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<blockquote data-quote="SaintsFan_Webby" data-source="post: 85888"><p>I just find this to be such a duff argument. In football, for instance, you don't see teams not investing in their infrastructure becase of the threat of relegation. Look at Southampton - they fought against the drop for years, but this didn't stop them from building a new state-of-the-art ground. If teams are that scared by relegation, maybe a professional environment is the wrong place for them?</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Don't shoot the messenger - I'm not saying I necessarily agree wih a closed league, I'm just providing a number of the arguments which can be seen for it.</p><p></p><p>Take Leeds for example. Despite being a Premiership team for several seasons, they always looked like a relegation risk, and had to live in the shadow of League team, the Rhinos. I honestly think that a combination of the threat of relegation and lack of initial popularity made potential investors from any area shy away.</p><p></p><p>The ground is bad, the fan base is small, and if there is no guarantee of a place in the top league then why bother with the Union side? Just concentrate on the successful League team and everythin will be rosy.</p><p></p><p>Now I'm not saying no relegation would suddenly have turned the whole of Yorkshire to Union, but I do think it would have made a difference to the popularity and facilities for the sport up north.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="SaintsFan_Webby, post: 85888"] I just find this to be such a duff argument. In football, for instance, you don't see teams not investing in their infrastructure becase of the threat of relegation. Look at Southampton - they fought against the drop for years, but this didn't stop them from building a new state-of-the-art ground. If teams are that scared by relegation, maybe a professional environment is the wrong place for them? [/b][/quote] Don't shoot the messenger - I'm not saying I necessarily agree wih a closed league, I'm just providing a number of the arguments which can be seen for it. Take Leeds for example. Despite being a Premiership team for several seasons, they always looked like a relegation risk, and had to live in the shadow of League team, the Rhinos. I honestly think that a combination of the threat of relegation and lack of initial popularity made potential investors from any area shy away. The ground is bad, the fan base is small, and if there is no guarantee of a place in the top league then why bother with the Union side? Just concentrate on the successful League team and everythin will be rosy. Now I'm not saying no relegation would suddenly have turned the whole of Yorkshire to Union, but I do think it would have made a difference to the popularity and facilities for the sport up north. [/QUOTE]
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