Quote ="headhunter"Yes, of course they would
That doesn't mean they should be given the majority of focus. What you have posted makes no sense and is of no consequence to anything. I'm talking about the fact that I don't want to watch a bunch of the worst teams in the league competing to decide who is not the worst. It makes absolutely no sense, it's a completely negative and backwards concept.'"
It made perfect sense when replying to a brainless post like the one bellow.
Quote ="headhunter"Why would anyone be interested in a contest to determine the worst team in the league? Why would fans take pleasure from knowing that their club is one of, but not the worst team in the league, and actively be encouraged to attend matches because of that? That just seems completely backwards to me. I can't wait until people grow out of this ridiculous notion that relegation makes the league more 'exciting'.'"
Someone has to finish bottom. It doesn't mean that you will see a poor spectacle. But, having absolutely nothing to play for probably will. It will probably also ensure that clubs are happy to recruit even more journey men, as there is little at stake.
Quote ="headhunter", I'm a fan of RL. I do not enjoy watching the sport played by a bunch of substandard journeyman players who are too nervous to attempt any sort of creative play because of the ridiculous threat of being demoted to a part-time league and thus almost certainly losing their jobs. That doesn't really sound appealing to me, but if you enjoy that and think it's 'exciting' then whatever. I'm sure you can still go to a match between the bottom two and pretend that the loser will be relegated if you really want to.'"
You are confusing your own petty little views with reality. Just because you don't like watching the bottom end teams, doesn't mean everyone else does. The problem with licencing though, is that it compounds the situation of journey men and substandard games, because there's nothing at stake for half of the season at the bottom end of the league. A battle between 3 or 4 clubs to avoid relegation would change this dramatically. You are far more likely so see full-throttle competitive games as such.