Re: What does Leeds' victory mean for the regular season? : Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:10 pm
RLBandit wrote:
My issue with the playoffs is not specifically that a team can win it from 5th. It's simply that fans have voted with their feet for all expect the GF. The season-ticket thing is a red-herring - if people cared that much, they'd buy a ticket - they don't.
Hopefully we're wrong, but I think quite a lot of us are concerned about the effect of the last two years on interest in the regular season. ( Last year was seen as a 'freak', now I wonder if people will really start to think that the League doesn't matter all that much ).
A 'champions league' would go a long way to fixing this problem - making top 4 (and your position in it) really important, especially if the top two European teams got 3 and 4 from the NRL in their group. But it's not going to happen of course.
Next best I think is the original top 5 system.
Hopefully we're wrong, but I think quite a lot of us are concerned about the effect of the last two years on interest in the regular season. ( Last year was seen as a 'freak', now I wonder if people will really start to think that the League doesn't matter all that much ).
A 'champions league' would go a long way to fixing this problem - making top 4 (and your position in it) really important, especially if the top two European teams got 3 and 4 from the NRL in their group. But it's not going to happen of course.
Next best I think is the original top 5 system.
Top 6 , every game has a definate meaning , either qualification for the GF or elimination , and no team misses more than 1 week without a game