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Will we know our six playoff teams after this week? Probably Five... Guinness Pro 14 - R.17
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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 895536" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>I'm aware of that muff. I'm looking at it from a marketability point of view. There's virtually no interest in games during the 6 Nations and November series when teams are denuded of their stars. Does nothing for the marketability of the competition.</p><p></p><p>In my view, fewer games means smaller squads. Could see teams cut middle tier, relatively high earning players and instead promote young players with big futures. Would mean, for example, when somebody like Jack O'Sullivan gets a shot for Munster, he's surrounded by Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne, CJ Stander, Peter O'Mahony and Conor Murray rather than (no offense meant) Darren O'Shea, Billy Holland, Conor Oliver, Robin Copeland and Duncan Williams. </p><p></p><p>I love seeing young players get a shot. A cup competition ensures a similar number of games per season as now but allows the league to thrive more than is now the case. Put the cup on terrestrial TV and everyone wins!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 895536, member: 13611"] I'm aware of that muff. I'm looking at it from a marketability point of view. There's virtually no interest in games during the 6 Nations and November series when teams are denuded of their stars. Does nothing for the marketability of the competition. In my view, fewer games means smaller squads. Could see teams cut middle tier, relatively high earning players and instead promote young players with big futures. Would mean, for example, when somebody like Jack O'Sullivan gets a shot for Munster, he's surrounded by Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne, CJ Stander, Peter O'Mahony and Conor Murray rather than (no offense meant) Darren O'Shea, Billy Holland, Conor Oliver, Robin Copeland and Duncan Williams. I love seeing young players get a shot. A cup competition ensures a similar number of games per season as now but allows the league to thrive more than is now the case. Put the cup on terrestrial TV and everyone wins! [/QUOTE]
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