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<blockquote data-quote="Brodizzle" data-source="post: 148075"><p>Sevens never really took off in Australia so I only know of the general system of thier being different 'classes' of rewards...</p><p></p><p>I think that the main cup shold proceed as normal, the top 8 going into the quarters, while the next 8 go into the 'minnow' quarters with the bottom four teams via points differentials etc. (as some won't win a game in the pool stages) going home. Or perhaps the top 8 go to regular world cup, the next four go into semis for a mid-range nations cup and the next four go into a semi for a minnow cup and the last four go home. I think that even the smallest of teams deserve the right to play the All Blacks so the pools should stay the same but with the added motivation of a minnow ***le the minnow nations will compete much better and field number 1 sides as they know if they limit thier point differential they will be a shoe in for the minnow cup or even the mid-range cup.</p><p></p><p>These games will all run on the same schedule (except on differing days) so that the world cup isn't any longer, yet thier is a whole lot more rugby. I mean, imagine on the Friday having the minnow cup in the afternoon, followed by the mid-nation cup with the World Cup final on the Saturday...it would be crazy!</p><p></p><p>I think to stop countries purposely losing games in the pools to drop down to the mid range cup so that they are assured silver ware there should be scaled funding for qualifying for each group, although unfair for the minnows who get less for winnign and qualifying then the larger nations at least it will help more than what they get now...</p><p></p><p>The good thing about the three cup system as it has room for expansion in the future when other nations start seeing that there is good money to be had in the world cup, even for the smallest teams, and they get some teams ready. Down the line the lower cups can be raised to 8 teams per cup, eventually with 8 teams missing out as well, this would bring the teams up to 32 which at the current moment seems absolutely crazy but in 20 + years, if a similar system is implemented I don't see why this can't happen, the added motivation will spur the smaller teams on and despite the fact there could be huge defeats in the pool stages it won't matter as much anymore as there will always be a goal for a team, no matter what size, and there will still be dissappointment for teams that don't play well, eg. those teams not good enough for even the minnow cup. It may be smart to bundle the minnow matches with the mid-range matches, perhaps as a curtain raiser so that there won't be any empty stadiums....</p><p></p><p>Anyway, enough ranting, it seems complicated perhaps and somewhat over-estimating the popularity of rugby around the world but it's a dream....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brodizzle, post: 148075"] Sevens never really took off in Australia so I only know of the general system of thier being different 'classes' of rewards... I think that the main cup shold proceed as normal, the top 8 going into the quarters, while the next 8 go into the 'minnow' quarters with the bottom four teams via points differentials etc. (as some won't win a game in the pool stages) going home. Or perhaps the top 8 go to regular world cup, the next four go into semis for a mid-range nations cup and the next four go into a semi for a minnow cup and the last four go home. I think that even the smallest of teams deserve the right to play the All Blacks so the pools should stay the same but with the added motivation of a minnow ***le the minnow nations will compete much better and field number 1 sides as they know if they limit thier point differential they will be a shoe in for the minnow cup or even the mid-range cup. These games will all run on the same schedule (except on differing days) so that the world cup isn't any longer, yet thier is a whole lot more rugby. I mean, imagine on the Friday having the minnow cup in the afternoon, followed by the mid-nation cup with the World Cup final on the Saturday...it would be crazy! I think to stop countries purposely losing games in the pools to drop down to the mid range cup so that they are assured silver ware there should be scaled funding for qualifying for each group, although unfair for the minnows who get less for winnign and qualifying then the larger nations at least it will help more than what they get now... The good thing about the three cup system as it has room for expansion in the future when other nations start seeing that there is good money to be had in the world cup, even for the smallest teams, and they get some teams ready. Down the line the lower cups can be raised to 8 teams per cup, eventually with 8 teams missing out as well, this would bring the teams up to 32 which at the current moment seems absolutely crazy but in 20 + years, if a similar system is implemented I don't see why this can't happen, the added motivation will spur the smaller teams on and despite the fact there could be huge defeats in the pool stages it won't matter as much anymore as there will always be a goal for a team, no matter what size, and there will still be dissappointment for teams that don't play well, eg. those teams not good enough for even the minnow cup. It may be smart to bundle the minnow matches with the mid-range matches, perhaps as a curtain raiser so that there won't be any empty stadiums.... Anyway, enough ranting, it seems complicated perhaps and somewhat over-estimating the popularity of rugby around the world but it's a dream.... [/QUOTE]
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