https://www.change.org/p/the-rugby-foot ... e_petition Thoughts?

https://www.change.org/p/the-rugby-foot ... e_petition Thoughts?

I would love to extend the same level of sympathy to Keighley as their fans have to Bradford over recent times.

No problem. Thanks to everyone else that has signed it.

RFL = Joke.

That's exactly what I thought at first,but then I thought yet another almighty balls up by the RFL shouldn't be swept under the carpet

We need a petition to get rid of the muppets at Red Hall

"The Dulls clearly think they have a divine right to SL. If there is a God, shirley he or she will put the final nail in the coffin and dismiss the appeal and also charge so much in fees that they go bust again and go to hell. Not that I'm bitter or anything you understand."

Above is a fairly typical cougar fan response to our troubles earlier this year from their forum. Karma can be a bitch sometimes. There has been no mention on here of that last minute fev try on Sunday that condemned our lovely neighbours to the rugby league wilderness, despite their joy at our expense this year. I think this is because whilst they hate us, most of us pretty much nothing them. But seeing as how you've brought it up, I offer you all the same sympathy you've shown us........




Ps, having said that, the rfl have been a joke over this issue, a crazy situation.

Tbf it is hardly all Keighley fans, even if they do have some Premier league assholes which do seem to send us their occasional wishes as above.

But ultimately what has happened to them is fairly typical. Complete and utter ballsup, followed by on-the-hoof fag-packet swerve and reverse, accompanied by absolutely no worthwhile explanation, and a brazen bluff-it silence in the knowledge that it's tomorrow's chip papers, and they will surely get away with it, like they got away with everything in our case and in many previous cases involving others and other issues.

They have no shame, no sense of embarrassment, and feel absolutely no need whatsoever to account to the fans for their actions, however bizarre.

There'll be other lessons too, first that many talk a good game, but a much smaller proportion ever bother to actually do anything, even sign a petition. And finally that it'll just be a total waste of time, as it will achieve nothing, except to show the RFL that only a tiny proportion of RL fans are even bothered to sign up.

Only a court case would potentially achieve anything, but they all tend to fizzle out into damp squibs, so I'm afraid unless the Cougars put up the money to take the fight to court, they might as well move on in the time-honoured way their trolls regularly encourage us to do.

Keighley should have cut their cloth accordingly

Am I being really thick but Keighley are 10th aren't they? So how are they being relegated?
I don't understand.

Bottom 5 go to make way for the wonderful new league structure.

I'm going to say I'll sign the petition but unfortunately I doubt it'll do much.

I agree with FA it needs a court case to expose this lot.

Agree entirely, not fit for purpose- make a mockery of our great game.

Bottom five? How does that work? Do they not need 12 teams in the league next year?
I still don't get it!

Ironically the RFL fans survey dropped into my email box yesterday too. They want to know how well they're doing, and what the fans think of them! I hope whoever reads mine isn't easily offended. I should imagine there's slim chances of the results ever being published, but I don't imagine their approval ratings from BD postcodes will be that high.

yes: 14 plus 2 superleague demoted plus one Ch1 promoted minus 5 Ch demoted = 12.

The real mockery is the fat mans huge wage packet. How can someone so incompetent earn so much!!!!

He's underpaid, but sticks it out as they also pour ungodly amounts into a whacking great pension pot

Signed.

Though I share the view of others that it won't work. If petitions actually did anything they'd be illegal.

I do feel it's only right that the RFL know peoples' feelings though, but I guess they are in full defensive mode right now.

Incidentally, I disagree with the view that ALL keighley fans are against the Bulls - a few keyboard warriors is far from all Keighley fans and in any case, what is wrong is wrong, whoever is involved and this is plain wrong.

Also signed. It's wrong. It's funny, but it's wrong.

signed. If theres evidence others broke the rules why arent the RFL testing that evidence by punishing those clubs, then appointing the same members to the appeal tribunal that would be bound to follow. if they approved the appeal they would then have to rescind their previous decision, if they upheld the punishment they would have to rescind their previous decision. But no doubt there's special circumstances that allow the RFL to do what they want and *** to being fair. A cheats charter.

You're probably forgetting that York have been promoted.

Oh I know that, but off this site I know 3 Keighley fans in the real world, all three hate us and have not been backwards in telling me so this past year and how much they enjoyed our relegation. So 100% of the Keighley fans I know are against the Bulls.



But I have signed the petition, despite it having zero chance to change anything, as like you say, this is just plain wrong from the rfl as far as I can see, and I hope its put right, despite the possible benefit to Keighley

I don't think they have. As far as I know they need to their win grand final or finishing top counts for zip.

If i understand it right,last season loads of clubs broke the rules, but we cant really punish them now can we ? so the rfl have said because we cant punish them,we cant really punish clubs who have done the same this season,so they've given donny and batley there points back

Unlikely that the majority of Bulls fans, would feel so vindictive towards the Cougars being relegated. To be honest the whole structure of the way the Bonus points have taken away the right of the teams is wrong IMO.Those teams who have won the most games to be below teams in the league simply because they have lost games by less than 12 points, thus not earning an extra bonus point because of it.
In Keighley's case it so happened they won 12 games which was the same as Whitehaven and Batley (after restoration of the 3 deducted points) but the 1 draw was the difference. It's a great shame that a team that suffered the loss of it's player coach for a month, courtesy of the judiciary panel at the RFL, at probably a critical time in the season is being placed in the near amateur ranks of a lower division. Let's hope they can survive it all? Like you I believe a petition will be a waste of time, as they unfortunately could not say that Batley would have replaced them as relegated, if the status had remained, ie that a point deduction hadn't been made in the first instance. Keighley would still be a point adrift due to the fact Batley had drawn a game which Keighley hadn't. Harsh isn't the word for the farcical situation the RFL have created for the whole game.

The role need a rocket. It's about time the whole game was run in a professional manner. It makes me sick that our sports been left in the hands of a team of tozzers. It really needs a shake up.

Why cannot the RFL punish them now? points clearly irrelevant as the season is gone, so it would need to be a fine, ban on signing any new players or similar.