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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 838653" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>I pretty much agree with all of this. </p><p></p><p>Fans need to accept that the idea of <em>"everyone plays everyone else"</em> is gone for good. While this might be fine in places like England where the land area covered by the 12 Aviva Premiership teams can be covered with a large blanket (for Kiwi fans, the entire Aviva Premiership takes place in a land area less than the size of the South Island; for Aussie fans, half the size of Victoria). Travel is a breeze... you can drive/bus/train from place to place in just a few hours.</p><p></p><p>Competitions with formats using conferences/pools/groups are the way of the future. I think something like cross between the European Rugby Champions Cup and NFL with regional conferences is the way things will go on the future.. for example</p><p></p><p>New Zealand Conference (5 teams + Jaguares)</p><p>Australian Conference (5 teams + Sunwolves)</p><p>African Conference (6 teams)</p><p></p><p>Every team plays every other team within their own conference home and away (8 matches)</p><p>Every team plays four teams from each other conference, 2 home and 2 away (8 matches)</p><p>Quarter finals. Top two teams in each conference qualify (6 teams) plus the two best placed 3rd placed teams. Seeding by table points.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 838653, member: 20605"] I pretty much agree with all of this. Fans need to accept that the idea of [I]"everyone plays everyone else"[/I] is gone for good. While this might be fine in places like England where the land area covered by the 12 Aviva Premiership teams can be covered with a large blanket (for Kiwi fans, the entire Aviva Premiership takes place in a land area less than the size of the South Island; for Aussie fans, half the size of Victoria). Travel is a breeze... you can drive/bus/train from place to place in just a few hours. Competitions with formats using conferences/pools/groups are the way of the future. I think something like cross between the European Rugby Champions Cup and NFL with regional conferences is the way things will go on the future.. for example New Zealand Conference (5 teams + Jaguares) Australian Conference (5 teams + Sunwolves) African Conference (6 teams) Every team plays every other team within their own conference home and away (8 matches) Every team plays four teams from each other conference, 2 home and 2 away (8 matches) Quarter finals. Top two teams in each conference qualify (6 teams) plus the two best placed 3rd placed teams. Seeding by table points. [/QUOTE]
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