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Air NZ Cup to remain as 14 teams
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 292932"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Candyman @ Dec 12 2009, 12:32 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=426485" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>I agree, and I have proposed a workable 14 team Two pool format with cross-pool matches, quarter and seim-finals and a plate competition on this forum before.</p><p></p><p>All I am suggesting is that if they were really determined to reduce it to 10 teams, there would have been a far better way of going about it than simply cutting four teams based on criteria that, with the biggest weightings for population base and stadium capacity, and the smallest weighting for on field performance, were clearly designed to keep the "Big Five" Unions away from any chance of being cut.</p><p></p><p>I think you will find that if the NZRU had said they were going to cut four teams by drawing a line under the 10th placed team, you would have seen a lot more acceptance from both the Provincial Unions and the General public. Rugby fans don't give a flying f*** about "bottom lines" and "catchment areas", they only thing they care about is seeing the competition as being performance based</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 292932"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Candyman @ Dec 12 2009, 12:32 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=426485']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I agree, and I have proposed a workable 14 team Two pool format with cross-pool matches, quarter and seim-finals and a plate competition on this forum before. All I am suggesting is that if they were really determined to reduce it to 10 teams, there would have been a far better way of going about it than simply cutting four teams based on criteria that, with the biggest weightings for population base and stadium capacity, and the smallest weighting for on field performance, were clearly designed to keep the "Big Five" Unions away from any chance of being cut. I think you will find that if the NZRU had said they were going to cut four teams by drawing a line under the 10th placed team, you would have seen a lot more acceptance from both the Provincial Unions and the General public. Rugby fans don't give a flying f*** about "bottom lines" and "catchment areas", they only thing they care about is seeing the competition as being performance based [/QUOTE]
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