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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 784301" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>It's not that I don't understand the concept, I just completely disagree with it in a league format where everyone plays each other home and away. In the WC and ERCC it works fine because in one everyone plays each other only once and in the other different amount of teams qualify from different groups, it might work in Super rugby too but I haven't bothered trying to get my head around that league structure this year. But no one has said anything to convince me that the team on top of the pro 12 table is better than the teams in 2nd or 3rd, things have changed in this match week. So far the most compelling argument is that some sports do in fact offer bonus points for the style of play, the most similar to rugby of these being field hockey which says an awful lot (I'm not accepting soccer because no top tier league in the world uses it, I can only imagine it's a bit of a gimmick trying to acquire interest in the sport where there is very little). </p><p></p><p>I find the only argument so far is "no it's ok other sports do have them" and then when proceeding to name sports like bowls, motor racing, jai alai and trap shooting it's kind of a watered down argument when you compare the sports I've named that don't, almost all the other football codes. Rugby has gone too far with bonus points and really needs to dial it back to where the system belongs, and that's not in a league spanning 8 months where every team plays the other home and away, otherwise you get a team being rewarded simply because they have to score a lot of tries because they can't defend. Reward them for the games they win that way but don't throw them ahead of teams with more wins because of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 784301, member: 45598"] It's not that I don't understand the concept, I just completely disagree with it in a league format where everyone plays each other home and away. In the WC and ERCC it works fine because in one everyone plays each other only once and in the other different amount of teams qualify from different groups, it might work in Super rugby too but I haven't bothered trying to get my head around that league structure this year. But no one has said anything to convince me that the team on top of the pro 12 table is better than the teams in 2nd or 3rd, things have changed in this match week. So far the most compelling argument is that some sports do in fact offer bonus points for the style of play, the most similar to rugby of these being field hockey which says an awful lot (I'm not accepting soccer because no top tier league in the world uses it, I can only imagine it's a bit of a gimmick trying to acquire interest in the sport where there is very little). I find the only argument so far is "no it's ok other sports do have them" and then when proceeding to name sports like bowls, motor racing, jai alai and trap shooting it's kind of a watered down argument when you compare the sports I've named that don't, almost all the other football codes. Rugby has gone too far with bonus points and really needs to dial it back to where the system belongs, and that's not in a league spanning 8 months where every team plays the other home and away, otherwise you get a team being rewarded simply because they have to score a lot of tries because they can't defend. Reward them for the games they win that way but don't throw them ahead of teams with more wins because of it. [/QUOTE]
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