bigfudge wrote:
Just did a little look at what next season might look like with teams going up to NL and if only 4 go up from CL, and 4 go up from CL2, if 4 teams come up from Cap Prem and the Central federation (2 from Cap Prem and 1 each of east and west prems would be my guess) into CL2, that will leave only TK as the club team in Cap Prem, if Greytown and Welly Marist go up (which they might not). This is based on the league tables so far so obviously this will change. But if it is first teams only in CL2, it looks very likely that in a few years Cap Prem could be all Reserve sides. Island Bay and North Welly are the best performing teams in Cap 1 without teams in the div above.
I'm bringing this up because while I'd like to see CL and CL2 stay club only, it would be pretty crazy if teams from Cap 1 were going to CL playoffs if there are no other club teams in Cap Prem in the future, or if teams like Wellington Marist choose not to go for promotion.
This is all very hypothetical but would love to hear peoples thoughts on this. The Reserve sides in CL2 argument definitaly has some ground, but it also feels like this would crush some CL2 teams. Why would someone play for a CL2 club team, if they could play for a res side in CL2, and potentially play National League.
They have teams in other regions like whanganui athletic and rumours of a Nelson based team that would be prioritised over cap 1 before that happens