Dear all
At last evening's conference call we were updated on the work being done by the group.
1) A Review of the options for Men's and Women's Leagues.
2) If the Leagues had to be curtailed at this point, how would we determine Promotion and Relegation?.
3) What possible models we could use to determine Promotion and Relegation? whilst minimising the impact on the integrity of the competition.
We also had to bear in mind, what would happen in what appears to be the unlikely event of the season being allowed to restart .
Would it be right after say after 4 week break to ask players to recommence playing ?, what would be the views of the players?, would they want to play?.
The group were also considering sustainability for clubs and player welfare
The group were to focus on two plans
Plan "A" was if we did not restart and the season finished now, how would we determine promotion and relegation. it was stated there was 7 or 8 options being considered to decide this .
Plan "B" was if we were allowed to restart in say 3 weeks , how we would conclude the season. this was considered to be abortive work but was being done in the unlikely event that it happened,
In terms of priorities the Men's and Women's Leagues would come first. it is unlikely that the County Championship would take place.
Timescale for working group:
Draft report for CGB by Wednesday
Report to Governance by End of March
Proposals to Council 1st of April
The DOCs were invited to put any suggestions to the group via myself on either of the two plans, please bear in mind the big picture ,not individual club cases. Any suggestions
to myself and I will pass on.
Followed by:
Further to my update today which included:-
Plan "B" was if we were allowed to restart in say 3 weeks , how we would conclude the season. this was considered to be abortive work but was being done in the unlikely event that it happened,
It may help for the task force to know if there are strong feelings either way within the clubs.
Without addressing promotion/relegation issues could you (League Contacts) indicate your preference of these three?
1 End season now. No more rugby this season
2 Continue to explore possibility of resuming
3 Unable to commit at this time
Please do not answer with provisos. If your answer depends on other factors please just answer 3.
The sooner we can indicate our opinions the better.
League contacts - please reply by Friday 21.00
