Removing third grade would have a negative affect on our club. By doing that you really cut down the potential longevity of good club people.
You lose the opportunity to blood young kids and introduce them to senior football.
I don’t want to go on with the cons, because I feel like there are way too many.
Yes clubs are noticeably struggling this year with numbers, but I feel like there are a few reasons for that. Eg. clubs that are further away from town, the fact that ZPL is now a 12 team comp and lastly, clubs are bloody hard to run. There’s very little in the next generation wanting to roll their sleeves up. At our club it’s just the same few guys year in, year out. No young guys are prepared to help out. That’s the reason why Bero folded and it’s likely a reason as to why many clubs are struggling this year. No idea what will happen if those few people at our club decide to take a step back.
Being apart of ZPL should be a privilege and being sorry for being blunt, maybe if you can’t get a squad of 40-50 players, then another division might be more suitable.

But removing third grade for the benefit of a few clubs is certainly not the answer.