Thoughts on a promotion/relegation split league?

[Makos]

Super Rugby should be extended to 2-division/24-team structure. Every team plays 22 games (H&A), and possibly 2 promotion/relegation playoffs (H&A).
And there must be a rule that top teams of respective countries are not relegated from the 1st division. So Jaguares of Argentina and Sunwolves of Japan are not relegated. Panasonic wants to join Super Rugby by forming another team. If realised, 1 of 2 Japanese teams can be relegated.

Can't say I agree with that. The guys travel enough and play enough rugby. We have already have a mid-season international break, then the EOYT. The travel is too much. It's not like Europe where they literally only have a few hours of travel here and there.

The constant long distance travel + how physical the game is, makes it way too hard on the body, the rising injury count we are seeing from all the Southern Hemisphere Unions says it all. Cutting the amount of games and having 15 teams is the best solution I believe & will restore integrity to the competition & protect our players properly for international duties & domestic duties.