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Air NZ Cup to remain as 14 teams
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 292881"><p>If they wanted to reduce the competition to 10 teams, I have no problem with that per-se. </p><p></p><p>What I had the problem with was the criteria they used. There should be only ONE criteria, performance on the field. Nothing else matters. This bullshit about population sizes, stadium sizes etc is just a load of ******** put up by the major unions to ensure their place in the competititon is not under threat.</p><p></p><p>Here is a simple formula of how the competititon could have been reduced to 10 teams, giving everyone fair and reasonable conditions under which to plan for their futures</p><p></p><p>2009 - 14 teams</p><p>Bottom two teams relegated to the Heartland Championship for the following season = 12 teams.</p><p></p><p>2010 - 12 teams</p><p>Bottom two teams relegated and the Heartland Championship winner is promoted = 11 teams.</p><p></p><p>2011 - 11 teams</p><p>Bottom two teams relegated and the Heartland Championship winner is promoted = 10 teams.</p><p></p><p>2012 onwards - 10 teams</p><p>Bottom team relegated and Heartland Championship winner promoted.</p><p>Second to bottom team and Heartland Championship losing finalist play promotion relegation, at the Heartland Team's home ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 292881"] If they wanted to reduce the competition to 10 teams, I have no problem with that per-se. What I had the problem with was the criteria they used. There should be only ONE criteria, performance on the field. Nothing else matters. This bullshit about population sizes, stadium sizes etc is just a load of ******** put up by the major unions to ensure their place in the competititon is not under threat. Here is a simple formula of how the competititon could have been reduced to 10 teams, giving everyone fair and reasonable conditions under which to plan for their futures 2009 - 14 teams Bottom two teams relegated to the Heartland Championship for the following season = 12 teams. 2010 - 12 teams Bottom two teams relegated and the Heartland Championship winner is promoted = 11 teams. 2011 - 11 teams Bottom two teams relegated and the Heartland Championship winner is promoted = 10 teams. 2012 onwards - 10 teams Bottom team relegated and Heartland Championship winner promoted. Second to bottom team and Heartland Championship losing finalist play promotion relegation, at the Heartland Team's home ground. [/QUOTE]
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