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Super Rugby Aotearoa: Round 3 - [27 - 28 June 2020]
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 998340" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>When they announced it I thought it would be really cool, but I expected the competition to be closer. Time will tell I guess, but the format is less cool if by week 7 there are only two teams left in contention and by week 8 or 9 you know the winner.</p><p></p><p>A good aspect though is you might actually have teams caring about where they place, rather than just about whether they make the playoffs. I always thought it a bit disappointing that teams were judged to have failed if they didn't make the playoffs and that fans stipped caring once they were no longer in contention for the playoffs. I feel like in this structure people will still watch a fourth vs fifth match in round ten. I can't really articulate why, it just feels like if the competition is less about making the playoffs that fans will care more about the individual games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 998340, member: 65365"] When they announced it I thought it would be really cool, but I expected the competition to be closer. Time will tell I guess, but the format is less cool if by week 7 there are only two teams left in contention and by week 8 or 9 you know the winner. A good aspect though is you might actually have teams caring about where they place, rather than just about whether they make the playoffs. I always thought it a bit disappointing that teams were judged to have failed if they didn’t make the playoffs and that fans stipped caring once they were no longer in contention for the playoffs. I feel like in this structure people will still watch a fourth vs fifth match in round ten. I can’t really articulate why, it just feels like if the competition is less about making the playoffs that fans will care more about the individual games. [/QUOTE]
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