Quote ="Nothus"Let's say that we get to round 18 or 19 of the initial 23 rounds, and the teams in 10th to 12th know that it is impossible to make the top 8 with only 4 or 5 rounds remaining due to league points difference.
They then decide that - because the remaining 4 or 5 fixtures are completely pointless - they will play a side full of academy players until the 7 game tournament begins. Their first team squad are over any injuries and fresh for the fight to stay in SL. The teams that played their academy side get an easy win, and because of the fixture patterns this determines who finishes top of the league, or even who finishes in 8th or 9th place.
The same could happen with the top 4 in the championship: once they are statistically safe in the top 4 the remaining fixtures become irrelevant.
The only way around this that I can think of is to somehow reward the final standings - perhaps your league position could determine how many of the playoff games you play at home/away.'"
You mean like many games in SL?
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