Originally Posted by
GIGS20
I'm going to call it option 1
I think this bullshit pandering to the Shute Shield will result in the first PPL season after announcement becoming the highest stakes game in town, with clubs fighting tooth and nail to be the fortunate group to go over and get their ass handed to them by a professional outfit. They will return, however, with the bargaining power to essentially pick any player in Perth for season 2 and the knowledge that, if they ever hope to compete at that level, they need to savage every other team in the comp.
They will suck up all available talent in the attempt to compete on a level playing field, thus cementing themselves as the one team that wins the premiership every year. This will continue until they fold or until the rest of the clubs band together and force RugbyWA to intervene somehow.