A 14 team Super League is common sense says Kear

[superten]

As no one really knows what going to happen this season or even next season . We have time to look at every option . The main aim has to be the World Cup . We cant extend this season to long giving players little rest time between the end of this season and start of next , come the world cup players would be worn out .

[Tommygilf]

16 hours ago, DEANO said:

I would say finishing 5th in a 12 team league is pretty average

In an uncapped, spend what you like league maybe, but with a salary cap surely the point is that the top should be closer to the bottom, ie, everyone is average?

[DEANO]

5 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

In an uncapped, spend what you like league maybe, but with a salary cap surely the point is that the top should be closer to the bottom, ie, everyone is average?

Doesn’t pan out like that does it

[Tommygilf]

14 minutes ago, DEANO said:

Doesn’t pan out like that does it

How so? Everyone can beat everyone and that is dramatically increased when the majority of teams spend to the salary cap

[mrfranco]

On 10/05/2020 at 14:36, Toby Chopra said:

I agree. I don't mind if 5 or 6 get into the playoffs, and I suppose there is some merit in rewarding the top couple of teams somehow. But one of the few things I miss from the 8/8/8 period is that we had a proper semi-final round, and it was always a cracker. Last 4 teams standing, all with a shot at the title going for it on the same weekend, and a great lead-in to the GF. Better than the final in some ways. Now we have a dud 'losers final' just before the grand final, which is a really anticlimax, and the favourite not playing. 

In the same way, in many ways I love the NFL's Championship Sunday more than the Superbowl, two games back to back, 4 potential champions at the peak of form, and it's all about the sport, not dominated by the showbiz of the final. 

I'd simplify our playoffs: teams 3-6 play quarter finals, with top two having a bye, and then hosting the semis. Would love to see them back to back on a Saturday or Sunday evening, but probably be stuck on Thursdays and Fridays... 

These are more or less exactly my thoughts. 

The top 5 seems actually set up to include games that feel pointless and are intended to be repeated later in the series. With a top 6 as TC describes above, you reward the top 2 sides with a home game to get into the GF, the next two have to win a home game and then an away game to get there, and the 5th and 6th have to win two away games to get there. Seems spot on to me.