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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 399644" data-attributes="member: 13739">Moving the premiership to the Summer if an intersting idea, and something I&#039;ve never considered tbh. That certainly could work very well, it would mean people could support both regions and clubs (money permitting) without there being much of clash for most of the season. &nbsp;I&#039;m sure the ultimate aim is to make the Prem fully professional, but I&#039;ve got no idea about exactly how it would work. Considering the WRU still haven&#039;t re-introduced the A-team yet, whilst the Millenium stadium brings in quite alot of dosh, most of it is already going to the regions, grass-roots rugby, and paying off the debt. Not sure there&#039;s quite the money there to pump the necessarly amount into the Prem to make it fully pro straight away. But increased crowds from playing in the summer could push things forwards if it worked.&nbsp;I personally feel that there&#039;s a little too many journeymen playing in the prem, who don&#039;t really offer that much. A few experienced players in every team will of course help the youngsters come through, but there&#039;s gotta be a balance towards youth. Neath are one of the worst culprits here. They were still playing Arwel Thomas as their first choice 10 untill recently ffs!&nbsp;I think condensing the league is exactly the right thing to do, although I&#039;m not entirely sure the system they&#039;ve proposed is the optimal one, but at the same time, not entirely sure what is. Only time will tell I suppose. One thing I hope is that Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (or whatever they&#039;re called now) will be integrated into the league in the not to distant future as the next step before becoming a full region in the Magners.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 399644, member: 13739"] Moving the premiership to the Summer if an intersting idea, and something I've never considered tbh. That certainly could work very well, it would mean people could support both regions and clubs (money permitting) without there being much of clash for most of the season. I'm sure the ultimate aim is to make the Prem fully professional, but I've got no idea about exactly how it would work. Considering the WRU still haven't re-introduced the A-team yet, whilst the Millenium stadium brings in quite alot of dosh, most of it is already going to the regions, grass-roots rugby, and paying off the debt. Not sure there's quite the money there to pump the necessarly amount into the Prem to make it fully pro straight away. But increased crowds from playing in the summer could push things forwards if it worked. I personally feel that there's a little too many journeymen playing in the prem, who don't really offer that much. A few experienced players in every team will of course help the youngsters come through, but there's gotta be a balance towards youth. Neath are one of the worst culprits here. They were still playing Arwel Thomas as their first choice 10 untill recently ffs! I think condensing the league is exactly the right thing to do, although I'm not entirely sure the system they've proposed is the optimal one, but at the same time, not entirely sure what is. Only time will tell I suppose. One thing I hope is that Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (or whatever they're called now) will be integrated into the league in the not to distant future as the next step before becoming a full region in the Magners. [/QUOTE]

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