If there was any justice, the Bulls would finish bottom, I seem to recall Melbourne Storm having most points deducted for salary cap breaches. The bulls saga has made a joke of the game. They have blatantly broken the rules to bust the club but its a well worn thread elswhere.

From the point of view of rewarding mediocrity he's right, I didn't think you agreed with that from your post?
The repercussions of going back to six are more of a financial problem for the club than the possible on field benefits for the game for the reasons we both listed.
I don't see how I've argued with myself, maybe I just didn't understand your post?

Maybe we should make it 16 teams, then the 8th place would probably be winning as many as losing, thus no longer rewarding mediocrity?!!?

Here's an idea, lets play each other once home and away, whoever wins the most number of games in the season is the champion and if you loose the most you get demoted and give someone in a lower league who's playing really well a chance to step up a gear ..... oh, hang on, I think we've tried that before
Sorry, got an attack of the past ............ it's all the talk of the 'This Sporting Life' showing at the cinema

Cheers IA - as a relative new comer to the game (about 1983 ish) I was thinking it had been a 'first past the post' championship race used longer than a playoff system - we live and learn