signed

I, too have just signed the petition.

However I would be even happier to sign a petition of no confidence in Nigel Wood & his fellow directors of the RFL. In my opinion they are the biggest bunch of inept and self gratifying buffoons this side of Sepp Blatter & FIFA.

Yeah - but they weren't on that Independent Appeals Committee, were they ?

Signed even though I am risking losing the chips at batley :p

A good point, just unsigned, me and another hundred.

Signed.

Signed

Signed and posted on facebook

The best way out of this sorry mess is to go with a middle 12 of 13 next season and relegate an extra club, the RFL have messed up, they should bear the brunt of it, and do right by both clubs.



Equally, they should pay sheffield the extra prize money out of central funds.

The reason why the appeals panel overturned the ruling was based on precedent, saying other teams in previous seasons who had done the same thing had not had a points deduction.



Well what punishment did they receive?



If these latest clubs in question receive no punishment then that changes the precedent allowing teams to break these rules with no jeopardy.



They would say " Batley did it, Doncaster did it and were not held to account so how can you hold us to account for doing the same thing."



It's another farce that sums up just where the sport is leadership wise, Disney Land, if fact the joke is Mickey Mouse was seen wearing a RFL watch.

I'm not sure Sheffield lost out on prize money. But - hey - if you feel bad about it, feel free to send a cheque.





13 next season ? Well, six extra fixture dates - where will those fit in ? And, of course, what's going to happen to the Summer Bash ? Not insurmountable, I suppose, but certainly a consideration.

In my opinion, this was completely flawed. It's akin to going to court for a speeding offence with the defence "Well, my mate was speeding last week but he didn't get fined [size=50because nobody caught him[/size so I shouldn't get fined either."