As its dead in the water.

It means if you can make the play offs, you can win the competition, however there are too many teams in the play offs IMO, 6 should be the most

I'm a season ticket holder at a top 4 side. Encourage me to buy a season ticket next season to watch 13 friendlies?

I know my team will make the top 8 before we start so whats the point in me buying one? should i just wait for September to start going like the Leeds club do????

Were you under some pretence that the play offs couldn't be won by a team outside the top two?

This has been on the cards for years. And quite frankly, the play offs are great for the game. Having a big payday at old trafford is a great way to sign off the season.

As long as every team knows at the start of the season what the score is fair enough. And well done to Leeds. Worthy champions in my book. Cracking performance, great team.

Unless you've got a squad of players of the calabre that leeds have had for the last two season then ther will never ever be a superleague grand final winner from fifth.EVER.

Its still 27 friendlies that eventually people will cotton onto and stop going. They will realise their players suddenly don't have 'that edge' that makes them play better and give us outstanding games in the regular season. Why people are happy for this continue i will never know.

What if every GF winner in the future is too good to finish 5th? I bet there are not many teams in history that have become Champions with a 58% winning record throughout the season? Leeds could statistically be the worst Champions of all time. Again it doesn't encorage floating fans to become Season Ticket holders.

Halifax won it from 7th and Dewsbury have won it from 8th. Dewsbury winning it from 8th caused so much uproar the RFL changed the rules so the best team from start to finish became the Champions and not the playoff winners.

Your missing the reality of the situation Dougy ,this happened a few yrs ago.
Bradford and huddersfild selling season tickets for peanuts,wigan St holders bringing 6 mates for £30..

Everybody else hold your hands up and tell us what ridiculous deals your clubs are doing to distort attendance figures.

Try watching Championship RL, if you think games dont have any meaning

Not Super league europe LTD though Dougy

I'm not trying to be clever - i'm worried about the future of the game.
I don't think there was a single oustanding game between 'the big 4' this year in the regular season as they all know it doesn't matter. I want the RFL to do something to make it matter. What if all the big clubs 'did a Leeds' and didn't try for half the games? We would watch garbage for 27 games. You could argue it may have already set in this season.

LOL which were these games that Leeds weren't trying to win in the regular season, it's frankly ludicrous to suggest they picked which games to show up for. They were just inconsistent simple as that, the thing is they know how to play at this end of the season.

So you think the level of intensity in sl is of the nessarsary requirements?

You can't honestly believe that Leeds tried their best in every game? Surely they would have finished top if they had.

what would be interesting would be to see a league where the top team is declared the champions. That would give us a great regular season and a reason the buy a season ticket.