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The backlash against the thought of a imaginable impermanent scrapping of relegation from the Women's Super League "has not changed our perspective" connected changes, Nikki Doucet of the Women's Professional Leagues Limited has said.
Doucet, main enforcement astatine WPLL which oversees England's apical 2 tiers of women's football, stressed that nary proposals were acceptable oregon decisions made regarding imaginable changes to the contention oregon operation successful addressing reports of radical proposals being considered.
But contempt describing relegation and promotion arsenic "critical to the occurrence of our league" she said that the absorption to the thought of a short-term halt to relegation had not impacted their thinking.
Doucet stressed that nary proposals were acceptable and that nary determination had been made regarding imaginable changes to the contention oregon structure.
"We judge promotion and relegation is simply a large thing. It makes English shot distinctive from different leagues. It adds jeopardy and excitement," she said.
"It's thing we each emotion astir the crippled of shot and that has ne'er been nether question.
"We fundamentally judge promotion and relegation is an important differentiator and an important competitory vantage for us."
But asked if backlash to the thought of scrapping relegation had changed WPLL's perspective, Doucet said: "No, it hasn't. I would accidental our position oregon investigation hasn't changed.
"We person been precise thoughtful connected the investigation of the antithetic possibilities astir us. We conscionable wanted to marque definite we had clarity."
The WPLL has antecedently said thing is disconnected the array arsenic it assesses ways successful which it tin turn the WSL and promote much investment.
It says shareholders, players, fans and the Football Association volition each beryllium progressive to assistance "evolve" the leagues.
"We person to look astatine the scope of possibilities that are disposable to america and the pros and cons of each of those and beryllium truly thoughtful," said Doucet.
"We profoundly recognize the interaction of decisions and the interaction of everything done astatine the top, that it cascades down the pyramid."
Doucet did not definitively regularisation retired the imaginable to scrap relegation and erstwhile pressed, she said: "Again, I would conscionable spell backmost to what I said earlier successful that I deliberation it is simply a truly important differentiator and a competitory vantage for our leagues.
"I deliberation that's ne'er been successful question from our perspective."
Should immoderate ceremonial proposals beryllium enactment guardant successful aboriginal shareholders' meetings, the WPLL says it would consult with instrumentality groups earlier proceeding.
"Absolutely the instrumentality groups volition beryllium portion of consultation. We are inactive looking astatine concepts and options," the WPLL added.
"When that connection is successful a spot wherever we tin consult, determination volition beryllium informal and ceremonial consultation. The governance process is vigorous.
"At the infinitesimal determination is thing to ballot on. We are inactive moving done and considering if we bash thing different, is that the close thing?"
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