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red_avengers
3rd June 2003, 11:46 PM
Originally posted by TheMase
My view ...
Keep 16 teams

Each team plays each other ONCE

After 15 rounds, then top 10 commense on and the bottom 6 drop out.

The remain teams play each other once more.
Then Final 5.

Great idea!!! Bottom teams drops out so that there are no freebies ie those teams lucky to play the Dogs twice and also those games with cellar-dwellers are so irrelevant and boring. By the halfway mark through the season we would know the teams that have no hope and save themselve the humiliation.

Few things building on from Mases ideas. Instead of bottom 6 have bottom 4 teams to drop out this to give the clubs who are struggling but still a chance a shot plus some teams improves in the second half of the seasons.

Then the 12 teams play each other once. Then the final 8 series. I think we should keep the final 8 format as it is. This works out to be 15+11=26 premiership games which is 4 weeks longer then the current format but we could do away with pre-season.

Your thoughts people. Good idea? Bad idea and why? Good idea but could improve and how?

robbieando
4th June 2003, 02:40 AM
Bad idea

Simular system is used in Scottish Soccer and is very unpopular. The idea behind it is good, but in practice its a nightmare

Charlie
4th June 2003, 07:44 AM
And how do struggling sides like Carlton, the Bulldogs and indeed perhaps Sydney survive, let alone improve, if they have only 7 or 8 home games?

Financially disastrous idea.

Red
5th June 2003, 11:10 AM
I like the idea, in principle. Apart from being much fairer in terms of the draw, it could also be a strong incentive to stop clubs 'tanking' games late in the season to get higher draft picks.

All clubs would be very keen to be in the top 10 or 12 after 15 rounds for just that reason -- they'll probably lose money and supporters if they're out. Not to mention the humiliation of not making the first 'cut'.

Of course the bottom 4 teams would still have to get the best draft picks. But you would think they'd be a little more desperate to get out of the celler, and not spend years there slowly amassing the best talent in the country (like St. Kilda & Freo).

It'll never happen, of course. The AFL wants 8 games a week, every week, plus a drawn-out finals series for maximum TV benefits. But it would be the closest thing that we can get to a relegation system. And it'd go a long way towards keeping clubs honest.