Steve Young: Should you go network or directly authorised?

"Recently, one of my colleagues asked me if I had ever written a piece on the relative merits and demerits of being in a network versus being directly authorised (DA). I had to confess that I have always shied away from a subject which is as nebulous as trying to write an essay on whether Liverpool or Everton are the best club on Merseyside. The problem with the Network/DA debate is that it is coloured with emotion and a complete lack of objectivity. Can I write a piece which can genuinely be seen as satisfying those two problems? Let's try! Firstly, let's get the issue of bias out...