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All P&R does is encourage mediocrity, as the majority of clubs just set a target of doing the bare minimum (staying up) and so begin to 'target' certain games to win, so creating those dead rubbers you mention further down the line.'"
It's more like the teams that have just come up in the last couple of years who set the target of just staying up (and they are the ones who will probably be in the relegation battle anyway). The majority of the league chases the playoffs and the playoff race is live till quite a long way into the season.