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Italy’s future in 6N
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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1076596" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>South Africa joining the 6N is a solution looking for a problem, and failing to find one; and doesn't really do anyone any good.</p><p></p><p>The problem with the 6N, as has been mentioned repeatedly, is that it's a closed shop; but the solution is tough to find.</p><p>6 is plenty of teams already, and I don't think the tounie could cope with expanding to 8, or any odd number.</p><p></p><p>So promotion/relegation is the only answer - but bring the question of "but how"</p><p>For home & away fixtures to even out, it needs to be every 2 years; but even then, every 4 would be better to allow the promoted team a chance to get their feet under the table - which would effectively kill the relegated team down to, at best, the level Georgia currently occupy - comfortably better than every else, but nowhere near good enough to challenge the top tier.</p><p>So it kinda has to be a play-off between the bottom of the 6N and the top of the ENC - to be fair, it needs to be home and away; or at least, at a neutral venue. Which means you need to find space in the calendar. That space needs to be found for every team in the 6N in case they suffer a terrible run and end up last. That space simply doesn't exist in an already congested fixture.</p><p></p><p>It's also pointless aiming for a top-down approach, greater investment and encouragement is needed at the age-grade and club level of the lower tiers in Europe. Which is tough as hell, and beyond the remit of the 6N comittee.</p><p></p><p>I think the easiest, viable change might be to expansion of the U20s 6N and allow promotion within the EPRC (is the 3rd tier of that even running still?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1076596, member: 73592"] South Africa joining the 6N is a solution looking for a problem, and failing to find one; and doesn't really do anyone any good. The problem with the 6N, as has been mentioned repeatedly, is that it's a closed shop; but the solution is tough to find. 6 is plenty of teams already, and I don't think the tounie could cope with expanding to 8, or any odd number. So promotion/relegation is the only answer - but bring the question of "but how" For home & away fixtures to even out, it needs to be every 2 years; but even then, every 4 would be better to allow the promoted team a chance to get their feet under the table - which would effectively kill the relegated team down to, at best, the level Georgia currently occupy - comfortably better than every else, but nowhere near good enough to challenge the top tier. So it kinda has to be a play-off between the bottom of the 6N and the top of the ENC - to be fair, it needs to be home and away; or at least, at a neutral venue. Which means you need to find space in the calendar. That space needs to be found for every team in the 6N in case they suffer a terrible run and end up last. That space simply doesn't exist in an already congested fixture. It's also pointless aiming for a top-down approach, greater investment and encouragement is needed at the age-grade and club level of the lower tiers in Europe. Which is tough as hell, and beyond the remit of the 6N comittee. I think the easiest, viable change might be to expansion of the U20s 6N and allow promotion within the EPRC (is the 3rd tier of that even running still?) [/QUOTE]
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