Quote ="RL13"Entertainment? In the name of entertainment, let's twiddle our thumbs till September when the play-offs begin then. I'd rather one boring month of fixtures (though not always a given, since the stats have proven that 42% of first post the post RL seasons have gone to the final weekend) - than 7 months of pretty much inconsequential fixtures under the top 8 system, as present.
Although, this may not make much economic sense, but for a play-off culmination - the regular season is way too long. 27 rounds [ijust to see who qualifies[/i doesn't justify the end. Even in the NRL, they have 16 teams and 24 fixtures - the regular season with a play off ending should not give the overriding feeling that any team was sufficiently better than anyone else. The play-offs should have that anticipation that there's something [ileft to be decided[/i, something to be concluded, and finished off. The regular season here just drags and drags, and when the play-offs do come around - there is a sense that all intensity has long since peaked.'"
Agree. Part of the reason it drags is the cannon fodder, that like it or not shouldn't be in the competition. I hate the fact that we don't have enough good teams for a competitive large league, but the fact is, we don't. And its no good trying to equalize things by dragging the top down, we want our top sides, and the players in them, to beat the Aussies.
