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<blockquote data-quote="Nubiwan" data-source="post: 807649" data-attributes="member: 43441"><p>Yeah, the conference system is not to emulate US sport, but rather a necessity of geography, or number of teams playing, one might assume. Though not too sure how Japan and Argentina fit that geography argument.</p><p></p><p>For the most part - the top teams are advancing, and next best 4 sides, and 3 happen to be NZ teams. Conference winners get a home bye in the first round and will likely face NZ opposition. For me, that simply evens out the playing field for the competition, as travelling and playing away is a bigger ask. In the end, the TV spectator, like me, wins because it's the only way to even things out. Not much good for local fans of NZ teams.</p><p></p><p>its the best of a bad situation, and I still think the comp is diluted by 3-4 unnecessary teams. Many of the conference matches I am not bothered watching.</p><p></p><p>the fact the lions might get home advantage throughout, while again evening out the contest IMHO, hardly seems fair to the NZ conference winner, who clearly have a tougher round of matches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nubiwan, post: 807649, member: 43441"] Yeah, the conference system is not to emulate US sport, but rather a necessity of geography, or number of teams playing, one might assume. Though not too sure how Japan and Argentina fit that geography argument. For the most part - the top teams are advancing, and next best 4 sides, and 3 happen to be NZ teams. Conference winners get a home bye in the first round and will likely face NZ opposition. For me, that simply evens out the playing field for the competition, as travelling and playing away is a bigger ask. In the end, the TV spectator, like me, wins because it's the only way to even things out. Not much good for local fans of NZ teams. its the best of a bad situation, and I still think the comp is diluted by 3-4 unnecessary teams. Many of the conference matches I am not bothered watching. the fact the lions might get home advantage throughout, while again evening out the contest IMHO, hardly seems fair to the NZ conference winner, who clearly have a tougher round of matches. [/QUOTE]
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