Quote ="Rarebreed"Here's another reason that the Bonus Point is patently unfair:
looking at the Championship table Whitehaven and Batley were both on 39 points (Batley in relegation zone due to 3 points deduction for fielding ineligible player) but Whitehaven had won 11 games to Batley's 10 however Batley were above them because they had an extra bonus point (for losing) and a drawn game.
Remember the points are 3 for a win 2 for a draw, and 1 if lost by 12 or less..
So let's compare a hypothetical club result to emphasise how wrong it could be..let's use Haven and Batley as the example...
Both teams are at 39 points with either being relegation candidates in the battle to stay above 10th in the table, which this year will see them go into the conference league.
Lets suppose that each have two more games to play?
Haven have the easiest run in and Batley the hardest:
Haven are 9th and Batley are 8th (because Batley have a better points difference, even though they have lost one game more than Haven).
So when they play the two games Haven results are (this is now hypothetical, as they are fictitious games) one game won 3 points and one game lost by over 12 points (no bonus point)> Total points to add to the 39 points makes it 42 but scoring ave is still below Batley:
Batley now: Results from their two games: Draw and a loss by 12 points points awarded 2 for a draw and 1 Bonus point = 3 or 42.
The actual games won by Whitehaven would be 12 (see actual results to date in LE) and points 42 Batley actual games won is 10 points 42>> Batley though have the better points average for and against..so Whitehaven finish 10th and are relegated and Batley stay up..
Apologies to fans of either team, I am only using your teams as an example as you are the nearest to the unjust system of the Bonus point ?
Another misnomer is the 2 points for a draw, it used to be a drawn game shared the points equally ie 1 point in SL... this is ok for the two teams concerned, but as the example shows patently unfair for other teams in the competition, if they haven't had any draws or a low bonus point reading..
You might prefer to stick pins up your cuticles, and I'll forgive you if you just say rubbish. and don't bother to read it.'"
this is agreat example, i hate the system and have done since its inception, we got a bonus point on sunday at eagles despite never once being in the lead in the game.
Also some teams are now safe due to bonus points where under the old system they would not be ,against fev we took a pen in the last minute just to get a bonus point,its just wrong
