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| The main problem with franchising was that it was based on exclusion, not inclusion. Teams at risk struggled with investment because it was seen as a three-year deal that could be taken away if the seats were the wrong colour, or whatever. It should have been once you're in, you're in, subject to remaining solvent.
When a team wants to join, merely present a business case. Subject to player quality (expand the salary cap and overseas quota), the league can cope with a fourteen team league, as it currently has a 30 game season. You would then have a 26 game season, to allow space for play-offs.
The only questions to resolve are:
1. how to expand
2. how to keep it exciting at the bottom when the top is sorted
In terms of expansion, a conference league could be adopted. East and West. Play each team in your own conference home and away, and home or away from the other. Top four from each go into the play-offs, similar to the old style but points determing position.
As it expands, go to three. Top two from each, with two wild cards (ie, the two best of the rest).
One of the conference leagues could quite easily be an overseas conference.
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| 14 team Super League, no relegation, Toulouse and Toronto in.
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| Why do we need to keep the teams at the bottom playing for something. Don't like this whole idea that every team needs something to play for through the whole year.
All sporting competitions has teams who end middle of the road. No idea why super league has to be different.
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| Quote: kobashi "Why do we need to keep the teams at the bottom playing for something. Don't like this whole idea that every team needs something to play for through the whole year.
All sporting competitions has teams who end middle of the road. No idea why super league has to be different.'"
But the ones that people turn up in numbers to watch don't. Middle of the road in the Premiership is different to being out of the top 8 running half way through the season. £25 becomes a lot to pay for a match that isn't much more than a friendly.
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| Quote: bramleyrhino "Well I wasn't making this about Leigh, but whatever.
Have a nice day Cokey.'"
No, but you have done.
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[quote:18jc6kzm]Mr bramleyrhino speaks a lot of sense.[/quote:18jc6kzm]
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| Quote: Cokey "No, but you have done.'"
Really? Prey tell....
Or continue making a show of yourself. Either one is fine with me.
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