If your referring to the club meeting it mostly went over with surprising ease. The move from 22's to 20's was a point of contention with some NPL clubs and the concept of promotion/regulation based on a club championship was good in concept but now may exclude the very youngest teams.Originally Posted by football_macigian23
A lot will hinge on late 2016 when those NewFm willing and able to apply for NPL Licences are assessed, the final number of NPL Licences clubs will determine competition numbers, if promotion/relegation will even exist, if there will be a second tier (Eland apparently did flag a third option of NewFm but with no availability for promotion during the 3 year licence period).
personally I like the idea of spreading some of those talented 21/22's guy around other clubs either in lower NPL or NEwFM sides. Stop some clubs hoarding players on the "chance"they may get some 1st Grade time.
I am a little confused about the claim that an u14 team would be pressured towards the end of a season unduly because the club may be regulated. With 1st Grade being weighted so heavily (50% plus) blame will still lay with the senior sides so the only place such pressure would appear was from the club committee itself in which case they should be publically named and shamed for doing so. Make all the teams feel pat of a club by contributing to the clubs eventual successes.
It is going to be very curious as to if any NewFm clubs aside from Lakes and Sth Cardiff (who already hold NPL Licences) can step up or if we will have two comps with no link between them. Or indeed as Eland pointed out Northern just have a single NPL Comp and then it drops to ID Football.
