They had to have application underway and ground work in place at season start. They were probably best situated to do this with the junior club of 700 plus players and an appetite between the juniors and seniors club. The federation could see that it?s very achievableOriginally Posted by northern_swan
I will be interested to see how future clubs that may get promoted such as Croatia, Suns, Uni etc that don?t have juniors go about it. Will the federation just accept a club saying they will have PYL the following season from scratch?
Is it realistic to think a club could actually set up a PYL program from scratch in a year with zero junior base.
Croatia look the most likely to come up and I think most people would agree the federation might be reluctant to accept an application from a club without a proper home ground yet. If that?s the case in the short term I think it?s tough on the club to be forced up but then can only go as high as 5th. They have been back for what 4yrs realistically they are still establishing the club to ensure it?s here for the long run in senior football then to expect them to in the space of a year set up a premier youth program is really a big undertaking.
I think all teams promoted from ZL1 to NL1 should have a 2 or 3 year window where they have time to get PYL in place but in those years if they make finals they can play in them.
The federation want the best teams in these top 2 comps of senior men?s football but then have the caveat of needing jnrs to play finals. In 5 years time there may be 5 teams in a comp eligible for finals. That would be a bad look.
I?d be interested other peoples thoughts cause with Dudley safe it means an NL1 team from last year is getting relegated so all of a sudden after 1 year or promotion and relegation this comp has 2 teams from ZL1 in it and next year could be another ?established? club relegated for a team with no junior program
