Quote: Damo-Leeds "Personally I think eight would be the best number.
But in this financial climate we are kidding ourselves with even four players on the subs bench. If the crowd goes down then so should the number of substitutes on the bench.'"
This bit is genius but you haven't gone far enough for me.
Leeds have the biggest attendances so they get to field 17 players each week, everyone else gets as many players as their percentage of the Leeds average allows.
Wigan get 12, St Helens maybe get 10, Bradford 9 and someone like Harlequins about 3.
Those games I'd pay good money to watch.
This suggestion is almost as good as having the play-offs in mid season.