The worst part about this stupid decision to (so it seems) have an 11-team league this year is that it creates an awful precedent and opens the way for all sorts of spurious claims and counter-claims and lawsuits in future. Are we going to have protests about referee decisions, muddy grounds, too much wind, too little wind (not drying out the mud), teams unable to play at full strength because of injury or university exams, teams unhappy at having to play midweek games at 6pm etc etc. Where will it end? CF simply cannot justify its intervention in this case, or any similar case. By the way we had an 11-team league a few years back after some court ruled that some team (in the Hutt, maybe?) had some sort of case. I recall there was much mumbling along the lines of "never again". To quote Pete Seeger "When will they ever learn?"
The worst part about this stupid decision to (so it seems) have an 11-team league this year is that it creates an awful precedent and opens the way for all sorts of spurious claims and counter-claims and lawsuits in future. Are we going to have protests about referee decisions, muddy grounds, too much wind, too little wind (not drying out the mud), teams unable to play at full strength because of injury or university exams, teams unhappy at having to play midweek games at 6pm etc etc. Where will it end? CF simply cannot justify its intervention in this case, or any similar case. By the way we had an 11-team league a few years back after some court ruled that some team (in the Hutt, maybe?) had some sort of case. I recall there was much mumbling along the lines of "never again". To quote Pete Seegar "When will they ever learn?"