Ipswich Town pull out of Premier Cup. A loss or not ?

ITFC have pulled out of the SPC giving a few reasons which I find strange. A maximum of 4 extra games if they get to the final, but with the under 21 league (last season I believe gave them about 14/16 games) taking up the time they say ! A loss or not...you decide.

does this mean that Ipswich get a fine for pulling out of a county cup competition? any other club who pulls out of their county cup gets a fine for not entering the competition that they are expected to play in.
would suffolk fa fine them and risk having to find alternative venues for the main county finals?

Good point about the finals issue Town got the SFA by the curlies on that one.
I think you only have to enter the competition if you so wish, surely it is not compulsory,perhaps someone could elaborate for me.

the 'exemption contribution' for the Premier cup as listed in the county handbook for season 2012/13 is £500, which i know is not a lot of money for a club in the Championship, they should play in the competition for the goodwill created and for the money generated for the host clubs

Ipswich Town are "in & out of the competition like a fiddlers elbow " , surely its about time the County F.A ask them to make their minds up whether they ( Ipswich ) are going to stay in the Competition long term, or not bothering at all. Are the County frightened to upset them in case the long association of playing County Cup finals @ Portman Road are put in jeopardy   

It would be interesting to know how far up the 'pecking order' that this decision was made. I would imagine that Mick Macarthy would be keen to have an Ipswich X1 playing in a 'grass roots' competition where he would be keen to win friends and influence them!

I don't think MM enjoyed his experience at the Goldstar last season, especially as they made a point of saying in their press release that they played a younger team against us. No excuse they were well beaten on the night by a time that wanted to win. How many of the IT team from that game are still there this season ? Not many I believe.