So stupid that it's bound to happen.

This.

If the competition itself sees no value in the regular rounds, why should the supporters.

What difference would 15/30 mins make to someone who doesn't go to matches.

There are no tweaks which could address the deep fundamental disadvantages of this stupid system which we have. (which has not only seen poor attendances when we were promised growth, but has seen a precipitous decline in tv viewers).

The structure was put in place because of a huge misunderstanding of what the problems the game actually faced were and we invented this fudge to solve a problem that didnt exist and created a whole heap of new problems.

This was forced upon the clubs by the RFL and should cost the jobs of the Wood, Rimmer and Barwick.

The icing on the cake is the brilliant self sabotage of us going in to a world cup with such huge uncertainty. Again. For the 2nd time in a row.

I will not go to any of the first 23 rounds

Welcome to the championship !!!

Didn't Powell suggest that first gets 8 points all the way down to 8th getting 1 point? It's a better idea than a full reset.

What if teams are level on points? It also creates a situation where club a could finishes lower in the table to a club who wins fewer games because of when those games were won.

There's so many tweaks that need to be made and each tweak causes its own set of problems, so many compromises and square pegs in round holes and all for what? To create a set of games that are poorly attended, can't sell corporate hospitality to, introduces huge instability, can't plan for, is fundamentally unfair, means the championship is no longer even a competition, has left league 1 hugely uncompetitive, and in the case of the million pound game culminates in a game that causes huge damage to players and clubs and is of very limited appeal.

For me scrap the Super 8's. Have the standard play-off's. Introduce a mid-season international break seen as though we would save about 3-4 weeks from scrapping the 8's. So clubs get a break mid-season a couple of weeks after Easter maybe? And play an International. That would help the international game grow and the England lads get a bit more consistency.

Then have a weeks rest before the playoffs in order for the top 8 to have a rest and get some injuries sorted. That way the fans can see the best of the top 8.

Meanwhile the bottom two clubs in SL and the top 2 of the Champ play off in a mini 4 team competition (3 weeks) to determine promotion/relegation. Or have the bottom of SL and the top of Champ have the £1million match.

Just keep this one for a while instead of always chopping and changing and not allowing things to settle.

So you like rubbish, go back to 1 up and 1 down has long has the team coming up has a good ground

The amount of different formats being muted on this thread alone show that there isn't a perfect model to follow.

Personally, I don't mind the 8's concept. But, if I was to play God for a moment and change the format; I'd go with a 14 Team Superleague, 26 league games a year as 30 is just too many, at the end of that have a top6 playoff over three weekends for the grand final, and a playoff for relegation/promotion from the bottom 2/top2. No Magic Weekend, it distorts the fairness of the comp & is nothing more than a cynical moneyspinner for the RFL. I'd much rather a free weekend be used to progress the International game.