I owuld have much rather seen that happen for you guys Bollocks, than to have cannon fodder in Div 1 watering down the quality overall.
The only time something like this should be looked at, imho, is when two teams merge and would absolutely curb stomp the lower division... Like say The Dynamo and Athletics (hypothetically) finishing in the last 2 spots and getting demoted, they merge to make one new team... they woudl run roughshod over div 2, so allow them to stay.
Not Stolo, who was 2 teams from D2 merging, or Coyotes who picked up some players from a folding team, by all accounts, or Sentinel who NEVER even played D2.
mmmmmm. Haterade
Even in that case, I say no exceptions. A club has two teams in div. 1. Between them, they should be able to manage a way of keeping one up. If not, they, ahem, deserve to get demoted and have to earn their way back up.
Before the Nomads came to the club, this was actually the situation w/ the LUFC Div. 1 spot, JBN. They had been demoted, and the next year a bunch of us hung up our premier boots to play div. 2 and get the spot back in div. 1. That was about 2006...not too long ago, actually. Dynamo actually came up the same year (07) on a silver platter promotion, co-incidentally.
