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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 293775"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dale @ Dec 15 2009, 10:56 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=427256" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>That would not be the best way to do it. The first team cut would have no hope of promotion for four years.</p><p></p><p>Better to do it this way:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=51057&view=findpost&p=426440" target="_blank">http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/index.p...st&p=426440</a></p><p></p><p>Still overall reducing the competition by one team per year by cutting two and promoting one back.</p><p></p><p>However, the overall philosophy MUST move away from teams meeting arbitrary criteria designed to keep the bigger teams from ever being relegated. That was the problem this year. Teams like Auckland, North Harbour and Waikato knew that, even if they had a horror year, lost every match and finished at the bottom of the table, their position in the Cup was assured, while teams like Tasman who <strong>BEAT</strong> Auckland, <strong>BEAT</strong> North Harbour and <strong>BEAT</strong> Waikato, and gave Canterbury a very big fright, would end up being cut, even if they won they competititon.</p><p></p><p>Promotion/Relegation MUST be like any other competititon, professional or amateur, the bottom team goes down, and the top team from the lower division comes up. If Auckland were to ever finish at the bottom of the table, then down they go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 293775"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dale @ Dec 15 2009, 10:56 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=427256']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> That would not be the best way to do it. The first team cut would have no hope of promotion for four years. Better to do it this way: [url="http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=51057&view=findpost&p=426440"]http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/index.p...st&p=426440[/url] Still overall reducing the competition by one team per year by cutting two and promoting one back. However, the overall philosophy MUST move away from teams meeting arbitrary criteria designed to keep the bigger teams from ever being relegated. That was the problem this year. Teams like Auckland, North Harbour and Waikato knew that, even if they had a horror year, lost every match and finished at the bottom of the table, their position in the Cup was assured, while teams like Tasman who [b]BEAT[/b] Auckland, [b]BEAT[/b] North Harbour and [b]BEAT[/b] Waikato, and gave Canterbury a very big fright, would end up being cut, even if they won they competititon. Promotion/Relegation MUST be like any other competititon, professional or amateur, the bottom team goes down, and the top team from the lower division comes up. If Auckland were to ever finish at the bottom of the table, then down they go. [/QUOTE]
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