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  Cranky Brad is here!!! October 2, 2016 at 11:09am

  So would you off been happy to see parra relegated a few years back when we kept winning the wooden spoons.
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  Mo October 2, 2016 at 1:49pm

  Maybe we would have woken up.
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  Morgs82 October 2, 2016 at 2:48pm

  And where would they be relegated too? And who would replace them?
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  Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown October 2, 2016 at 2:49pm

  Bad idea i recon Mo.
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  Mo October 2, 2016 at 3:08pm

  You guys don't realize their Championship competition our NSW Cup is actually a decent comp. They have good crowds compared to 100 people for NSW Cup at times.
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    Mo > Mo October 2, 2016 at 6:12pm

    I've always thought we should have never abandoned the old system. It could easily still be the Dragons. NSW Cup is a joke apart from having the foundation clubs competing. College Football in the USA is more respectable.
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    Mo > Mo October 3, 2016 at 12:46am

    It's not taken as seriously as it should be.
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  sixtiesboy October 2, 2016 at 6:34pm

  The Toronto Wolves are an interesting venture from Canada in the third tier of the English comp. They have just been accepted into the competition, with ambitions to reach Super League status.
  The English competition is not unlike the set up of the EPL and lower divisions, with a history of promotion and relegation. Though the system has changed over the years, it's only possible because they are separate clubs and many obtain financial benefactors. We already have plenty of local clubs in Sydney and all of the Park teams come under the auspices of an NRL club. Therefore, it's just not possible. Throw in massive media deals, guaranteed geographical locations, between 10 and 20 million needed to field a team every year, and you just couldn't have promotion and relegation.
  In the past, when it was just the Sydney premiership, there was a thriving second division, from which Penrith and Cronulla were promoted after their 1966 comps. In that same year Wenty finished second but were rejected due to proximity to Parra. Second division clubs also played Sydney clubs in a couple of pre-season comps, and in one year Wenty beat Parra!