As we approach the GF and the end of another season what changes to the game in general would you like to see for next season and also to things at the KC. The playing side of things are covered quite intensively on here so nothing to do with who you would like to see signed or retained.

I would like to see the following.

East Stand to be all reserved so that it can be truly sold out for big matches.
No beer allowed in the stands, though I am certain this will be the case following one or two incidents at the end of the season.
Derby match to be all reserved as well so that we can get a full house.

Change to the date when Sky can change fixtures giving us at least 6 weeks notice.
Last matches of the regular season all to kick off at the same time so that we get a more dramatic finish which can capture the imagination of the TV audience.

A change to the overseas rule meaning each club can only have 5 foreign players. Foreign being born away from the UK or France. Whilst I am sure employment laws mean that "Europeans" can work anywhere in the UK I am sure self regulation could work.

At least 1 if not 2 Four nations matches to be played at the KC. This is a must after the debacle last season.
The BBC to produce a highlights programme that is professional and not a love in between Grayson, Paul and Harris that is shown nationally on Sunday's at about 6pm.

Sky to get live NRL back on their agenda.


Just a few things to consider I am sure most of us have thoughts on laws and administration, but as I say try not to make this a thread on the playing and coaching side of things at Hull FC as we have plenty of threads on that.

Not possible, has to have a %ge unreserved because of the license,

They'll be allowing beer in seats next season.

see previous

He who pays the piper, and all that.

again, Sky are in charge, they need at least 3 televised games for the last round.

So, you want to breach the Human Rights act, fair enough.

Why? how is that fair on the other fans of RL?

Again, WHY? there is no real appetite for SL out of the heartlands.

What would I like to see?

An end to "on report"
back to "proper" scrums
video/panel of 3 referees at every game
decent beer at the KC

That only apply to FC games then ?

I am not 100% certain Hutchie, but I know it's a condition of our operational license, it may also depend on the liability insurance in place etc.

City and GB have had capacitys with reserved mate.

Only condition i know of is the 10% rule if any are un-res

Didn't rule say a few months back that they were looking at making the whole east stand reserved? May have been one of the fc voices meetings

You can make a stand fully reserved. The 10% rule applies to season passes ie you can't sell the ground out fully on season passes.

The main problem with having all the games on at the same time on the last day of the season is who the Frick is going to watch them on sky? The majority of fans will be at the games.

Would like to see 4 touch judges...1 for each 1/4 of pitch and also when you boot the ball out over the dead ball line while attacking..say from 30mtrs out...if it goes dead you have tap from where ball was kicked.

Salary cap increased for clubs running a financially sound business.

10% if for safety reasons on un -res, cant say ive heard of it for SP's

why, so we can pay people even more than they are worth?

Not at all. 10% extra cap could be the difference between 2-3 younger players being thrown on the scrapheap at 20.

I think thats right Karl in fact I am sure it is, I think we could see east being reserved next season, who knows, but can't see beer being back myself, still a decision on that will be made in the new year I guess. Depends how the RL viewed our efforts in introducing this ban after the trouble last season.

Personally I think that the cap should reward teams that get big gates and are solvent, simply because they and the fans have made the effort, and not just sat back and lived on the Sky money and handouts from their directors perhaps an additional 100,000 for clubs who get gates over 12,000 would encourage those who don't to try harder. Just my thoughts though.

I would like one major rule change for starters.
The second a try is scored the clock is stopped and the kicker is allowed one minute before he has to take the kick which should not come from the game's time.
12 kicks at goals by a dominant team means the fans miss 12 minutes of playing entertainment.

It definately applies to football but maybe rugby is different? City had to have about 1900 match day tickets available for all home games for instance.

What I'd change if I was the boss:

Encourage Touch Judges to actually have some input into a game.

Some sort of salary cap exemption for home-grown players, to work as an incentive to improve youth set-ups etc.

Stop the whole swapping nations thing at international level.

Prevent clubs from having more than five players from Aus/NZ in their squads.

Make a rule that SL clubs can sign upto 5 more players from 'emerging nations' (basically anywhere other than Aus/NZ). E.g. French players would only have 50% of their salary on their quota, Irish 20%, Samoan 30%. Signing Aussies on Maltese passports, for instance, would not count. To count as a player from that nation, a player must be eligable and make a formal announcement of their nationality, which they will not be able to swap.

Bring back some form of the Yorks/Lancs cups as season openers.

Cut the playoffs down to 6 clubs.

Scrums allowed to be contested.

Very possible we'd be back to the bad old days though, where clubs bought players they didn't really need just to stop other clubs signing them.

The only problem with that is that it would mean TJ's actually do something.
We all know they are only there to look pretty.

It is possible and I know it is just one option they are thinking about for East Stand next season, the percentage of unreserved applies to the capacity as a whole.

If they make the whole East Stand reserved next season then it will rule a fair number of people out of going, it's unnecessary at this moment in time, attendances are only going to go down (IMHO)

Can I also mention the fact that folks want to go back to old fasioned scrums.
People seem to have forgotten what normally happened when we had contested scrums that being a scrum sometimes taking up to 2 mins due to the constant resets.
I don't want to watch 10 mins of scrums per game personally.

It's Rugby, the scrum is an integral part of the game, with contested scrums we'd see a lot more skill return to the game.

Then lets have a tap restart then.

On that point I agree.

or maybe a lineout!