2021. This season and next season would then be the only realistic hopes for current sides in the bottom league to escape the chop.
But there's an even stranger thing that could happen! If Ottawa and New York were 'fast-tracked' in the Championship in 2021, they could be the ones who get relegated at the end of the season and have nowhere to go! Could it be a fair bet they will be given a 'relegation exemption clause'?
I'm feeling uncomfortable about all of this. Do we really want a rugby league without the likes of Hunslet, Oldham, Keighley, Workington, Whitehaven, Newcastle, and possibly the Dons? No we don't. This cannot be allowed to happen!
Statistics: Posted by Double Movement — Wed Jul 10, 2019 2:31 pm