10th June 2004
Sun Weekly
Let all
teams in, there’s no such thing as a good bye.
During a wonderful life, I have been fortunate to play 50 years of
competitive team sport in both summer grade cricket and in winter grade
hockey. The only thing my team mates and I detested was a bye in the
competition. It meant a lost weekend. The National Rugby League (NRL)
has a bye in its current 15 team competition. I, and hundreds who agree
with me, feel the NRL should eliminate the bye immediately by accepting
all three applications it has before it: the Central Coast, Gold Coast
and Wellington. This would eliminate the bye and spread the game into
more areas. After the debacle and extremely bad press of the past
month, the NRL needs to lift its game and, by admitting the three areas
that want to join the competition, it will gain some lost ground.
MA. Lloyd,
Toowoon Bay
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