Interested in reading people’s opinions on the PPS and if they feel it is working or if it is time to go back to the previous model?

The PPS was from memory put in place to lower the player wages, make the comp more even and promote or fast track for a better word young players to a higher level.

My take on it is,

1 - The player wages have not slowed or decreased since the introduction of the PPS if anything the player wages have grown significantly in the period.

2 – Make the comp more even? Last season was remarkably close from top of the table to 6th or 7th but then day light to the perennial bottom 3 clubs of Adamstown, Valo and Lakes. The top 4 has been made up predominately of the same 4-5 clubs every season of the PPS with Edgeworth winning almost every Premiership since its inception and the bottom 3 clubs have almost certainly been the same 3 or 4 clubs.

3- Fast track the development of young players? How many players do we currently have playing A League from the local NPL? How many national team players at any level have we produced since the inception of the PPS? Very few is the answer. The PPS can also hinder the development of young players who develop later that 20 years of age (I’ll wait for expected “if you are not playing first grade at 20 years old then you will never be good enough” brigade). Players hit their peaks at a later age now, play to any older age and most certainly appear to still be developing at an older age also. How can anybody honestly look at a 20 year and say the player has hit full development?

My thoughts are that the PPS has run its race and it is time to stop the restrictions on clubs. The previous model worked. We may see a club come out of the blue and splash the cash to buy a comp but everybody knows that this is not sustainable and the club that does this will almost certainly be relegated once the splash of cash dries up. Get rid of the PPS, return to an open Reserve Grade and move 18’s to 19’s or 20’s and implement promotion and relegation between the divisions for the comp will prosper. If people don’t agree with promotion and relegation then why not have a play off for the spot that the last placed NPL team plays of against the premiers of the 1st Div at the home ground of the 1st Div premiers? This would attract huge interest and be a big cash injection for both clubs but even more so for the home side and double as a leg up to compete financial for both sides the following season.