Relegation Confirmed for Championship

The cat is now firmly amongst the pigeons - come on Richmond!

If Wasps are unable to field a side, then I get it, although it will leave us with a division of 11… again!!
However, if they relegate the bottom side and include Wasps then this is nothing short of disgraceful.

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Edited by corporalcarrot - 21 Apr 2023 at 16:58

corporalcarrot wrote: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuP4Xz4WwAAXy36?format=jpg&name=360x360 Championship Twitter notification Brizzer wrote: If Wasps are unable to field a side, then I get it, although it will leave us with a division of 11… again!! However, if they relegate the bottom side and include Wasps then this is nothing short of disgraceful. I'm probably missing something but if one club is promoted and another is relegated AND Wasps are brought in doesn't that give a Championship of thirteen rather than eleven and a Premiership of eleven? Perhaps the clubs who have a bye in each league can play each other. Twelve in each may make more sense as the RFU don't want Ealing or Jersey perhaps they should place Wasps straight back into the premiership.

Yes 13… sorry my bad.
I really do not have a problem with relegation, but the whole Wasps thing does not sit comfortably with me. They went bust owing 10’s of millions and they have been rewarded with a place in Tier 2. They don’t have a squad, so they will come knocking on the doors of players from Ealing, Jersey, Coventry and probably many others, promising premiership rugby as that is where they will ultimately end up. That, quite simply, is not right and the RFU are failing to see, or just ignoring, how wrong that is.
So, if they stay, then how can you relegate clubs who play within the rules? And no CC, the place for Wasps is not the PL.

corporalcarrot wrote: Brizzer wrote: corporalcarrot wrote: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuP4Xz4WwAAXy36?format=jpg&name=360x360 Championship Twitter notification Brizzer wrote: If Wasps are unable to field a side, then I get it, although it will leave us with a division of 11… again!! However, if they relegate the bottom side and include Wasps then this is nothing short of disgraceful. I'm probably missing something but if one club is promoted and another is relegated AND Wasps are brought in doesn't that give a Championship of thirteen rather than eleven and a Premiership of eleven? Perhaps the clubs who have a bye in each league can play each other. Twelve in each may make more sense as the RFU don't want Ealing or Jersey perhaps they should place Wasps straight back into the premiership. Yes 13… sorry my bad. I really do not have a problem with relegation, but the whole Wasps thing does not sit comfortably with me. They went bust owing 10’s of millions and they have been rewarded with a place in Tier 2. They don’t have a squad, so they will come knocking on the doors of players from Ealing, Jersey, Coventry and probably many others, promising premiership rugby as that is where they will ultimately end up. That, quite simply, is not right and the RFU are failing to see, or just ignoring, how wrong that is. So, if they stay, then how can you relegate clubs who play within the rules? And no CC, the place for Wasps is not the PL. I bet you a Hackett sausage roll they are back in the premiership within a few years. Wouldn't it be better just to get on with it and save the waste of time?

No, they need to earn that right again, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they didn’t go for some sort of collaboration.

Brizzer wrote: corporalcarrot wrote: Brizzer wrote: corporalcarrot wrote: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuP4Xz4WwAAXy36?format=jpg&name=360x360 Championship Twitter notification Brizzer wrote: If Wasps are unable to field a side, then I get it, although it will leave us with a division of 11… again!! However, if they relegate the bottom side and include Wasps then this is nothing short of disgraceful. I'm probably missing something but if one club is promoted and another is relegated AND Wasps are brought in doesn't that give a Championship of thirteen rather than eleven and a Premiership of eleven? Perhaps the clubs who have a bye in each league can play each other. Twelve in each may make more sense as the RFU don't want Ealing or Jersey perhaps they should place Wasps straight back into the premiership. Yes 13… sorry my bad. I really do not have a problem with relegation, but the whole Wasps thing does not sit comfortably with me. They went bust owing 10’s of millions and they have been rewarded with a place in Tier 2. They don’t have a squad, so they will come knocking on the doors of players from Ealing, Jersey, Coventry and probably many others, promising premiership rugby as that is where they will ultimately end up. That, quite simply, is not right and the RFU are failing to see, or just ignoring, how wrong that is. So, if they stay, then how can you relegate clubs who play within the rules? And no CC, the place for Wasps is not the PL. I bet you a Hackett sausage roll they are back in the premiership within a few years. Wouldn't it be better just to get on with it and save the waste of time? No, they need to earn that right again, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they didn’t go for some sort of collaboration.

I'm not sure that Wasps need to earn the right again mate. Ealing earned the right last season but it didn't seem to matter. Surely the only thing that is important is that the RFU and Prem Clubs want Wasps and they make the rules so surely it would be better to just get on with it and put them back in the prem next season. Seems more sensible than having odd numbers of clubs in the top two leagues. None of this stuff has anything to do with results on the pitch or the winner of the game at St Peter today would earn the right.

Indeed. There's not a scintilla of a case for that non-club (which it is at the moment) being within ten divisions of the Prem.

I understand  Corporate Carrots stance and it is intrinsically linked to where we are where we are going ..or not going  

Brizzer wrote: If Wasps are unable to field a side, then I get it, although it will leave us with a division of 11… again!! However, if they relegate the bottom side and include Wasps then this is nothing short of disgraceful.