Boots n all grades the contenders

[shaggy]

hey i found the boots n all website, grading the clubs chances of being given a franchise lisence

Licence to thrill

Last updated: 26th June 2008

The new Super League licensing system is set to transform rugby league as we know it from next season and beyond.


Promotion and relegation has been removed and from next year places in the top flight will only be awarded to teams who successfully apply for a licence.

Clubs are required to meet a certain standard and in July we will learn which teams have been granted licences to operate in Super League for the three years beginning in 2009

Over the next few weeks, Boots 'n' All will be taking a close look at the clubs competing for a place and up to 14 of the 19 clubs who have applied are expected to be successful. See how your club fared by clicking on the link below...

Club Licensing Grade

Catalans B

Wigan B

Leeds A

Hull KR B

St Helens A

Celtic Crusaders B

Hull A

Featherstone B

Bradford B

Widnes B

Leigh B

Huddersfield B

Salford B

Castelford C

Warrington A

Wakefield B

Halifax C

Harlequins B

Here's how the criteria are calculated...

Facilities



Teams will get one point for having a stadium with a capacity of 12,000 or more.
Another point will be awarded if the ground meets the standards of a premier competition in the 21st century. Attendances


A point will be awarded to clubs with an average attendance of around 10,000 spectators.
Another point will be awarded if stadiums are operating at 40 per cent capacity.

Finances


Teams will receive a point if they are solvent.
Another point is up for grabs if their turnover is more than £4million.

Player Strength


Teams earn one point if they are considered to have made a contribution to the competition - that means averaging a place in the top eight over each of the last three seasons.
Another point is available to clubs who make a 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 this country.

Salary Cap


One point is on offer to teams who have not committed a major breach of the salary cap in the last three seasons.

Geographical Expansion


The final point goes to clubs who don't have another rugby league club within a 20-mile radius.

Total Score


8 or more points - A Licence
5 or more points - B Licence
Less than 5 points - C Licence

It is thought teams who achieve an A or B Licence will be awarded a place in Super League, while those who achieve a C Licence will undergo further scrutiny before the RFL decide who makes the final cut.

http://www.skysports.com/tv_show/story/0,20144,12392_3145387_12387,00.html

 

[Evil Homer]

In all honesty, that's a complete load of rubbish. Those 'grades' were decided by a woman with very limited knowledge of RL - the only reason she has a job at Sky is because she did a good impression of Mystic Meg on a Boots N All 'feature' a few years ago, no joke. That's not even the criteria being used for this year, it is the 2012 criteria and will probably have been replaced by a sliding scale by then. I will never know why people listen to Angela Powers or the idiots on Boots N All. I'm tempted to lock this thread, in all honesty you'd be just as well drawing letters from a hat.

 

[The Tank]

In all honesty, that's a complete load of rubbish. Those 'grades' were decided by a woman with very limited knowledge of RL - the only reason she has a job at Sky is because she did a good impression of Mystic Meg on a Boots N All 'feature' a few years ago, no joke. That's not even the criteria being used for this year, it is the 2012 criteria and will probably have been replaced by a sliding scale by then. I will never know why people listen to Angela Powers or the idiots on Boots N All. I'm tempted to lock this thread, in all honesty you'd be just as well drawing letters from a hat.

Someone's got sand in their vagina

 

[Evil Homer]

Someone's got sand in their vagina

:lol:

It's true though. The only reason Sky have done this 'survey' is to fill up some time in their hour-long show each week. I would be very surprised if more than 5 of those 'grades' were accurate.

 

[roughyedspud]

sky are using the criteria for 2012...not next year

 

[bartman]

According to those "grades" there are 16 A & B teams that Sky say will be offered a place out of the 14 places available?

Also interesting to see they rate Cas as below clubs like Featherstone and Leigh? I find that hard to fathom. And they also don't bother to rate Toulouse bid at all...