Bad thing! It's just a money spinner for SKY TV. End of the day everyone playing the game play throughout a season, knowing you finish the top of the league you are the league champions....FULL STOP. Finishing top of the league at the end of a domestic season, proves that throughout the season your team has performed consistently throughout that season. The team who rightly finishes top, could and I repeat could have just one poor game or dip in form out of 27+games, and because of this, be de-throned as TRUE CHAMPIONS.

Because you only become super league champions by winning the grand final, not finishing top of what is effectivly a qualifying competition.

Indeed they do.

I should have put that we nabbed the idea for the format of the play offs once we re-introduced them to our game.

good thing, but would rather go back to top 5 or 6

Me too. Top 6 with the either 1 v 2 Grand Final playoff (I used to love them games) or team who wins league goes straight to OT and 2-6 battle it our for the other place.

For me then an excellent reason to have it in Rugby League!!
The format may not be perfect but all teams know exactly what it is at the outset and it has provided the most exciting SL games each year since it's introduction as well as keeping the table meaningful for more teams for longer. Ultimately it's entertainment , drama and uncertainty that will get bums on seats and play off rugby provides it.