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<blockquote data-quote="Shaggy" data-source="post: 459694" data-attributes="member: 43400">It&#039;s a great idea, and the extra expense keeping the teams at the tournament for longer, would be off set by the extra revenue from TV rights etc.As an added bonus, the rankings at the conclusion of the world cup would be more accurate, and thus, fairer when it comes to qualifying for the next cup, and the funding that goes with it.for example, Fiji finished fourth in their pool, after having to play three tough teams, and miss out on automatic qualification, where as Tonga finished third in their pool ... i&#039;m not saying Fiji are a stronger team than Tonga, just that it would be great if they (and all the other teams not involved in the quarter finals) played off against each other, to eliminate the &quot;weaker pool&quot; factor.... they could probably keep the losing quarter finalists around to play off against each other too</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shaggy, post: 459694, member: 43400"] It's a great idea, and the extra expense keeping the teams at the tournament for longer, would be off set by the extra revenue from TV rights etc. As an added bonus, the rankings at the conclusion of the world cup would be more accurate, and thus, fairer when it comes to qualifying for the next cup, and the funding that goes with it. for example, Fiji finished fourth in their pool, after having to play three tough teams, and miss out on automatic qualification, where as Tonga finished third in their pool ... i'm not saying Fiji are a stronger team than Tonga, just that it would be great if they (and all the other teams not involved in the quarter finals) played off against each other, to eliminate the "weaker pool" factor. ... they could probably keep the losing quarter finalists around to play off against each other too [/QUOTE]

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