Quote Originally Posted by Take it easy View Post
Looking like a lopsided competition
It has been lopsided for years. No easy answer. Playing for your "local" club seems the easiest. Over beers with mates on the weekend, we came up with a point system for NPL/NL1 youth:
1 point if a kid lives within 5km of home ground
2 points if between 5 and 15km of ground
3 points if over 15km of ground.
Dispensations available for remote clubs (i.e., not in greater Newcastle/Lake Macquarie. Dispensations available for family history with a club.
Clubs can spend 20 points per team.
NNSW appoint a commissioner to be final arbitrator.

Call Northern League 1 NPL2 and roll both youth comps into a promotion / relegation system based on club championship system
Senior clubs can't fill youth teams, then back to ZL and give ZL teams a crack.
Comps to be based on the number of actual clubs fielding teams (no multi byes like this year)

Discuss