marbles wrote:finn wrote:There's been much discussion around Uni about what structure the SAAFL lower grades will have and what is best for the A grade. There's a view that perhaps the B grade should be playing in div 6 as opposed to 1 reserves due to the length of quarters replicating those in div 1 and that the overall quality of a grade sides (in div 6) may be higher than that in div 1 reserves (aside from goodwood/rocs). The view is that this would mean that b graders are exposed to a more consistent pressure game than 1 reserves. This decision may not be made until early December.
I'm guessing that Uni's c grade would play in a c grade specific competition should that emerge especially given the inconsistent nature of the c grade and the inability of the club to really predict the quality of player that will come out to the club. Having said that though, we've gone up in the past when we've been able to but the quality of div 6 to div 7 is higher.
its controversial but also quite logical. Your Div 6 side is actually your clubs second franchise side. shouldn't your second best players be here?
the equation has been trialled by henley in the late 70s, and i think the C-Grade were fielded into the Div 1 reserves. these boys inevitably copped thrashings and the set up had to be restored to As,Bs,Cs,Ds due to a denting participation rates
BUT your projection states your cgrade would play in a lower division? what side would fill your Div 1 reserves then?
Sorry, didn't explain this too well...we're looking at all possibilities as to where the C grade could play with the division 1 reserve option being investigated; this is the one where the b grade plays in div 6. But I'm guessing that we're more likely to be playing from div 6 down.