Do you think Hull FC will have a super league licence next time around?




The club plays in an excellent stadium and has high attendances. The club is well organised in all areas of marketing - particularly its community and Customer Relationship Management programmes – and is commercially strong. The club has historic and projected profits and operates with little external financial input. Despite a recent dip in playing form this season the club achieves high marks in most areas of playing strength.

Do you think our 2years of poor form will effect our licence?

I believe it is guaranteed by the A licence in the current franchise period.

Why not??

guaranteed at least a B next time round.

From what i remember, licenses can only fall one grade at a time, so at the 2012 licensing, we can be no lower than a B.

Performance on the pitch is only one of the 10 (?) criteria points anyway, so I'd still expect us to achieve an A.

We draw too much of a big crowd in RL terms to be even denied a license full stop.

Easily.

To get one point, you also have to fill a certain percentage of the ground, I am led to believe we would fall under this is the east stand is expanded. Another point is awarded for finishing in the top 8 for 3 consecutive seasons. The minimum requirement to obtain a grade 'A' is to get 8 points. Last time we got a grade 'A' by getting awarded 8 points, I believe next time around we will be given 7, therefore we will be downgraded to a grade 'B' club.

I thought it was an average finish of 8th over the 3 seasons, could be wrong though.

It's more likely to be me that's wrong tbh!

Your correct.

Either way, it looks like we'll be fooked if we carry on like this!

What was it we missed 2 points on? I know one will be the 'no club within 30 miles'.

I think it was a salary cap breach

Ah ye. Was more of an accounting error wasn't it? Still counts though. I'd have thought that this would have ellapsed by the next round of franchises though?

under the current marking system clubs can ONLY be marked downward by one place.

We currently have and we can only slip down to B, stop worrying its not as if we have a C is it

Stadium with a capacity of 12,000 or more. 1
Ground meets the standards of a premier competition in the 21st century 1
Average attendance of around 10,000 spectators 1
Stadium operating at 40 per cent capacity (40% of 23,000 = 9,200) 1
Solvent. 1
Turnover is more than £4 million. 1
Averaging a place in the top eight over each of the last three seasons. 0
Contribution to home-grown player development. That means at least eight members of a first-team squad of 25 should be discovered, trained and developed in the team's home country (United Kingdom or France) 1
Not committed a major breach of the salary cap in the last three seasons 1
No other rugby league club within a 20-mile radius. 0

8 points, isn't it?

8 or more points - A licence
5-7 points - B licence
4 points or less - C licence

having a useless coach should be minus 8 points, might make our lot see sense and sack the moron.