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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 807550" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>Presumably because the teams in the African conference have an advantage, because of the easier conference's and scheduling.</p><p>This is a completely fair view and I understand completely why some Kiwi's feel aggrieved.</p><p></p><p>That said the only COMPLETELY fair system is a home and away round robin with no play-offs like the Barclays Premier League, which in the current format would mean a 34 game season with no play-offs and a **** ton of travelling.</p><p></p><p>Can the system be fairer than it currently is? Of course and that should be the concern, unfortunately politics and money (and NZ's lack of clout in the latter) stop this from happening.</p><p>That's all there is to it really. This is the first season of the competition and from my understanding the goals were:</p><p> - SA wanted another side.</p><p> - Aus wanted more derbies.</p><p> - NZ wanted less travelling.</p><p> - Everyone wanted the Jags/Sunwolves</p><p></p><p>And this was the best they came up with hopefully future iterations will change things for the better, but there are disadvantages to almost any system (for example any round robin system is going to create more travel, especially for the more isolated countries).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 807550, member: 59145"] Presumably because the teams in the African conference have an advantage, because of the easier conference's and scheduling. This is a completely fair view and I understand completely why some Kiwi's feel aggrieved. That said the only COMPLETELY fair system is a home and away round robin with no play-offs like the Barclays Premier League, which in the current format would mean a 34 game season with no play-offs and a **** ton of travelling. Can the system be fairer than it currently is? Of course and that should be the concern, unfortunately politics and money (and NZ's lack of clout in the latter) stop this from happening. That's all there is to it really. This is the first season of the competition and from my understanding the goals were: - SA wanted another side. - Aus wanted more derbies. - NZ wanted less travelling. - Everyone wanted the Jags/Sunwolves And this was the best they came up with hopefully future iterations will change things for the better, but there are disadvantages to almost any system (for example any round robin system is going to create more travel, especially for the more isolated countries). [/QUOTE]
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