Well yes actually -I do, and would also like to know the reasons behind the decision they voted the way they/he did

Whether it's any of my business is another matter

Don't hold your breath Col!

(P.S. Not intended as a slur on anyone who may have breathing difficulties!

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Not being funny here Harry,but is EGM an Extraordinary General Meeting?

Think our mod friend has upset a few recently Alan - all seemed a bit strange TBH, but struggled to see any insinuation from yours at all. Sure all will be explained in due course

I saw Derek Beaumont in the bar at Rochdale. If I had thought about it at the time, I would have most definitely have asked him. Sadly it slipped my mind.

If I was a betting man however, I would have placed my money on us being one that did vote for the change.

Sure is Cokey, it is called when something further than normal buisness requires all Members/Shareholders are to discuss and have input in circumstances that would not wait untill the Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Yes I do Gubby, my personal feelings is the proposals put forward by SL are just a smokescreen for what is about to come after 2021, the counter proposals submitted by the Non-SL wanted some gaurentees with regards to the funding after this point which seemed very a favouable course of action to me and according to Mr Nicholas from Batley it had the backing from the full contingent of Non-SL clubs, it is quite obviuos from the resulting vote quite a few broke ranks and voted against the counter proposal, I would like to how our club voted, and why? It has also come to light on another platform, (from an official at Coventry Bears) that at the 11th hour Rimmer contacted by Letter all the clubs below SL with what was indicated as a persuasive argument of why they should back the SL proposal. I know there is not a thing I can do about it, but I am interested why the about turn in attitude and commitment of the non-sl clubs happened the way it did.

Thanks for that Harry.

the 9 championship & League 1 clubs that voted for the sl proposal were-Leigh-Sheffield-Rochdale-Coventry-Doncaster-London Skolars-Oldham-Whitehaven-Workington
Source todays League Express

Looks like HR Jr was right again!

That should make us popular with our Championship colleagues!

It may have something to do with funding for next season. In today's LE it says there will be a more even funding level in the championship next season so if we know we will get an extra £100k for example by voting with the SL clubs it makes sense for us to do it with the situation we are in.

Perhaps.

That would work, if the extra £500k or so, each, earned by the top four Championship clubs, is shared amongst the 14. (about £140k+ each)

However, I think it more likely that the majority of that money would find its way back into the SL pot!

I've just posted on the new structure thread about the vote. Surely your club can't have voted for it? Talk about turkeys and Christmas!

That's exactly what i was thinking

To reiterate what I posted on the other thread, again you would have to know investment was on its way to vote that way.

Chalmers who’s been very vocal - as the chair of the Champ and League 1 advisory group - hasn’t said anything other than to explain why he argued against Bradford going up automatically.

Suggests to me that some sort of financial compromise will have been reached.

If the funding is evened out completely you'll almost certainly get slightly get less: approx. £219k v £225k

Level funding will not come into it now, if as we are lead to believe that SL have agreed to award tge relegated club a 500K parachute payment.

Also, the top four Championship clubs, should still surely get their £700k (approx) funding in 2019, for finishing in the top four this season?

Hi Hudd-Shay.

That was my initial thought too. However, despite everyone being supposed to vote for 'the greater good', I guess our owner (along with any others) has to do what he considers best for his club. Selfish, I know, but I can understand why he would vote that way, especially as he should be aware of all the facts and implications of the deal.

Oh I've seen that. As suggested elsewhere the Championship clubs' chairmen should maybe now push for a realistic (for all clubs) salary cap to negate the effect of that.

But if you negate the effect of that, how do you actually get to Super League?

I think its time the lower tiers go it alone. Far better RL down there. They just need to get their fingers out.

You will no longer have to beat SL sides to gain promotion so don't need to match their squads. Any side with £500k more central funding than the rest should (clearly Leigh have proved the exception to that) have a distinct advantage over the other 13 clubs. All that's likely to happen is SL will become a 12 + 1 closed shop with the same couple of clubs going up and down.

Absolutely. I would rather watch Hemel v Leigh than Saints v Wigan

Regards

King James

So would I. Given you'll have at least 4/5 times to watch Saints v Wigan next season.

Boring,

Atomic.